Petagree and Scence diet.

Home made raw diet.

I don’t know exactly what qualifies as hypoallergenic but my dog used to have really bad allergies to regular pet food. At the vet’s recommendation, I gave him the ridiculously expensive prescription foods for awhile (he was on Hill’s d/d, and he didn’t really like it very much, but at least he wasn’t allergic.) Now I feed him Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover’s Soul. It has all natural ingredients (like more expensive brands such as Wellness) and doesn’t cause any allergic reaction in my dog, yet is even cheaper than the basic Iams that you buy in the grocery store. AND, he loves it ! I highly recommend it. If you have any locally owned pet stores that sell a lot of premium or natural foods, they will probably have it or could order it for you. You can also buy it online.

my animals LOVE this food brand. it’s called Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover’s Soul. they also make cat food. i get it at my local pet store. if you can’t find it near you, try looking it up online and maybe you can order it that way. the ingredients are wonderful and the cost is very decent. good luck!

google holistic dog food also go to natura

most of the prescription foods sold by the vet are HORRIBLe nutrition. they only selll it because they have the market cornered. the food APPEARS to be good for your dog AND the vet gets a commission for it.

find a food that has NONe of the following : corn, wheat, soy, beef, animal by products, artificial preservatives, unidentifiable fat/protein sources

Iams is a quality dog food (don’t know about hypoallergenic) but it’s important that some kind of protien is the primary ingredient in the food and that there aren’t too many fillers.

What is your dog allergic to?

Most commonly, it’s ingredients such as wheat, dyes, etc. in low quality foods that cause the allergies. Typically, buying a high quality holistic dog food helps.

Here are some foods that have a fewer number of ingredients to decrease the risk that your dog may be allergic to something in it:
* California Natural -
* Innova EVO -
* Orijen -

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On choosing a good dog food:

Read the ingredients on the food you buy. Go with a high quality dog food. A grain should not be in the first couple ingredients ingredient (corn and such are mainly fillers, dogs don’t digest it well). Avoid foods that have a lot of by products listed.

Here is an article about byproducts:

And an article on what ingredients to avoid:

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There is no single food that is best. For example, some dogs thrive on grain-free foods, while grain-free is too rich for other dogs. What you want to find is the high-quality food that *your dog* does best on. (I recommend feeding dry food instead of wet. It’s healthier for the gums and teeth.)

Some GOOD foods are :
* Merrick -
* Solid Gold -
* Canidae -
* Timberwolf -
* Orijen -
* Wellness -
* Chicken Soup brand -
* Blue Buffalo -
* Innova -
* Innova EVO -

Or check this website for good foods:
(I recommend only feeding foods rated 4, 5, or 6 stars. Anything 3 stars or less, I would stay away from.)

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Stay away from grocery stores brands. They are low-quality foods chalk full of fillers, preservatives, dyes, etc.. (Grocery store foods are those like Beneful, Old Roy, Alpo, Pedigree, Purina, etc.)

Beware premium foods. Premium does not mean good nutritionally, and is not a nutritionally high quality food. It has the same types of ingredients as grocery store foods, just a bit better quality of those not-so-good ingredients. (Premium foods are those like Iams, Eukanuba, Science Diet, etc..)

Another thing to be wary of: A lot of vets will recommend what they sell in their office. They get profit from the brands they keep on their shelves, that’s why they push it. Truth is, vet schools don’t focus a lot on nutrition. It’s not saying that a vet is a bad vet because he recommends those foods, a lot of vets just are told this is good food, so they pass the message along without proper nutrition knowledge. Also, some dog food brands (like Hills) support vet schools, so vets have heard of it from the time they start college, which makes them think it’s good as well.

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Higher quality food may seem more expensive at first, but it evens out. The higher quality the food, the less fillers eaten (and therefore the less poop comes out the other end). Your dog eats more to try to get the nutrition it needs, and most of the food just passes right on through. Also, it will make your animals healthier, so you save money on vet bills in the long run.

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Big box petstores like Petco and Petsmart rarely have quality foods. (I do believe that PetCo sells Solid Gold brand, which is a quality food, but most of the foods aren’t.)

Also, grocery stores and Walmart aren’t good places to buy food either.

Your best bets for getting quality dog food are:
- small, locally owned petstores
- dog boutiques
- farm supply stores

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When switching foods, do it gradually. I do this over about a two week timespan:
25% food A, 75% food B
50% food A, 50% food B
75% food A, 25% food B
100% food A
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I have to go with Tony III. Every brand of dog food has unnatural ingredients of one type or another.
If you must feed kibble, pick one of the four, five or six star foods. Orijen makes a grain free food. I’m not sure what the dog’s allergy is but these are the better kibble dog foods.

Lamb and rice formula. There are several brands. Or cook lean ground beef and drain and mix with cooked white rice. When you change, do it a little at a time mixing the two together. Sometimes they like a little garlic, but you might want to test a little bit to see it your dog tolerates it. Good luck.

Sunny, just so you know hypoallergenic is not an actual medical term.
(It was actually a word a sun-block salesman made up in order to sell more product than his competition a while back)
That being said, since the word surfaced it has become a part of our society’s main stream dialogue. Hence why even the vet uses it.
Keep in mind that dogs become allergic to certain low grade ingredients in commercial dog food. These ingredients can vary from things like corn, corn gluten, wheat fillers, various meat/chicken by-products, etc (this list can go on forever). Many commercially available dog foods simply aren’t what’s best for our dogs. I like to call these the grocery store pet foods.
Any high grade dog food will not cause your dog to have the allergic reactions it does to the lower grade stuff.
Do your research, and learn and understand what the ingredients are and how they affect your dogs health.
Here’s a few really good dog food product lines that will get you started…
-Orijen (made here in Canada!)
-Nature’s Variety Instinct
-Innova EVO
-Solid Gold
(these are in no particular order)
Stick to the dry food, as they offer the best value for quantity. You are paying for about 80% water weight with the wet varieties. Simply moisten your dry kibble with water or some veg/meat broth if you want to feed your dog wet food.
Also keeping your dog off table scraps, and any type of human food, will make it easier to have it eating his/her own dog food.
Take care.

I also feed my dog Chicken Soup for the Dog Lovers Soul. Hill Science Diet, Eukanuba/Iams, grocery store brands are all garbage. Check some of the links people have posted.