A truly food - allergic dog is diagnosed as such with
a specific hypoallergenic diet and not necessarily a grain - free diet.
At this time, the best method we have for determining food allergies is by doing an elimination trial, when your pet is on
a specific hypoallergenic diet for 2 - 3 months.
Not exact matches
For instance, the allergy tests available are not terribly good at determining food allergies, and therefore instead of identifying a
specific food and avoiding it, we instead recommend feeding a prescription
hypoallergenic diet on a strict trial basis (feed this and nothing else), while gauging to see how your pet responds.
Checking for
specific underlying allergies will include feeding your pet a
hypoallergenic (prescription or therapeutic
diet) to rule out a food allergy.
«Because we carry only
hypoallergenic foods, we find that we do not need to carry many condition -
specific diets,» said Jusak Yang Bernhard, co-owner of TailsSpin Pet Food & Accessories, which has locations in Georgia.