[MyPemCharlie]

Don't feel bad. You didn't know until this week. I was giving my allergic rottie a Kong stuffed with peanut butter almost daily plus cheese as treats...until he tested allergic to peanuts...and cow dairy products!

You'll get lots of different opinions (arguments/fights) on just what a healthy BARF (bones and raw food) diet should contain. I think it's fine to try the BARF plan with lots of research, time and effort slaving over a hot stove, and expense. If I hadn't finally found a food that agreed with my last "allergy dog", the BARF diet was to be my last resort.

You can find loads of BARF recipes with a quick Yahoo/Google search. I'd think you could cook a huge pot and freeze individual meals in ziploc bags to save time and effort.

I ended up taking my dog's "allergy" list (Cisco tested allergic to every single meat except for lamb, and allergies to most of the food fillers except rice) to the premium pet supply stores and reading every single food ingredient label in the lamb formula group. It was also time consuming, but he ended up on Nutro Natural Lamb and Rice. It didn't have any of his tested allergens and also had the fewest additives and preservatives which might have caused an untested allergy. Outside chronic ear infections from the allergies, Cisco had a beautiful coat and lived a generally normal, healthy, happy long life.

Omitting chicken and lamb should be fairly easy for you whether you choose to cook or to find a commercial food without those ingredients.