Sadie just turned 1 and went in for her spay earlier this week. The vet noticed that she still had pyoderma on her belly and yeasty ears (which I had JUST cleaned!). Sadie's also had one eye incident with green discharge, and now seems to have one itchy eye (but normal discharge). The vet has recommended changing her food.
She was on ProPlan Lamb & Rice from birth until approx. 10 months old. We switched her to ProPlan Sensitive Skin & Stomach about 6 weeks ago. It took her a little while to finish all the SSS at each meal, but she gobbles it up now. I thought it was helping her skin because she was shedding less and seemed to have less rashiness/ear gunk. But, I'm now thinking the major shedding was happening as part of her heat-cycle and ended naturally (i.e. not related to the food switch).
We also do use treats for training purposes, specifically Wellness WellBites (beef & turkey) and Zukes minis (chicken).
The vet recommended looking to a LID food and suggested Blue Buffalo or Natural Balance. I don't want to feed Blue Buffalo due to all the recalls.
I'm not sure where to start. I understand that to truly determine the cause of an allergy, you have cut out EVERYTHING. But how am going to train her at classes without some type of small soft treat? And are there other food brands I should be looking at for a Golden with some type of unknown but persistent allergies?
She was on ProPlan Lamb & Rice from birth until approx. 10 months old. We switched her to ProPlan Sensitive Skin & Stomach about 6 weeks ago. It took her a little while to finish all the SSS at each meal, but she gobbles it up now. I thought it was helping her skin because she was shedding less and seemed to have less rashiness/ear gunk. But, I'm now thinking the major shedding was happening as part of her heat-cycle and ended naturally (i.e. not related to the food switch).
We also do use treats for training purposes, specifically Wellness WellBites (beef & turkey) and Zukes minis (chicken).
The vet recommended looking to a LID food and suggested Blue Buffalo or Natural Balance. I don't want to feed Blue Buffalo due to all the recalls.
I'm not sure where to start. I understand that to truly determine the cause of an allergy, you have cut out EVERYTHING. But how am going to train her at classes without some type of small soft treat? And are there other food brands I should be looking at for a Golden with some type of unknown but persistent allergies?