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Originally Posted by maggiesmom_2007  Theresa,
While I am still learning in this also I have found that it all depends on what works for your dog. I have tried, Almond oil, Nutrogena oil, and petsilk coat oil. None gave me results I was impressed with. I then started using the Vellus satin cream and I have been impressed so far. I also talked to a few show breeders and they say that if you use oil on your dog you will always have to use oil. Their reasoning is because dogs produce their own oil and if you use oil then eventually the dog stops producing their own oil. To me it made sense because when I was showing Bolt I would put him in oil but when he would go home his owner would mention that he was flaking. He would come back to my home and be put in oil. So I am guessing it was because he had been in oil at my home but not at his owners and his body wasn't producing the oil to keep his skin from flaking. So I switched to the vellus and the problem went away. |
Makes sense Lori. I also posted this question on a show breeding forum and not one person has agreed with using oil - now not all of those people are yorkies breeders - and I know that many others highly recommend it but I just am not all that happy with the results I'm getting with Mickey's coat. Maybe it's because he's still young... Then I watched a video the other night and it says that Kristen McGregor does not believe in using oil at all. Which is what prompted me to post this question. I have a few other recommendations and I'm still weighing my options but would love to hear more input....