[Kcatlady]

Inked: I will check out those sites. I have shied away from buying food online in the past because of the expensive shipping costs. It’s been a while since I’ve looked though!

Patty: My dog’s skin lesions do cover his whole body except that they don’t really affect the head or legs. It’s like skin infection lesions that are circular-ish and flat and crusty and kind of oozy/scabby sometimes but they crust off in huge thick flakes. Since I’ve changed the food, his coat doesn’t seem to have that nasty smell. Not sure if it’s a yeast smell or a seborrheic smell or a bacteria smell!! What symptoms of a yeast infection did your dog have?

I think it is possible that my dog’s skin problems started about the time I switched the dogs to ProPlan (yes I know PP isn’t great, but it was the best I thought I could do at the time).

Ding, ding, ding, ding! And the light goes off! I’m going to have to give that some more serious thought on time line and see if I can correlate it………

[Kcatlady]

Thanks for replying InkedMarie. I have not added anything else yet such as Omega-3 capsules or any additional oils. I honestly wanted to give the new dog food a chance to see exactly what would change on the food alone. I will certainly try supplements in the future if his skin doesn’t clear up by the change.

I have used Canidae dog food in the past which seemed to do well for a good overall healthy coat and skin but it’s not readily available to me any more since we moved.

I will look into those brands that you suggested for sure. I’m not sure if I need to go limited ingredient yet from a sensitivity/allergy standpoint or just to take out all the nasties from his food that are doing him no good and possibly weakening his ability to fight the skin issues on his own.

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