Like in humans, foods can cause allergies in dogs too. Your four-legged furry friends could suffer from skin and gastrointestinal disorders because of food allergies. When the immune system in dogs incorrectly identifies plant or animal proteins as a threat, the response occurs in the form of allergies. Pet food allergies are uncommon and a very less percentage of dogs in the country experience this. Nevertheless, it does exist, and about 10% of the dogs with allergies have some kind of food allergy.

Instead of your pets suffering from an allergic reaction, you could help them have a healthy, shiny coat and lead an active life by simply changing the foods they eat. After carrying out trials with an elimination diet to assess which foods cause allergies in your pets, there are two solutions:

• Restrict them to commercially prepared dog foods with limited ingredients or hypoallergenic foods. Limited ingredient diets include only one source of protein and carbohydrates that are both not known allergens. Hypoallergenic foods, on the other hand, could mean any of these—grain-free, gluten-free, novel protein diet, or hydrolyzed protein food.
• Feed them healthy and fresh home-cooked food every day. When you know what exactly your dogs enjoy eating and what they are not allergic to, you could prepare a variety of nutritious foods for them in your kitchen with ingredients you are certain are good for them.

If you are looking to buy some of the best anti-allergy foods for your dogs, here are three popular brands you could choose from:

1. Taste of the Wild Pet Food
Specially formulated by veterinarians, this brand produces dog foods that are free of grains, corn, and wheat. Every recipe includes probiotics, omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids, fresh produce like sweet potatoes, peas, tomatoes, blueberries, or raspberries. Also, digestible proteins like venison, salmon, lamb, boar, and roasted fowl or bison that are essential for your pets are added to make it tasty and healthy for your pets.

2. Natural Balance
Pioneers of limited ingredient diets, Natural Balance® is a company that produces pet food in an assortment of grain-free, healthy digestion, and healthy weight formulas. Their range of foods includes dry, canned and wet food, and treats and chews too. Sorted according to the life stage they are in, puppy, adult, and senior dogs can be fed nutrition according to their needs. You could choose from turkey, venison, tuna, lamb, buffalo, duck, beef, sweet potato, and even garbanzo beans as the main ingredient. With no artificial flavors, colors, or preservatives, these specially formulated foods promote shiny coats and healthy skin in your dogs.

3. CANIDAE
Formulas with real farm-grown ingredients and simple recipes, the variety of dog foods from CANIDAE® is quite tasty. For small breed dogs, they offer the raw coated and small kibble size formula that contains peas, lentils, and garbanzo beans. For the hunter dogs who love the taste of meat, there is a grain-free freeze-dried raw coated formula with ranch-raised, farm-raised, or wild-caught animal ingredients.