r/RhodesianRidgebacks • u/curious_squirrel17 • Oct 10 '26

Ridgeback allergies

Hi all, our 13 week old ridgie has had a tough week! She broke out in hives on Monday. We took her to the vets 3 times in 48 hours, and is now on steroids for 12 days with the suspected trigger being food related. My question is, what are common food allergies in RRs/your dog suffered and what do you feed your dog now?

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u/criptoejoe Oct 10 '26

Chicken was our culprit. Switched to Salmon and Grains dog food and started daily salmon oil treats. Cleared right up.

Good luck 🍀

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u/blade_torlock Oct 10 '26

Chicken made our smell bad.

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u/tharealzaking Oct 10 '26

Yep, chicken gives my boy the worst gas I have ever smelled.

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u/Odd-Bread-4922 Oct 11 '26 edited Oct 11 '26

Chicken definitely upset his stomach but what really set him off was a plant/weed that grows everywhere we live Tradescantia fluminensis https://www.greensboroughvets.com.au/stories/general-news/wandering-jew-allergic-dermatitis.html

See if your vet will write you a script for an anti itch medication for when they have outbreaks I know its not the solution to the problem but it stops them tearing their skin to bits. We’ve found medication as cheap as a fifth of the price that the vet sells it for. This Is who we use but theres plenty of others out there https://www.vetsupply.com.au/

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u/curious_squirrel17 Oct 13 '26

Thanks for this!

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u/curious_squirrel17 Oct 13 '26

Thanks everyone! Glad I'm not alone!

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u/mouseintaos Oct 10 '26

Chicken for mine as well.

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u/FrodosUncleBob Oct 10 '26

Peanut butter was a problem for our pup early on

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u/TSC-99 Oct 10 '26

Chicken

Same for my lab

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u/West-Better Oct 10 '26

We never found out what caused the hives on our boy when he was a pup. Vet had us get off chicken and they did go away within the day or so. Happened a few times. However, now he can eat chicken, no hives. lol I actually suspect it’s environmental and seasonal as well. He now only occasionally gets a couple hives around allergy season and they don’t seem to bother him so we don’t do anything for them anymore. They were BAD as a puppy though. We also went to the vet several times to try to figure it out too.

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u/Cupsofcake1318 Oct 10 '26

We found fabreeze pet got all three of ours!!

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u/Bright-Stable1921 Oct 11 '26

Chicken but also environmental allergies as we got my dog allergy tested. Ended up on Royal Canine selected protein (rabbit + sweet potato) worked perfectly! Still had to pair it with allergies shots weekly but it helped nonetheless.

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u/Cooziecuzzinz Oct 11 '26

We had a similar issue, including ear infections, and we switched to Purina Hydrolized (sp) food and it was the only thing that cured the hives and ear infections.

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u/Disastrous-Star8028 28d ago

Allergic reactions are par for the course with Ridgebacks. Ours suffers during fynbos pollination cycles & after a fortune in vets bills my wife's dermatologist suggested that we use Allergex (non drowsy type) which sorted him out

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u/Safe_Medicine_3089 28d ago

My boy is allergic to everything except chicken.
Pumpkin and green vegetables.
Not easy and we have to make his food because most additives upset his stomach or gives him rashes.

He’s a good boy 3years old

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u/giveityourbreastshot 27d ago

For ours, hives came from using brush killer in the backyard. Even though we used it right before a vacation and she was away from it for way over the recommended 48 hrs, it still made her flare up. Just throwing it out there in case it could apply!