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15 Best Foods for Papillons with Allergies

| Published on April 25, 2023
Dealing with your Papillon’s food allergies can be beyond frustrating! We asked our 800,000 members of Papillon’s community on facebook the following question: “Those of you with Papillons 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 Papillon’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 Papillons with Allergies

Chicken is a common allergen. Also freeze the dry food for several days to kill mites. Our little guy was allergic to both.

Author: Karen F.

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Chicken with rice or Chicken and veg our girls 14, only weighs 5lb x

Author: Kay J.

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Pro plan, Chicken and rice formula..

Author: Patrick B.

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I cook turkey peas carrots and rice for my baby

Author: Vickie W.

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He did well with Purina lamb and rice but watch because a lot of food has chicken by products even if it is beef, lamb ect.

Author: Karen F.

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I make mine homemade food usually ground turkey, carrots, peas, green beans, spinach or kale, blueberries, cranberries, apples, brown rice, quinoa, etc. He is not chewing on his paws as much, his coat is softer, his breath is not bad, he has lost the extra weight.

Author: Shannon C.

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When I was faced with this with my dog, my vet said try hydrolyzed food. I wasn’t keen, but my poor boy was so poorly. He’s had not looked back since going onto this food. It would seem that he is allergic/intolerant of all meat proteins. Hydrolyzed food is where the protein molecules are made so small the dogs body does not recognise it.

Author: Angie T.

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Turkey/fish based diets. My Papillon is highly allergic to chicken!

Author: Marion M.

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We fed ours on our food ie. Meat, vegetables, his favourite were stick beans. He lived to nearly 17 and the other 3 a little less, it never did any if them any harm

Author: Margaret T.

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If they’re allergic to animal based protein you could always give an insect protein diet a try

Author: Keavy M.

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I recently changed mines food because of a possible chicken allergy. Red Ford beef formula..

Author: Mindy J.

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I have one of those who is allergic to everything. She gets dry food from the vet, royal Canin Anallergenic. And she gets meds for her allergies as well

Author: Linda B.

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First Mate oceanic fish

Author: Leona Sameerah H.

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Our little man started developing allergies for commercial dog food when he was about 8. We tried many high end and organic brands, nothing worked. We cooked homemade food for him exclusively after that and did did amazing on it. We lost him last year at 17.

Author: Sherry D.

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Blue Salmon and sweet potato.

Author: Salena H.

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As always, be sure to consult your veterinarian before making any health changes to your Papillon’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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