On Dec 28, 2010 09:17am, ROGER NELSON wrote to CAROL SHENKENBERGER:   
      
   CS>> (Corn).   
      
   CS>> From what little I can tell from mty own experiences, corn tends (if a   
   CS>> problem with a dog) to result more in diharreha (sp?) but less evident   
   CS>> in   
   CS>> ear or skin issues. Wheat seems to be the more common culprit there.   
      
    RN> My German shepherd never digested corn, so when I noticed that, I   
    RN> stopped giving it to her.  It was part of some table scraps I would mix   
    RN> in with her dog food. Since she's gone, I'm now in charge of a female   
    RN> Dachshund/Chihuahua mix, a mini-Doberman and a Yorkshire terrier, who   
    RN> is one pain in the neck!  I never heard a dog cry before we got the   
    RN> Yorkie.   
      
   You want to hear a dog cry?  Listen to both my beagle and the male border mix.   
    All the time.  My sister comes over and that's ALL the beagle does, it's like   
   she is tell her how mean I am too her, that is misses her sissy (my sister),   
   and that I won't spend 24/7 rubbing her belly (guess that would be considered   
   mean?)   
      
   Fuddy (border mix) comes up to me and just starts whining if he thinks I'm   
   going someplace and that I'm not going to take him.  He feels he has to go   
   with me everywhere I go.  As a pup, he wanted nothing to do with me, now he   
   under my feet consistently, stopping right in front of me, I've actually   
   tripped over him and dropped a 40lb bag of dog food on his foot because of   
   this ... ARGH!!!   
      
      
   CS>> I'm not even faintly suggesting all dogs have food allergies but the   
   CS>> ones listed are very very classic for a wheat allergy. Both of my   
   CS>> beagles happen by chance to have issues with grains (not totally sure   
   CS>> which, we just swapped all foods to grain free including treats   
   CS>> and it's cleared up).   
      
    RN> I currently give our three dogs a slice of bread as a treat from time   
    RN> to time. I break it up into small pieces and used to hand feed them   
    RN> until the mini Doberman's razor sharp teeth accidentally got too much   
    RN> of my right index finger. Now I throw the pieces of bread to them.  No   
    RN> allergic reaction yet.   
      
   CS>> It's harmless and not that expensiv to try a grain free for 3-4 weeks to   
   CS>> see (costs less than the vet allergy tests which are often not   
   CS>> that good).   
   CS>> xxcarol   
      
    RN> The three dogs here seem to prefer Ol' Roy complete nutrition than all   
    RN> others. They average in age from 3-6 years old.   
      
   I was given some (about 2lbs) of Dad's and they seem to like it, it looks like   
   the Pedigree I've been feeding them for 4 yrs now.  I did notice that my   
   Boxer/Lab mix would have seizures when we gave her a certain type treat, so   
   that stopped for all four of them, she has had only one since then (2 yrs ago   
   last treat), and had one this past summer shortly after having some pizza   
   crust my sister and I were giving them.  So I assumed it was the yeast in it,   
   so no more pizza for them, and she hasn't had any since (that I have seen).   
      
   OMG!  The first time she had one in front of me I FREAKED out.  I didn't know   
   what was happening.  I called my sister and she came over (after it was over   
   [2 hrs later]), but all I could do was hold on to my girl and pet her telling   
   her how good she is and that I loved her.  It lasted what seemed to be hours   
   but really only 3-5 minutes.  They still freak me out, but not like the first   
   one.   
      
   Fred   
      
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