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When I got Jubel I continued to feed him science diet lamb and rice as he was fed at the shelter for about the first 7-8 months I had him. Then I learned more about food quality and switched him to nature's select chicken, rice, and lamb (4 stars on dogfood advisor).
The switch has made a noticeable improvement in his health overall. Every month of two he would end up with some infection, pink eye being the most common. Since the switch he's had maybe 2-3 infections but did end up with a mild yeast infection in his left ear that I haven't been able to completely clear up to this day. I had him on an anti-microbial for the recommended 10 days and it appeared to clear up, then came back in a little over a week. Put him back on the anti-microbial for just over 2 weeks, it came back again. Got more meds and treated for close to a month, few weeks later it's back.
It's still very mild and doesn't seem to bother him at all. At this point I just clean his ear regularly (every few days) and manage it. His right ear is just fine, only the left so I've managed to contain it.
My first allergy thought is to cut out the chicken so when he was near the end of this last 50# bag of nature's select I switched to the Lamb and rice forumla... didn't look close enough though, still has chicken in it just less than the chicken, rice and lamb. Other than this mild yeast infection that I can't clear up he does really well on this food and I love the price (50# bag delivered to my door for $57). Their none chicken formulas are fish based and they are not ethoxyquin free so I'm hesitant to switch.
Basically I don't know what if anything Jubel is allgeric to causing the yeast infection that just won't go away. I'm hesitant to switch to another food that costs almost twice as much on the CHANCE it fixes the problem and still not know what the trouble ingredient is. Either way I'm going to finish off the current bag of Lamb and rice which will take about 2 months I'm guessing once I get my foster dog in a few weeks.
I lean towards chicken as the problem because the science diet I was feeding only had chicken fat listed far down in the ingredients and both the nature's select foods have chicken meal high up in the ingredients. But that is just speculation, as is the idea that they yeast infection in his ear is related to a mild food allergy.
Ideas?
The switch has made a noticeable improvement in his health overall. Every month of two he would end up with some infection, pink eye being the most common. Since the switch he's had maybe 2-3 infections but did end up with a mild yeast infection in his left ear that I haven't been able to completely clear up to this day. I had him on an anti-microbial for the recommended 10 days and it appeared to clear up, then came back in a little over a week. Put him back on the anti-microbial for just over 2 weeks, it came back again. Got more meds and treated for close to a month, few weeks later it's back.
It's still very mild and doesn't seem to bother him at all. At this point I just clean his ear regularly (every few days) and manage it. His right ear is just fine, only the left so I've managed to contain it.
My first allergy thought is to cut out the chicken so when he was near the end of this last 50# bag of nature's select I switched to the Lamb and rice forumla... didn't look close enough though, still has chicken in it just less than the chicken, rice and lamb. Other than this mild yeast infection that I can't clear up he does really well on this food and I love the price (50# bag delivered to my door for $57). Their none chicken formulas are fish based and they are not ethoxyquin free so I'm hesitant to switch.
Basically I don't know what if anything Jubel is allgeric to causing the yeast infection that just won't go away. I'm hesitant to switch to another food that costs almost twice as much on the CHANCE it fixes the problem and still not know what the trouble ingredient is. Either way I'm going to finish off the current bag of Lamb and rice which will take about 2 months I'm guessing once I get my foster dog in a few weeks.
I lean towards chicken as the problem because the science diet I was feeding only had chicken fat listed far down in the ingredients and both the nature's select foods have chicken meal high up in the ingredients. But that is just speculation, as is the idea that they yeast infection in his ear is related to a mild food allergy.
Ideas?