When we picked up our eight week old chocolate lab from the breeder, she highly recommended Chicken Soup Dog Food (for the Puppy Lover's Soul). She said she had done some extensive research and found this food to be one of the best. We quickly found out that it wasn't available just anywhere, so we had to plan ahead getting this food because we couldn't get it from any of our local shops.
Our puppy grew up eating Chicken Soup for the Puppy Lover's Soul. At the age of 11 months, we decided it was time to switch him over to Chicken Soup Dog Food for adult dogs. He had been doing great with the puppy food and to the best of our knowledge showed no signs of any problems. If there's one thing I can say, this dog has energy to spare. Part of that may have to do with the fact that he is a lab, but he seemed very healthy.
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After roughly 2 weeks on the adult food, we started to notice some hair loss around his eyes. He was also scratching and had small, reddish areas on his chest and legs. This was a concern and since he was soon going to the vet for his regular checkup, we decided to bring it to our vet's attention.
The vet told us we could try an antihistamine to see if it would relieve some of the problems. It worked for a little while, but once we stopped giving him the antihistamine, the problem returned.
After talking with some friends, they recommended we speak with the owner of a specialty dog food store in the town next to ours. It was out of the way, but we decided to make the trip and talk to her. We walked in the door and she took a look at our dog and quickly asked what type of food we were feeding him. We told her that it was Chicken Soup Dog Food and she said that she really likes the food, but it was possible the dog was allergic to some the ingredients.
She recommended we try something a little different. She had a grain free food that was made by another manufacturer and she wanted us to try that for 6 to 8 weeks to see if his condition improved.
I'm very happy to say that after being on the food for a couple of months he's doing much better. The hair loss around his eyes is gone, and so are the red spots on his chest and legs.
In my opinion chicken soup dog food is still a good food for dogs. However, if you have a dog with allergies this may not be a good choice. There are several options for grain free foods that are comparably priced.
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