Royal Canin's Anallergic diet is made using corn startch and feather meal.
So, we have a shepherd-mix in the rescue that has allergies that have gotten progressively worse since he has been in our care. He is HW+ and currently on steroids. He has had marked improvement on steroids; but, still has a ways to go in being 100%. The thought now is that there *may* be a food component.
I want to mention that this dog presented to us with a severely broken leg that has been very slow to heal (12 wks post-op and it's 85% healed.) I have to wonder if it's just going to take longer for his body to respond to steroids (he's been on them for 10 days.)
He's been on Nature's Variety Instinct LID Turkey formula (first dry and canned...then just canned) for about 6 weeks w/o improvement, then switched to Wild Calling Rabbit (canned only) for 4 wks w/o improvement.
Now the vets are wanting to put him on Royal Canin's Anallergenic formula. The protein source of this..."Feather Meal."
I'm all about doing a food trial, but It makes me nauseous to think about putting him on this food. What are your thoughts?
Here are links to 2 articles. 1 is a Forbes interview with the RC President. The second is an independent article (which pretty much sums up my personal thoughts.)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/marcbab...made-from-feathers-a-win-win-for-royal-canin/
http://healthypets.mercola.com/sites/healthypets/archive/2013/07/17/feather-meal.aspx
I'm definitely the first to admit that I am a total cat person (not that I don't like dogs, I just don't have the knowledge/experience like I do with cats.)
Also, are there similar websites like this where I could get more input?
So, we have a shepherd-mix in the rescue that has allergies that have gotten progressively worse since he has been in our care. He is HW+ and currently on steroids. He has had marked improvement on steroids; but, still has a ways to go in being 100%. The thought now is that there *may* be a food component.
I want to mention that this dog presented to us with a severely broken leg that has been very slow to heal (12 wks post-op and it's 85% healed.) I have to wonder if it's just going to take longer for his body to respond to steroids (he's been on them for 10 days.)
He's been on Nature's Variety Instinct LID Turkey formula (first dry and canned...then just canned) for about 6 weeks w/o improvement, then switched to Wild Calling Rabbit (canned only) for 4 wks w/o improvement.
Now the vets are wanting to put him on Royal Canin's Anallergenic formula. The protein source of this..."Feather Meal."
I'm all about doing a food trial, but It makes me nauseous to think about putting him on this food. What are your thoughts?
Here are links to 2 articles. 1 is a Forbes interview with the RC President. The second is an independent article (which pretty much sums up my personal thoughts.)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/marcbab...made-from-feathers-a-win-win-for-royal-canin/
http://healthypets.mercola.com/sites/healthypets/archive/2013/07/17/feather-meal.aspx
I'm definitely the first to admit that I am a total cat person (not that I don't like dogs, I just don't have the knowledge/experience like I do with cats.)
Also, are there similar websites like this where I could get more input?
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