Brandy's physical therapist is also a vet tech and does nutritional counseling. She sees and helps a lot of allergy dogs through changing their diets. Brandy suffers from occasional allergic reactions to some unknown trigger. Her whole face and body break out in miserably itchy and awful looking hives. I have to give her a quick dose of Pred to stop it. She just had another episode last week and had therapy on Saturday. I mentioned that she had another attack and her therapist told me about this new test that she has been recommending to her clients. It seems very similar to the Dr. Dodds food intolerance test, it only measures intolerances and potential triggers, but it tests for a lot more than just food (supplements like glucosamine, plus environmental triggers like fleas, weeds, grasses, etc.). It's a few mouth swabs and some hair that you send in, no blood.
I don't know how accurate it is, that was my first question. Andrea said so far, she has had 9 dogs get tested and it seems to be fairly accurate. I am considering it for Brandy. I figure maybe if I remove some things that I don't know are triggers, it will help with the outbreaks. I plan on running it by her holistic vet next time we see her too. Anyway, just wanted to pass it along in case anyone is interested.
Healthy Dog Alternative Sensitivity Assessment (c)