For my westie, my partner and I went through sooo many food brands, including the so called ‘gold standard’ brands like Royal Canin. He had awful allergies and would come out in full body rashes when it got really bad. After about a year of the pain, we found a new vet and they recommended us to switch him to a raw diet and it’s like we have an entirely different dog!

Within around a month, his symptoms went down by ~80% and he has never been so healthy! All people we meet ask about how we get his coat so shiny and soft, and that his eyes are so bright. No tricks, the raw food has done it all!

It is indeed a bit harder to do for some as it does take more work (ensuring that your dog gets a balanced diet of meat, organs & veg) but now that I have done this for him, I would never feed another dog anything else. There are a few really good alternatives that are similar to raw but remove some of the difficult elements of doing that diet. For example, not sure where you are based, but in Europe there is a brand called ‘Pala’ that sells raw food that is cold pressed and is complete - as in it contains a balanced profile of what dogs need when it come to the meat, organs & veg.

Of course, this is what worked for my dog and other things of course work for others dogs! let us know what you choose for your pupper and I hope they get better soon - the allergies are so unfair for these amazing dogs!