Best Dog Food Allergy Test

Dr Jones discusses the most common signs of Food Allergies in Dogs, and the BEST Food Allergy Test for Dogs. Dr Jones shows you an effective Dog Food Recipe that you can make at home.

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[morenoh]

0.5 tbsp sunflower oil
1 lb turkey
0.5 cup chopped kale
4 cup brown rice cooked

Serving 1 cup twice daily per 20 lbs of dog

Serve for 8 weeks. Swap out protein if allergy persists until you find the allergy.

Dr says supplement with krill oil to reduce itching in another video.

[ashleysaenz]

My baby Copper is 17 years old this year. Last year he had a inguinal hernia surgery that truly changed his immune system. Shortly after his long recovery, he started to develop what we thought were hot spots, but sadly even after the antimicrobial and antifungal shampoos and sprays the issue continued. Today, I got news from our vet that his skin test came back and read he had a Staph infection. Luckily, a week ago his fantastic vet team shaved his now large areas of infections and I was able to see his skin change immediately after he eats his 4 ingredient chicken wet food. I thought I was going nuts or just overthinking it. Folks, we had been given him more of the chicken recipes since he favored them most! Today I thought, well maybe it was the type of chicken they put in their wet food, so I made my own chicken, mixed it with green beans and chicken bone broth. Before he ate his skin was a normal beige color, but almost immediately after he finished his homemade organic greens, pasture raised chicken meal his shaved areas TURNED BRIGHT PINK/RED and BECAME SUPER HOT! It was the DARN CHICKEN! I knew it, I knew it had to be internal and moreover his diet. Yes he got a Staph infection because of the constant licking but we were just treating the symptom, not the root cause! I am not an expert at treating anyone other than furry baby but mine, however I had to share my experience for other pet parents to read. My furry baby has been with me for 17 years, he is walks well because we give him weekly laser therapy treatments, he eats the cleanest food we could find for dogs, and he is happy boy. I hope this story helps your furry family and tomorrow we will be making this recipe which is great because he loves ground turkey!

[alikatskye]

I found a hunter that I could get venison or bison for the different protein & used quinoa for her carb. My dog can not eat turkey, duck or lamb but can have chicken. She’s been on her chicken & quinoa (with veggies & a supplement) for 14yrs & no allergies. This is all from your information that long ago...thank you Dr. Andrew!

[tracyblake]

Working like a charm. I have done so many homemade dog food and my dog never liked them. I really didn’t think he be eating this diet, but now he looks forward to meal time. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH! I substitute brown rice for quinoa as he never liked rice. It’s affordable too! BTW my neighbor dog comes up by me and I feed her the diet and now she won’t eat her regular food lol.

[Dwl]

I am so thankful for your channel and expertise.
I recently got a silver lab 2 months ago. she is 4 months now. We didn’t know much about feeding a puppy so we went with Purina Pro plan- Chicken flavor and wanted to work our way to me cooking her meals 100%. She did not take well to the kibble as her itch began there. We suspected she might be allergic or have an intolerance to an ingredient in the kibble so I started my research.
I lessened the kibble amount and incorporated: chicken, turkey and beef with sweet potato, rice, broccoli. She was scratching non stop and even whining while scratching. She also began having diarrhea. It was getting worse.
She was clearly uncomfortable and allergic to something in either the kibble ingredients or the protein. She developed red spots on her chest and her armpit area which she scratched raw. I started the 1:1 ratio of apple cider vinegar and coconut oil like you mentioned in a previous video which helped! Made her own shampoo with Castile soap, green tea, and lavender oil like you mentioned in another video. The shampoo eased the itch a bit, but only temporarily. The itch continued and was beginning to take a toll on her sleep and ours.
Fast forward to 3 days ago when I found this video decided to do a complete reset on her food.
We threw away that junk Kibble, gave her aller-tec before sleeping to ease the discomfort and fed her only turkey, rice & sunflower oil for now (I’ll add veggies once her skin is fully healed). I eventually want to get away from the rice but that’s beside the point. In only 2 days time, her diarrhea was gone, her skin is healing and she isn’t scratching like before. I am so happy and she looks relieved for the first time since we got her!

Thank you so so much! My anxiety was beginning to skyrocket trying to figure out what was her deal and now we are seeing progress with this elimination diet. Eventually we’ll try other proteins. We suspect she was allergic to chicken, but only time will tell. We appreciate you Dr. Jones ♥️

Ps. You mentioned sticking to this for 8 weeks. Can I add the Bee Propolis to her diet in the mean time? Or wait it out?

[azwife]

After losing 2 rescues last year, you give me faith to get another. They had a great life but always wondered what else we could have done. They were both 13, but was a hard last few weeks. Thank you so much❤️

[chanjessiet]

Dr Jones is a saviour to dogs and dog owners!

[canidconsulting]

This really works if you follow his advice to commit. We call our golden the Itchy Yeasty Beasty...chronic hot spots, ear and skin infections, goopy eyes. Turns out it's a chicken allergy, and now he'll break out in hives he gets even a trace amount. Removing all chicken in any form (watch out for tocopherols) has him fit and fine. For flare up days from seasonal allergies, we give apoquel, and he was wearing a filtration mask even before it was hip.

