How To Know If Your Dog Is Allergic To His Food (5 Common Allergies, Signs & Remedy)

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Here's the 5 common symptoms that tell you your dog is suffering with food allergies:

Number 1 is Chronic Dog Ear Infections
Ear infections in dogs are probably their most common problem and if your dogs suffering ear infections regularly, this is a strong sign of continual allergic reactions to their regular food.

Your dog can get ear mites, infections from swimming in dirty water or yeasty ear infections too, but if your dog gets ear infections regularly through the year, this is a telltale sign of food allergies.

To treat your dogs ears infection use a quality colloidal silver at 8ppm. Silver is an excellent antibiotic and much preferred over veterinary antibiotics.

Number 2 is Watery Eyes. Just like people, dogs also get watery eyes as a symptom of food allergies.

Dogs that paw at their eyes, often have a clogged tear duct or goopy discharge and this causes excess tear production. And this can be from environmental or food allergies, so try this...

Gently swab your dog's eyes with a warm, damp clean cloth at least once a day to keep the area clean. Make a small cup of chamomile tea, allow it to cool, then remove excess water from the teabag and use it pressed gently on each eye to calm the irritation.

Number 3 is Bronzing Around Your Dogs Lips. This is very noticeable in white coated breeds. You'll notice their feet, lips or skin are pink with possible inflammation. This indicates a yeast outbreak, often caused by an allergy.

Clean the area thoroughly with a 50/50 mixture of water and apple cider vinegar. You can also use apple cider vinegar as a 1/2 teaspoon added to your dog's water bowl or food to decrease acidity and prevent yeast. Avoid the veterinary products like benzoyl peroxide-based options, that cause dry skin and increase irritation.

Number 4 is Bronze, Brown or Red Nail Beds

If you look closely at the base of your dogs nails, they can appear blood red. This is showing you an inflammatory reaction as the nails should be white with a pink quick. Red, brown or that bronze look indicates a food allergy and you may notice your dog licking them.

Once again, a food elimination diet can identify the trigger food allergen.

Number 5 is Itchy Dog Skin, Red Underbelly, And a Dull Coat
If your dog has itchy skin, a red underbelly and a dull coat, these signs could signify an allergy. Any constant itching and scratching without relief can also cause hair loss over the affected areas.

The skin under your dogs hair will look pink or red, inflamed, dry and possibly flaky. Maybe you've bathed your dog with various conditioners or treated with various anti-allergy medications but there's no sign of relief.

This will mean either environmental allergies or food allergies.

Lavender and coconut oil make a powerful combination for treating itchy skin, red and inflamed skin and a dull coat. It's also great for massaging sore muscles, de-stressing your dog, treating bites and soothing arthritic joints for greater blood flow and movement.

For massaging into the affected areas as a one off, simply mix 1 drop of pure lavender oil to 1 tablespoon of coconut oil, mix well and apply.
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[jannellmeagher]

Literally you are the very first person in canine nutrition that mentioned red skin. My dog had red skin. I did a fur test even on a fresh food diet, he was intolerant to 46 foods. We got off the foods immediately, put him on probiotics (rotating them) and in 4 days life changed, but 6 wks it was phenomenal. We remain on probiotics and Colostrum. Zero kibble. I have a new dog.

[alyssandranino]

Thank you Dan I love your channel very informative and help us dog owners so much, love from Philippines ❤️

[amreens]

Excellent video once again you are a wealth of information. God bless

[jmahoney]

Good morning Dan, I was wondering if you could recommend a good source of essential oils for both consuming and topical. Thank you for this informative video.

[maryannshupinski]

Hello Dan Thank you for this video I printed out the info Can I give my dog Brewers yeast with garlic for a natural flea preventative along with probitics and eynzemes? I'm also seeing the sardines that are being offered are made in Thailand or China I cannot find ones made Morroco.I will probably have to substitute with an oil.I have been using the Norwegian Alaskan Omega 3 for quit awhile daily.Is this ok?

[bluebirdmacaje]

Thank you Dr. I purchased the neem powder from your link in one of the videos. Does this work for any area that is pink?

[deannacauley]

Well you just helped me a lot because now from your video I can tell that my dogs do not have an allergy to their food they do not have any of the signs that you just gave me and I think that's because my vet call me to use Royal Canin especially made for Yorkies so I don't know if I should just keep them on that or risk putting them on something like farmer's dog or not

[Dastardly_X]

Thanks Dan ‼️
Sure seems like most commercial foods are bad news.
I’m having some luck with the homemade diet.
Still using some kibble as a filler,
If I don’t have time to deal with homemade.

[nitaw]

Love your videos! Can you make a video on dog anemia/ b12. Greatly appreciate it! Keep the good videos coming. Thanks

[mehakarora]

Hi, sardines in water are not available in India. Can i feed airdried sardines . Or can you suggest alternative

[regenerationstation]

Hey Dan, how are you? Living in the Keys now and my dogs seem to have fluid in their nasal cavity. I hear if this Coral Dust Allergy. They aren’t losing fur or going after their feet. I decided to give colloidal silver and put in their water and just now did the oregano on their feet diluted. Have you heard of this? I would love to know your suggestions. Thanks again for

[cheyanne]

Hello there. Will the probiotics you’ve mentioned in some comments help itchy/red paws? I cannot figure out what my dog is allergic too. Ive change her food mulitple times. She’s eating just food for dogs. Should I try another brand?

[iluvsteven]

Hi. My shift zhu eyes discharge and hair around the eyes get Matty and clumpy. Any solution for less eye tearing? He doesn't paw his eyes tho

[puravidaconelcoqui]

Hi, can cough be a symptom of food allergy?

[stickkyfriedrice]

It would be nice if you showed pictures of what you were describing

[lisawilliams]

My dog is allergic to everything we’ve got him on everything gives him the runs he’s been on antibiotics for months now the vets don’t even know what to feed him anymore. He has a bacterial infection. Every time he eats food in his office antibiotics it comes back again. Any advice would be much appreciated as we don’t know what to do now. His food now is propane veterinary diet hypoallergenic everything gives him the runs we truly stuck any advice will help please 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[ladystrange]

So far I’ve discovered that my King Shepard is allergic to grains n chicken. I’ve tried giving him raw ground turkey n rice etc but a skin allergy n horrible ear infection comes n stays. Right now he’s having grain free food with salmon. So far it’s a bit better. The ear infection lasted for months n many vet visits. It was awful n I know it’s from allergies

[glendaguilott]

My dog is allergic to the greens I got from
Greens . What to do for nutrients ???

[Riccib]

My vet advised me to put my dog down do to severe allergies. Please help

[MsJoselyn]

Hi there I was hoping you could help me with my dog. I have a corgi who is is always scratching he constantly gets hot spots and i have to put a cone oh him almost all the time I feel bad because but he will scratch/bite himself and make himself bleeds and then it turns into a hot spot. I have been curing his hot sport with black tea and it works it drys it out but they keep coming back. He also has been shaking his head but that just started recently but the scratching he has always had for a while now. He is on a kibble diet grain free salmon and sweet potato recipe. I do add broccoli, sweet potatoes, carrots to his kibble almost daily. Also I just bought those probiotics you recommended pet ultimates probiotics a few days ago anything else I can do or those probiotics should be enough ?