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15 Best Foods for Bullmastiffs with Allergies

By: Zyra Capalac

Zyra Capalac

Zyra is a Special Project Coordinator of HomeLife Media and a writer for iHeartDogs.com. She has 3 dogs namely Skye, Luna, and one of them is a rescue, named Tesla.Read more
| March 6, 2023
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Dealing with your Bullmastiff’s food allergies can be beyond frustrating! We asked our 800,000 members of Bullmastiff’s community on facebook the following question: “Those of you with Bullmastiff’s who have allergies…. what food do you use and why?” We received hundreds of replies, and summarized the top 15 responses here.
As always, be sure to consult your veterinarian before making any health changes to your Bullmastiff’s diet. iHeartDogs is reader supported, so some of the links below may be affiliate links where we receive a small commission at no additional cost to you.

15 Best Dog Foods for Bullmastiffs with Allergies

Wow everyone has a different answer.
Everybody is different and will respond differently to each diet.. I sold high quality dog foods for years.
Your dog is an obligate carnivore. That means he is an opportunistic carnivore that can handle some vegetables in the diet. Feed him/her meat. Avoid grains and vegetables. NO POTATOES!!!!
NO SWEET POTATOES !!!!! they are pure simple sugars, high glycemic, that lead to yeast issues. Yeast infections present as itchy red irritated sometimes swollen skin, paws, and ears.
NO HUMAN FOOD, NO TABLE FOOD.
Meat only treats. No biscuits. They often contain wheat, vegetables, rice and other fillers.
Put live quality probiotic in your dog’s food. In the wild canine eat gross smelly dead decaying meats. This gives their digestive tract the bacteria it needs. We need it too. Ingest probiotics and you will have no gas. You can also add prebiotic. Prebiotic is just insoluble fiber. It allows the good probiotic to flourish.

Author: Joseph B.

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The BARF diet without a doubt. I had a Bullmastiff female with severe allergy problems to all types of dry food (also The expensive ones). Only BARF diet got her back yo normal. I invite you to read about It. All my Bullmastiffs are fed this way

Author: Aitzkoa M.

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Raw food has been brilliantly for my bullmastiff, raw turkey, white fish and venison. But we did have an allergy test done on both as they both were losing hair and licking paws and scratching their ears. Raw food is a game changer.

Author: Nia Bignell-H.

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I give my boy Verus Advanced Opticoat, it is supposed to help with their skin and coat, it contains fish and potato, he loves it, he has always had skin and allergy issues.

Author: Vincent O.

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I went with 4 Health food from Tractor Supply. I do fish and potato.

Author: Jeremy T.

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My girl is on Royal Canin Ultamino, has worked amazing well but is expensive and you need a RX to purchase.

Author: Carolyn R.

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Pro plan Salmon and rice

Author: Robbie Jo Howard S.

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Hills Dermcomplete has really worked for my boy

Author: Johan Melanie L.

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Once I switched my boy from kibble to The Honest Kitchen dehydrated food, 90% of his allergies disappeared.

Author: Kris Whitsel H.

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My boy could only eat salmon based foods. We did taste of the wild. His allergies got way better. Good luck to you!

Author: Sharon Mahar T.

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I used blue buffalo, with my 2 dogs

Author: Frank S.

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Mine is on prescription pro plan hydrolyzed diet

Author: Tricia M.

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I feed Black Hawke fish and potato. Also add a good probiotic every morning.. fixed all of our girls itches and no more sore ears

Author: Liz G.

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Do research on hot and cold protein. It is an eye opener. In short, hot protein allow for inflammation while cold protein does not.
Research nightshade vegetable. These vegetable cause inflammation, potatoes, tomatoes, eggplant, bell peppers. You and your dog want to avoid these if you have skin irritation, joint problems including arthritis etc.
Also avoid high glycemic food, that includes the food ingredients, have to read the labels.
Typically in dog food and many human foods the first 3 or 4 ingredients make up 90% of the product.

Author: Joseph B.

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Royal Canin Hypoallergenic Biscuits made for dogs with sensitivities, intolerances and allergies

Author: Sandy M.

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As always, be sure to consult your veterinarian before making any health changes to your Bullmastiff’s food. iHeartDogs is reader supported, so some of the links above may be affiliate links where we receive a small commission at no additional cost to you.

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