[crystalfabulous]

I have three Tibetan spaniel and to have diarrhea so I made your recipe for and gave them each 2 cups and they Loved it you are a lifesaver hopefully they will stop scratching and messing with their feet they do not have fleas thank you so much

[gloriam.sweatman]

Im so glad I watched hour video. My 2 yr old chihuahua and 10 yr old poodle both have food allergies. I'm certainly try the turkey, kale brown rice and sunflower oil recipe. My poor dogs are miserable from the itchies and paw licking! Benadryl and Zertec doesn't phase their allergies.

[susanp]

Thank u, Dr. Jones, I have a 15 YO male Yorkie who is missing most of the black hair on his back. My vet says "no food allergies" but I wasn't sure. Now I remember that about 25 years ago I had another male Yorkie with the same problem. After lots of testing, etc., I took him to U of Davis Vet School to see the derm specialist there (Dr. Ihrke) and it turned out he had follicular dysplasia, "bald man's disease". Thank u for relieving my mind.

[annettemoyer]

Thank you for this video and recipe. I am at my wits end with what the vet now says are likely food allergies. My 15 year old Westie littermate brothers have been on an excellent raw diet for several years and I don’t really understand why this happened. I have run out of options after trying everything until finally last month tried a vegan dog food. They hate it. I have never done a home-cooked regimen before but I am extremely hopeful this will do it, followed by some of your other recipes. I have a thought that perhaps their senior years now require this way of eating. Please, please do more videos with some recipes as I have only found 2 other recipe videos of yours. Thank you for all you do.

[canidconsulting]

Doc, someone asked about IBS. In primitive and working breeds, we've identified something called EFS, enterococcus faecium sensitivity. EF is a super robust staph family bacterium added to food, supplements, treats, etc, as a probiotic. In some dogs, it mimics an absorption disorder, marked by voluminous milkshake consistency almost frothy diarrhea, alopecia, weight loss, and overall poor thrift. Ites essentially giving the dog a chronic GI bacterial infection, and can be difficult to Dx as treatments like metronitazole or pancreatic supplements will help in the short term, but the condition flares as soon as treatment stops, but it can be hard to put all the pieces together.

It seems few US vets are aware of this, but many overseas and UK vets are informed. Food manufacturers actually remove it from food sold outside the US. Are you familiar with this issue and can you offer any comment?

The treatment we use is to correct EFS is a round of metronitazole and alban while simultaneously removing all EF from the diet. If someone is really fond of a particular brand, they can inquire about purchasing stock meant for Europe that may not have EF. Once treated and understood, the dog thrives, then all one has to do is be diligent about checking labels, even on "safe" foods, as it could show up in a formulation at any time. Would you have other recommendations?

(Note: For primitives and working breeds like huskies, malamute, GSD, etc, we tend to just avoid it altogether as it's so often a problem. Why some dogs are affected and others not isn't completely clear, but in general, EF is too robust for an already efficient and more primal gut and GI flora.)

[marie]

Hi Doctor, thank you for your video. I am new here and my 14 y/o fur baby is in the hospital. She was admitted because of her failing kidney and diabetes. My baby was diagnose in 2022. She got tested for allergy and is allergic to pork, turkey sweet potato, milk, pumpkin, and duck. She was given steroids but develop Cushing and is on Trilostane. I will try your recipe substitute turkey with chicken or beef. Right now she is not yet eating in the hospital. The Dr. Said she is still can have nausea due to her failing kidneys and her gastritis. The creatinine is going down from 8 to 5 in 24 hours which i consider there is still hope. I pray that she will be able to eat and get better so we can be with her from God’s grace in the remaining days, weeks, months and years. My baby is a very good gentle loving dog and never fussy. We rescued her when she was 1 year old about to be put to sleep. I will try this recipe for her when she gets home. Is there

[MOAB-UT]

Great video. Turkey seems like a great meat to try. I have a similar recipe but use Beef or Chicken or Wild Salmon for protein + one whole egg. I understand this video showcased a simpler diet to eliminate possible allergens. In my non-elimination homemade dog food, I will also add a pinch of pink Sea Salt (not much at all.) It helps him to better retain fluids and increase the palatability of the food. The only oil I will use is Olive Oil. The only alternates I might consider would be Krill Oil or Coconut oil- def. no other types of vegetible oils. For the veggies, I use Broccoli and Carrots- chopped very small. I prefer sweet potato over rice since almost all rice naturally contains some arsenic. Rice also converts to sugar too quickly (and is generally not good for teeth.) I also add 1/2 teaspoon finely ground egg shells per pound of food to ensure he is getting his very important calcium requirements. I cut way back on calcium if he is on anti-antibiotics as they block the absorption.

[katterkat]

My dog eats and loves her ground Turkey, Brown Rice and vegetables. I give her kale and mix vegetables.
Ground beef gives my dog loose bowels.
Chicken doesn't bother my dog either.
She loves her food. I also give her a multivitamin.

[Zanniroxwell]

Thanks so much! My chow chow has the itchies. The pitbulls are fine but I trying this on all of them.

[arahperrett]

My dog and I are 12 days into your allergy elimination diet. It's going really well. The almost daily vomiting has stopped. He still tries to lick his paws. However, this is already reducing. Thank you! I was at my wits end. By the way, he loves the food. I am finding that with some weekend batch cooking, it's easy to feed Noah this way. I am tempted to continue when the 8 weeks are up.

[VeronicaMarce]

Thank you Dr. Jones! We found out our dachshund was allergic to beef and now we only feed chicken, turkey and venison. This is a great video!

[KlassiKritters]

Interesting. The blood allergy test I had run was actually spot on.
Turkey is one.
The environmental allergies were amazing.