Caring For Your Pooch With Food Allergies

Are you doubtful that your dog has allergies? Food allergy is one of the five most usual allergies or hypersensitivities that are known to disturb dogs. Having a dog with food allergies can be extremely wearisome, for you and your dog. Read to know.

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Your dog is shaking their head constantly and itching badly. Your vet says it could be a food allergy. What does that mean?

Just like people, dogs can have food allergies, too. And like humans, those allergic responses can range from itchy and irksome to severe and hazardous. Dogs can get food allergies at any age. They can start even if your pet has been eating the same food for months or years.

First off, it’s imperative to know that there is a big difference between food intolerance and food allergy for dogs. When a dog has trouble digesting a certain ingredient, for example, dairy, it is known as food intolerance whereas a food allergy specifically hits an immune response.

If your canine buddy is allergic to a specific food, chances are that his immune system responds to the food as it might respond to a bee sting or an infection, thereby producing antibodies which in turn causes the symptoms linked with the allergic response. For an allergy to develop, antibody production is a prerequisite. Food allergies typically manifest after elongated contact to a specific category, brand or form of food.

Signs of Food Allergy