My pup needs help.

[JF_Idaho]

Apoquel works great I currently have my dog on this with success for 6 months. Cost for dog under 90 pounds will run ~$1000 a year. It has completely stopped the itching and all of her hair returned.

This.

One of our dogs this year got allergies so bad I literally thought he was on his way out at 11 yrs. Had some allergies previously but nothing as bad so it seemed off. No enviromental or food changes. Losing hair, swollen, lethargic. Neighbor gave us a couple apoquel and literally started feeling better the 2nd day.
Have him on it since and within a month all hair grew back and he is back to acting like a puppy.

 

[gbflyer]

This.

One of our dogs this year got allergies so bad I literally thought he was on his way out at 11 yrs. Had some allergies previously but nothing as bad so it seemed off. No enviromental or food changes. Losing hair, swollen, lethargic. Neighbor gave us a couple apoquel and literally started feeling better the 2nd day.
Have him on it since and within a month all hair grew back and he is back to acting like a puppy.

Our vet has an issue with long term side effect with the Apoquel and immune system suppression.


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[ScreamingPotato]

OP, I don't have experience with allergy issues but my almost 12 year old Lab is apparently super diabetic, to the point they were surprised she was functional the first time they checked her sugars. So she's basically on a Keto diet now. I just got done making a 30 day batch of food for her.

12 lbs Nilgai scrap/trim/tendons.
20 lbs chicken quarters with bones and all.
3 lbs beef kidney.
2.5 lbs deer scrap and trim.

I give her pork rinds for snacks. 1 for me, 1 for her... 2 for me, 1, 2 for her...

If it's a food allergy I'm sure a raw diet will resolve it but it is a bit of a commitment. It would be interesting to try it for a couple weeks just to rule it out, then you know if it's good or environmental. They need bone, organ, and meat, anything else is just fluff. Think of a wolf or coyote, they go for the guts first for a reason.

 

[Gseith]

OP, I don't have experience with allergy issues but my almost 12 year old Lab is apparently super diabetic, to the point they were surprised she was functional the first time they checked her sugars. So she's basically on a Keto diet now. I just got done making a 30 day batch of food for her.

12 lbs Nilgai scrap/trim/tendons.
20 lbs chicken quarters with bones and all.
3 lbs beef kidney.
2.5 lbs deer scrap and trim.

I give her pork rinds for snacks. 1 for me, 1 for her... 2 for me, 1, 2 for her...

If it's a food allergy I'm sure a raw diet will resolve it but it is a bit of a commitment. It would be interesting to try it for a couple weeks just to rule it out, then you know if it's good or environmental. They need bone, organ, and meat, anything else is just fluff. Think of a wolf or coyote, they go for the guts first for a reason.

I find very few people that understand that raw chicken bones are good for dogs. It’s cooked bones that splinter and can’t be digested. I’ve talked with many biologists about this before feeding whole chicken parts to my dogs 16 years ago. Wolves and coyotes aren’t picking around bones.
I would be surprised if a raw diet doesn’t turn your pup around.

 

[ScreamingPotato]

I find very few people that understand that raw chicken bones are good for dogs. It’s cooked bones that splinter and can’t be digested. I’ve talked with many biologists about this before feeding whole chicken parts to my dogs 16 years ago. Wolves and coyotes aren’t picking around bones.
I would be surprised if a raw diet doesn’t turn your pup around.

Yep. I grind it all up anyway because we have another dog and she rushes eating when he's around so sometimes wasn't chewing up the bones well enough to my liking. It's easier for me to portion it all out ground as well as take on trips and I can throttle amounts exactly, right now she gets 1 lbs 4 oz of food but after hunting season I'll drop it to 1 lb 2 oz. This all started about 6 months ago when she just flat out stopped eating. We didn't know it at the time about the diabetes but my theory is every time she ate she probably got loopy.