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Limited ingredient foods.  It will be easier to distinguish what the problem is.  Good Luck,  it may take some time.

Arcana trout which has no potato, rice, etc.  She is a little less itchy on that.  Jess has a tail pocket problem and she spends a lot of time itching it, so we've tried several different foods.  A fish oil capsule daily helps with itchiness and you can also give a Zyrtec am and pm, seems to work better than benedryl for our guys.  Her tail pocket gets gunky with yeast so we are looking for foods that have no starches or sugar.  Watch the treats too, better to use raw veggies instead of premade treats.

has had MANY allergy issues in his life.  We did MANY food trials with him, and they

SEEMED to help; but one of our vets thinks it's environmental.  He USED to be

plagued with horrible ear issues and interdigital cysts, which he would lick and chew

constantly; so of course, that made them worse----poor guy!   Sophie also used

to scoot a LOT and her anal glands were also fine; and we clean her bottom after potttying,

but nothing helped.   Although our vet thinks MOST of their issues are environmental; we were

told to always feed them a high-quality, FISH-based kibble, and we tried many!   They

have BOTH been much better since we started them on Natural Balance Salmon and Sweet

Potato---it also has limited ingredients, which I think might be the key :-)....

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It was also interesting that although our vet thinks it's environmental, there was ONE time a couple

years ago that I gave them both cooked (PLAIN!) chicken breast as a treat....not very much...just

several bites.  That was the ONE time in Sophie's entire life that she broke out with an

interdigital cyst!   NO more chicken for either of them, ever! ...I felt so bad, because another

vet we go to for serious stuff is a bulldog EXPERT, and he told us beef and poultry are no-nos

for bulldogs....so I really learned my lesson that ONE time!  

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Unfortunately, last summer, Meaty started licking and chewing one paw SO much, it

was shredding!  And this time, it's NOT interdigital cysts, thank goodness----(his used

to be full of pus and sometimes they'd bleed---poor fella!).....His diet and treats hadn't

been changed at all, so yet again, the vet thinks it was the heat of summer, maybe something

in the yard, who knows?  We would apply different medications and soak his paws in warm

water with Epsom salts, but NOTHING helped.    Then the vet started him on APOQUEL, and thank goodness----it worked!  ....that poor paw finally healed!  But....

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He was fine until about a month ago, when July was unbeara-bully HOT!!  The constant licking,

chewing, and gnawing on that one paw again!  I'm afraid the Apoquel just isn't working anymore.

The warm water/ Epsom salt soaks help a bit, and I give him 3 Benadryl in the morning, (along with

his daily Apoquel) and the Benadryl does help, but I hate giving it to him every day....

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No easy answers, huh?  I have  a feeling that once Fall arrives, he'll be fine.  I hope you find

something(s) that work for your sweet girl !!!  :-)