Best Diet for a Dog With Chronic Yeast
by Debi
(Lakeland, Florida)
I have found brand (Nutrissca - potato free) but it has chicken fat as an ingredient. I am trying to give a unique protein, such as turkey, rabbit etc.
One vet said to give him a tablespoon of plain, non-fat yogurt a day and another said "No way, he could be allergic to dairy." Totally confusing!
His thyroid has been tested and is normal. And I have tried every trick in the vet books! The Malaseb shampoo that the FOURTH vet told me about recently seems to work the best of all I have tried.
One vet suggested Selsun Blue ... totally irritated him. Probably the heavy dyes and fragrance.(DAH)
There's no good evidence that potatoes, starches or other carbohydrates feed skin yeast; the yeast that affects dogs lives on skin oils. Diet matters when a food allergy is driving the skin problem, and then the key is a strict elimination diet with a protein your dog hasn't eaten before, usually a prescription or hydrolyzed diet, for about 8 weeks.
Your success with the miconazole-chlorhexidine shampoo fits the evidence; it's the treatment with the strongest support. Ask your vet or a veterinary dermatologist about allergy testing and long-term allergy control, which is what usually stops yeast coming back.
See yeast infections on dogs' skin.
This is general information, not a diagnosis. Please follow your own vet's advice.
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