Jack seriously is losing his hair.  It is everywhere, he looks very dull and frizzy and he is balding.  He has a bare spot under his neck, his belly is almost bald and his legs are thinning too.  He is losing hair from all over though, these are just the spots that have lost the most  I am in the process of switching them back to NB Duck and Potato, but I am scared that isn't the problem.  He is hesitating when he goes up the stairs, he lost yet another nail, and he plays but seems more tired. He blinks/winks and squints alot now too. WTH? I need to talk to my vet this week to see where we can go next.  I am really nervous now that this is systemic lupus.    I can't deal with that, I really can't..............

From what I read they weren't sure.  Something about around 6 months ago ownership/formula changed hands and it hasn't been quite the same since.   Really, the ingredients appear great.  Maybe it is the source, I don't know.  I was hoping Ski could chime in as he feeds it at times and always liked it. 

Here's the link to the thread:  www.pitbullforum.com/viewtopic.php

Just checked out the thread from the pitbull forum.  I had almost bought some of this Wellness Core so I'm glad I didn't!  I don't know if it's the sunflower oil (like one poster thought) but there are several ingredients in there that some dogs could be allergic too....and since Mayfly is so allergy prone I'm not going to risk it.  She's doing good on NB Duck/Potato so I'm leaving her on that.

I really hope it IS the food that's affecting Jack because that's an easy thing to fix.

Well, it's mostly meat which is good. No grains. I wonder though if dogs can allergies to anything just like people?  (I'm prone to allergies and have a long list of things I can't eat).  If dogs can be like that then some of the extra ingredients that, while fine to feed most dogs, may cause allergies in some......Don't know, just guessing.  Mayfly had horrible hives when I fed her Newman's Own dog food....it may have been one of the many grains in it.

Here's the Wellness Core ingredients:

Product Ingredients | [script removed]

Deboned Turkey, Deboned Chicken, Turkey Meal, Chicken Meal, Potatoes, Dried Ground Potato, Tomato Pomace, Natural Chicken Flavor, Canola Oil, Chicken Liver, Salmon Oil, Flaxseed, Carrots, Sweet Potatoes, Kale, Broccoli, Spinach, Parsley, Apples, Blueberries, Vitamins & Minerals, Chicory Root Extract, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Glucosamine Hydrochloride, Chondroitin Sulfate, Dried Lactobacillus plantarum, Enterococcus faecium, Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus acidophilus Fermentation Products, Rosemary Extract.