@wiscguy He can! But unfortunately most of them have chicken fat in them. We tried hill's lamb and rice for large breed dogs and he ended up with bacterial colitis and several sleepless night with running outside to potty every hour and half! I say that mostly as a warning for you! Triple check those ingredients because woo was that a whirlwind!
@leexyri Yikes! I think our guy will be on prescription kibble for a while but definitely will check all the ingredients whenever he is able to transition off and we know exactly what he is allergic to. It looks like the Purina lamb & oatmeal doesn't have any chicken product but it does have "dried egg product" and beef fat. It seems like Purina changed all of their formulas recently and there's negative reviews on Chewy for all of them unfortunately.
@leexyri Right I mean a big reason why people use Purina is because they have research backing them up but I'm not sure if these new formulas are approved/tested? So might be better to switch to Hills or Royal Canin for a bit.
@leexyri We're experiencing similar issues with our golden-doodle and in some of my (albeit limited) reading, I read that chicken fat doesn't contain the allergen protein that causes the allergic response. Curious if your vet mentioned anything about that? We're battling the itchy skin as well which I think was linked to the chicken, but its nearly impossible to find a chicken free puppy food that also contains grains (we don't want to go grain-free).
@tinekarobinson Same we really don't want to go grain free and I'd like to stay with a sporting breed food but it's not looking like a possibility! It's been a battle! My dog has seasonal allergies already because I live in one of the worst places in the world for allergies. I even developed them in my 20s when I moved here for grad school. But now that allergy season is over for the most part and he's still itchy I'm concerned. We haven't had the discussion with our vet yet about the pro plan formula switch. Which I think is the root of our problems. Because he's 2 and been on salmon and rice forever and just recently did he drop weight and get more itchy in his ears. We've been dealing with his neuter surgery as well but not that's healed I think it's time to start the discussion with our vet. I'll definitely ask about the chicken fat and report back with whatever I find out.
Edit: also wanted to mention the major tummy issues happened while we were visit my parents for the holidays. Note we strictly quarantined both before and after travel and made no stops on the drive down. So I say that to say this, we haven't been to our regular vet about this issue yet.
