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07-19-2010, 12:47 PM | #1 |
YT Addict Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: ontario canada
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| Supplements Just wondering what supplements people are using for skin, coat and joints. To promote and maintain health. I have tried different things and just curious as to the general consensus on what actually works. Thanks
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07-19-2010, 03:23 PM | #2 |
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| I actually don't give any. I think his food is sufficient enough in most things he needs--his coat is great, shiny and soft, his teeth are good, he's not itchy, his poops are good, everything is working and looking properly. I've considered fish oil though because I've heard such great things about it!
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07-19-2010, 03:25 PM | #3 |
Mardelin Yorkshire Terriers Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: California
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| Agreed, if one is feeding a quality food, it should be all that is necessary. But, I do give my dogs glucousemine. And then being a breeder exhibitor; there is a special diet I feed for stamina, muscle tone and coat growth.
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07-19-2010, 05:21 PM | #4 |
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| Fish oil. I have always given all my dogs fish oil. The internist who treat my IG with lymphoma prescribed it for her, but I was already giving it to her. It's a great anti-inflammatory on top of the omega fatty acids it has. The one thing the vet told me was to make sure the fish oil contained EPA and DHA that added together equaled 600 or greater. I also feed more than one brand of food at a time. Just in case there might be trace elements in one that are lacking in the other. I also don't feed the same protein source for ever. And I do feed heart healthy foods and leftovers to them, usually vegetables and fruit.
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07-21-2010, 06:48 PM | #5 |
Donating YT Addict Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Missouri
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| We feed a homemade raw diet and supplement with fish oil, bone meal, potassium, safflower oil and multivitamins.
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07-21-2010, 06:58 PM | #6 | |
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I give Kaji glucosamine for his bad LP (grade 3/4 in both knees). If I don't keep his weight down, his knees pop. He's got an extra lb on him right now that is causing his knees to pop every 5th step.
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07-21-2010, 07:02 PM | #7 | |
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Raw diet here as well, with glucosamine and chondrotin as well as Omega's 3 6 9. As well as a coat booster.
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07-21-2010, 07:11 PM | #8 |
YT Addict Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: ontario canada
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| What coat booster do you use? I see that you are in Canada as well. I have some difficulty finding things that are sometimes mentioned.
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07-22-2010, 03:41 PM | #9 | |
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My mother had the unfortunate experience of owning and loving a Bull Terrier with kidney failure. She had just retired and purchased this dog from a poor breeder (very sad situation). Treating the bully became her her main focus in retirement. Dog nutrition was at the top of her list. As a result - I have benefited from her knowledge by providing a well rounded, fully nutritional diet for my Bailey - which includes all those supplements. She has helped many many people with special needs dogs and their diets. She is very knowledgeable. Our raw diet is not the typical raw chicken-on-the bone; hence the bone meal. The safflower oil is to provide linoleic acid (an essential fatty acid not available in animal products); the fish oil is because I refuse to add smelly sardines to the dog food and then of course a multivitamin. I almost listed Cheerios as a supplement - due fiber - but not sure all would see the humor?
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07-22-2010, 03:49 PM | #10 | |
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