Rigby Update

Rigby went to the vet for a follow up after completing the 3 weeks of antibiotics for his skin infection. Unfortunately the infection is still there so the vet wanted me to try a special shampoo twice a week, a new antibiotic, and then a more rigorous elimination diet. Rigby did great as usual and got a catfish stick as a reward for a job well done when the visit was complete. Good boy Rigby!

Rigby enjoying his post vet visit catfish skin chew

While the skin does look better, my goal is to get it completely cleared up so we are starting a new food trial today. We are going to stop using the Honest Kitchen base mix, which is a super amazing, healthy food but has a lot of different ingredients so it is tough to know what exactly is causing Rigby's inflammation. We'll cut back to just the sardine and some potato at this point for the next several days to see if he tolerates those two ingredients. Then next I want to try switching to turkey to see if that works for him since it's a more affordable protein and also because sardine is overfished.

"Not another bath!" Rigby is not fond of the twice a week bath routine the vet has prescribed. He has to sit for 10 minutes in the tub with his skin lathered up and he thinks that is plenty boring.

I think that Rigby will love the turkey trial and the other dogs are going to be jealous of all the ground turkey that he is getting. Maybe that will make up for the onerous bath routine he is enduring.