My almost 4 year old Beagle has always suffered with seasonal allergies, but this year, they’ve extended into winter time. Her paws are the main source of discomfort, she’s constantly chewing, biting, or licking at them, to the point they’ve been extensively stained and are basically always red.
She has a medicated allergy shampoo and is on a half tablet of Apoquel a day, but it’s still bothering her so I’m looking at her diet.
Shortly before I noticed her increased allergies, she was on Nadur dog food (Irish brand). It’s grain free, and she was doing well on it until I heard the whole “peas = bad” thing and found there were peas in that food, so I switched to Collard’s. She loved that but her stools were never solid, leading to backed up glands, so I switched her to Burns Sensitive (which our vet agreed was good). Her paws are still acting up though, so I’m not sure where to go from here.
Burns have a Grain Free option, but it contains peas. She’s doing well otherwise on Burns Sensitive, but it probably means lifelong antihistamines (which is fine if need be but for her sake, I’d like to try find something that covers all bases).
Any advice/suggestions are more than welcome!