Any NK allergies to Chicken Acana?

BradA1878BradA1878
edited May 2010 in Food, Nutrition, & Health
We feed all our dogs Acana now (except the few that eat RAW), and we have had great results with it. Until we got Tai...

Tai seems to be allergic to Acana, he gets VERY sick when he eats it. We moved him from puppy food to Acana and he started getting sick, we assumed it was the chicken, so we moved him to ground beef and rice until we could get his GI back on track. Then we moved him to RAW - CHICKEN RAW - and he is fine on it.

Then last night he jumped up on the food cart (yes, he's one of those Kai) and eat some Acana and last night he was sick. So its clearly the Acana, but not the chicken...

So, I'm wondering if anyone else has noticed allergies in their dogs who are eating Acana?

Also, and interesting side, Blue had an allergy reaction (skin) on Orijen, but not on Acana. We switched him to Acana and it cleared up - in his case we figured out it was the Choline Chloride in Orijen that caused the issue.

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  • TaraATaraA
    edited November -1
    I'm starting to transition Panda to ACANA PACIFICA this week and so far she seems to be doing ok on it. Her stool seems a little softer and she's a little gassy, but I'm hoping that will go away as her stomach gets used to it. So far I'm only doing 1/4 ACANA.
  • tjbart17tjbart17
    edited November -1
    Koda got sick on Acana when he was four months old. I put him on a premium dry with some grains and it cleared up. Now he does fine on Acana. I think it's the grain free dry food that can mess puppies up.

    Mind you I have no proof just my experience.
  • ShikokuSpiritShikokuSpirit
    edited May 2010
    Both Shikoku (and the Malinois) do fine on the Acana but I do notice an improvement on the Wellness Core (especially in Shoushuu; he thrives on this stuff!) . Kotomi was on Wellness Core Ocean as a puppy too and she's never had any problems. *Correction* Yes, I actually have tried Acana with a Nihon Ken puppy! Duh...Kotomi was still under a year when I made a switch to try Acana out last summer and no...she's never experienced any problems.
  • sukoshi_momsukoshi_mom
    edited November -1
    Have not tried my dogs on Acana.

    Recently switched Sukoshi's food because she was periodically throwing up. Was on Avoderm Chicken -- after reading about chicken allergies in NK I decided to try something different.

    She and Hoshi are now on dry California Natural Rice and Lamb. So far she seems to be doing better--not throwing up so much. Both dogs like the food and Hoshi is getting better in terms of coat. (He is my almost 13 year old rescue. He had kennel cough/pneumonia about a month ago when I got him. ) I also picked up a bag of California Herring and Sweet Potato so that they can have a little variety. Will see how they do with that. The kibble is supplemented with cheese and veggies every so often.

    I think California Natural (Natura) was recently acquired by Proctor and Gamble. Hope this doesn't have negative impact on quality... (As I recall, California Natural is a "4 star food", but the ratings are about 3 years old)

    Link to California Natural http://www.californianaturalpet.com/
  • Two SocksTwo Socks
    edited November -1
    I have never tried Acana neither,Koshi has been on solid gold puppy, but too often she would throw up, in the morning . She has always been a super slow eater . As of 2 wks. ago she stopped eating almost all together for about 3 days. I took her to the vet & they suggested changing her food.So when I went shopping the store owner persuaded me to go with raw and holy crap she devours it like a starved wolf . and she hasn't threw up once since she's been on it.
  • tjbart17tjbart17
    edited November -1
    Raw is the sh*t :-)
  • JessicaRabbitJessicaRabbit
    edited November -1
    I concur
  • AkiraleShibaAkiraleShiba
    edited November -1
    Akira had trouble on Orijen and just about any other kibble, we found out he was intolerant to gluten, something that can be found in most animal kibble even when they do not have grains. I found some information on this website: http://www.glutenfreefox.com/

    Akira is now on RAW and he's doing amazing except when my BF insist on giving him bread :(
  • SayaSaya
    edited November -1
    Some dogs are allergic to either the chicken in kibble or some other ingredient, but most times the dogs are OK with raw chicken my guess cooking it does something to it I dunno..

    Saya's been on raw diet for 8 or 9 weeks and she is doing great she has stopped reverse sneezing which makes me happy.

    Nice observations on Tai. =)
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