Comments on: Hill’s Prescription Diet D/D Canine (Dry) http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/dog-food-reviews/hills-prescription-diet-dd-canine-dry/ Saving Good Dogs from Bad Dog Food Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: sandy http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/dog-food-reviews/hills-prescription-diet-dd-canine-dry/comment-page-2/#comment-53408 sandy Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:06:00 +0000 http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/?p=2215#comment-53408 He needs something more nutritious than this 1 star food.  Look at the first 5 ingredients - only one of them is actually meat.  And it's not a meat meal which is more concentrated. It's almost like eating potato chips with fiber!  The duck by-product meal is even listed behind the salt so there can't be much of that either. Did you know ingredients are listed in descending order by precooking weight?  I would put him on a grain free and potato free food.  If you could try raw food that would be best, if not then a grain/potato free canned food (Ex: Merrick Before Grain, Natures Variety Instinct), then the grain/white potato free kibble. Examples of grain/potato free kibbles:  Brothers Complete Allergy, Back to Basics, Natures Variety Instinct and Instinct LID, Earthborn Holistic Grain Free Great Plains, Dogswell Nutrisca, Canine Caviar, Horizon Legacy (Amicus/Pulsar/Legacy), California Natural Grain Free Salmon formula and Kangaroo formula and Chicken Meal formula, EVO Herring & Salmon, Nutrisource Grain Free, Innova Prime, Darford Zero G.   Some fish oil supplements or coconut oil might also help, and a good dog probiotic/enzyme supplement for good immune system/digestive health. http://www.dogsnaturallymagazine.com/the-health-benefits-of-coconut-oil/  Just my thoughts :)  Hope he feels better soon. He needs something more nutritious than this 1 star food.  Look at the first 5 ingredients – only one of them is actually meat.  And it’s not a meat meal which is more concentrated. It’s almost like eating potato chips with fiber!  The duck by-product meal is even listed behind the salt so there can’t be much of that either. Did you know ingredients are listed in descending order by precooking weight?  I would put him on a grain free and potato free food.  If you could try raw food that would be best, if not then a grain/potato free canned food (Ex: Merrick Before Grain, Natures Variety Instinct), then the grain/white potato free kibble.

Examples of grain/potato free kibbles:  Brothers Complete Allergy, Back to Basics, Natures Variety Instinct and Instinct LID, Earthborn Holistic Grain Free Great Plains, Dogswell Nutrisca, Canine Caviar, Horizon Legacy (Amicus/Pulsar/Legacy), California Natural Grain Free Salmon formula and Kangaroo formula and Chicken Meal formula, EVO Herring & Salmon, Nutrisource Grain Free, Innova Prime, Darford Zero G.  

Some fish oil supplements or coconut oil might also help, and a good dog probiotic/enzyme supplement for good immune system/digestive health.

http://www.dogsnaturallymagazine.com/the-health-benefits-of-coconut-oil/ 

Just my thoughts :)   Hope he feels better soon.

]]> By: Linda http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/dog-food-reviews/hills-prescription-diet-dd-canine-dry/comment-page-2/#comment-53403 Linda Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:27:00 +0000 http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/?p=2215#comment-53403 I have been feeding my terrier mix Hills DD since 01-20-12 and his hair loss problems are getting worse!  Any suggestions? I have been feeding my terrier mix Hills DD since 01-20-12 and his hair loss problems are getting worse!  Any suggestions?

]]> By: Linda http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/dog-food-reviews/hills-prescription-diet-dd-canine-dry/comment-page-2/#comment-51794 Linda Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:27:00 +0000 http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/?p=2215#comment-51794 My vet just put my terrier mix on Hills DD potato and salmon.  He was being fed Blue Wilderness.  Benny has horrible dry itchy skin and has bitten quite a bit of the hair off - like a mohawk down his back.  I hope this works My vet just put my terrier mix on Hills DD potato and salmon.  He was being fed Blue Wilderness.  Benny has horrible dry itchy skin and has bitten quite a bit of the hair off – like a mohawk down his back.  I hope this works

]]> By: Giselle http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/dog-food-reviews/hills-prescription-diet-dd-canine-dry/comment-page-2/#comment-49323 Giselle Fri, 30 Dec 2011 04:33:00 +0000 http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/?p=2215#comment-49323  My dog had horrible itching, hair loss and scabs all over his back and tummy. He had been on Natural Balance dry food. After thousands of dollars in vet bills (including allergy tests), antibiotics and D/D potato venison formula, the symptoms came back once he finished the antibiotic trials. The D/D diet did not help. The antibiotics took care of the bacterial infection (along with expensive medicated shampoo) for a short while. In the end, I took him off of the D/D food and the antibiotics and now feed him home cooked ground turkey with white rice. He looks BEAUTIFUL again! Super shiny coat, no more hair loss! Next step is to slowly add some foods to the diet to give him complete nutrtion. I am not a D/D advocate. show more  My dog had horrible itching, hair loss and scabs all over his back and tummy. He had been on Natural Balance dry food. After thousands of dollars in vet bills (including allergy tests), antibiotics and D/D potato venison formula, the symptoms came back once he finished the antibiotic trials. The D/D diet did not help. The antibiotics took care of the bacterial infection (along with expensive medicated shampoo) for a short while. In the end, I took him off of the D/D food and the antibiotics and now feed him home cooked ground turkey with white rice. He looks BEAUTIFUL again! Super shiny coat, no more hair loss! Next step is to slowly add some foods to the diet to give him complete nutrtion. I am not a D/D advocate.
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]]> By: Giselle http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/dog-food-reviews/hills-prescription-diet-dd-canine-dry/comment-page-2/#comment-49322 Giselle Fri, 30 Dec 2011 04:31:00 +0000 http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/?p=2215#comment-49322 Hi Lucia. My dog had horrible itching, hair loss and scabs all over his back and tummy. He had been on Natural Balance dry food. After thousands of dollars in vet bills (including allergy tests), antibiotics and D/D potato venison formula, the symptoms came back once he finished the antibiotic trials. The D/D diet did not help. The antibiotics took care of the bacterial infection (along with expensive medicated shampoo) for a short while. In the end, I took him off of the D/D food and the antibiotics and now feed him home cooked ground turkey with white rice. He looks BEAUTIFUL again! Super shiny coat, no more hair loss! Next step is to slowly add some foods to the diet to give him  complete nutrtion. I am not a D/D advocate. Hi Lucia. My dog had horrible itching, hair loss and scabs all over his back and tummy. He had been on Natural Balance dry food. After thousands of dollars in vet bills (including allergy tests), antibiotics and D/D potato venison formula, the symptoms came back once he finished the antibiotic trials. The D/D diet did not help. The antibiotics took care of the bacterial infection (along with expensive medicated shampoo) for a short while. In the end, I took him off of the D/D food and the antibiotics and now feed him home cooked ground turkey with white rice. He looks BEAUTIFUL again! Super shiny coat, no more hair loss! Next step is to slowly add some foods to the diet to give him  complete nutrtion. I am not a D/D advocate.

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