Interesting. I’ve never heard of a dog being allergic to meat. In the wild, it would have probably never survived. In some HOUSEHOLDS, it probably wouldn’t have survived. How did you identify animal protein as the culprit?
We have a dermatological vet nearby, whom I know about because of my sister’s problems with her last German Shepherd.
He started by assuming food allergy, because it’s cheaper and easier to find than airborne. Started her on vegetarian food for several months, probably along with some antihistamines (to help relieve her and us, finally). She got better, so he tried venison & potatoe. After a month she started itchiness again, so gave up and assumed vegetarian and started concentrating on airborne allergens since she kept itching. She then got the expensive allergy testing. I think some half of the 64 allergens showed positive. So she’s been working with various antihistamines, and the allegedly best of all, “Atopica” (extremely expensive, when you have to use St-Bernard dosage EVERY DAY for a med that’s supposed to scale back to 1 every 3 weeks!), since. Sometimes cortisones to relieve when really bad.
She gets shots and baths by me every week.
You’re right, she wouldn’t survive. The infections would get her.