Small breeds itch. West Highlands, Shih Tzus, Frenchies and Jack Russells are all over-represented, and the pattern is familiar to anyone who's lived with it — scratching that starts in the evening, chewing at paws, red skin in the armpits and groin, and a dog who can't settle.
Omega-6 runs above 34 g/kg here with gamma-linolenic acid from borage oil, and omega-3 above 11 g/kg of which around 4 g/kg is EPA and DHA — roughly double what the standard adult foods carry. That combination is what rebuilds the skin's barrier, the layer that holds moisture in and keeps irritants out. Husked oats and flax seeds add to it, and a restricted-ingredient base reduces the number of things she could be reacting to in the first place. Give it eight weeks; skin works on its own timetable.
- Healthy Skin & Coat
- Skin Barrier Support
- Complete Nutrition
Ingredients
Rice, vegetable protein isolate (L.I.P. — protein selected for its very high digestibility), wheat, animal fats, maize gluten, husked oats, maize, hydrolysed animal proteins, minerals, soya oil, beet pulp, fish oil, flax seeds, fructo-oligo-saccharides, mono- and diglycerides of palmitic and stearic acids esterified with citric acid, borage oil, marigold extract (source of lutein).
Additives (per kg) — Nutritional additives: Vitamin A 29,000 IU · Vitamin D3 800 IU · E1 (Iron) 67 mg · E2 (Iodine) 5.4 mg · E4 (Copper) 13 mg · E5 (Manganese) 66 mg · E6 (Zinc) 146 mg · E8 (Selenium) 0.17 mg. Preservatives. Antioxidants.
Looking after it
Store in a cool, dry place, sealed. Use within six weeks of opening — a food built around fatty acids goes off faster than most. Give it a full eight weeks before judging, because that's roughly one skin cycle and you will see very little before then. This supports healthy skin; it does not treat fleas, mites or an actual allergy. A dog scratching hard enough to break skin, or losing hair in patches, needs a vet first and a food second.
