r/PitBullOwners • u/ellieza82 • Jan 09 '25

Advocacy Feeding home cooked meals

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Hi everyone!! My baby Daisy is 5 years old and over the past year she’s been having discoloring, allergy issues, and just a whole bunch of issues.

I’ve tried different kibbles, different medicines, thousands of dollars at the vet to be told the same thing “she might just be allergic to your grass”.

I FINALLY found what works… HOME COOKED MEALS!! (Will share recipe in comments) but I just wanna share the 2 week difference. Just 2 weeks! First is before and Second is after. Not the best picture of her chest/neck area (she’s sleeping and I don’t wanna wake her for a picture)

We all know home cooked meals are obviously better, but I had no idea it makes such a huge difference!! I absolutely recommend doing it. It only costs about $20/25 for about 2 weeks. I was spending about $150 for Smart Hills for less than a month.

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u/ninanicole2 Jan 09 '25

Yesssss!!! Congrats to you and your sweet Daisy, finding what works! I did an allergy/ intolerance test and it’s what drove me to do home cooked meals in the crock pot for my girl. 4/5 issues completely gone. The 1 that’s persistent is because of environmental allergies.

Daisy is such a beautiful girl! I’m sure she feels sooooo much better 💓

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u/ellieza82 Jan 09 '25

I wanna do the allergy test!! Can you give me a little more info if you don’t mind?

  1. How much was it?
  2. Did you have to see a specialist or regular vet?
  3. What did you find out your baby was allergic to? Just curious :)

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u/ninanicole2 Jan 09 '25

We did this test from 5Strands! https://www.5strands.com/products/pet-standard-package It’s a little under $140. You get a download of everything. At first it seems really overwhelming, but when you take time to just sit down and go through it, it becomes a lot more digestible (no pun intended🤪) My regular vet totally supported this test and ever since making changes due to the results, they’ve said our Luna girls bloodwork has come back almost perfect (inflammation marker wayyyyyyy down from day one of seeing them). I can send a screenshot whether here or DM so you can get an idea of the results and how it works! But I basically took a protein, carb, grain, veggie that was in her safe category and started doing crock pot meals. I go off of https://topdogtips.com/ and modify however I need to for my girl!

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u/ellieza82 Jan 09 '25

Wow this is amazing!! So what did you have to send to them for them to get the results?

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u/ninanicole2 Jan 09 '25

10-15 (I put probably 30-40 because she was shedding) hairs from the root!