Hi Breeze! We don't know if he has an allergy to chicken, or just an intolerance, but it is definitely one of them. However, I've done a lot of research and reading different ingredient labels. Most of the high quality holistic foods that are rated as hypoallergenic do have chicken fat, which confused the hell out of me. I was thinking if they are providing this food for dogs with beef/chicken/lamb allergies, why do they use chicken fat?!? Apparently, most allergies/intolerance to chicken stems from the protein. Chicken fat is rendered and there is no protein in it, so it's supposed to be ok in food for dogs with chicken allergies. Thorin is the same as yours though. He can handle the chicken, but not the fat.
Nookie was on a vet food, salmon and potato, the first summer we had him. It had chicken fat also, but he was fine on it. We just took him off it and started home cooking because the ingredients were awful. I think we're going to give this one a try. I'm going to start by just using it as treats and slowly increase the amount over several days. If he's going to have a reaction to it, allergy would be immediate (within the first day) and intolerance (gastric), would be within 2-4 days, which is what happened on the Carna4. I think it's a great food, just not for dogs who can't eat chicken. And unfortunately, that's all they offer at this time. And for $190 for a 26 LB bag, I was extremely disappointed.
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