Coconut Oil
 

Just wondering if any of you here feed your furkids coconut oil? I've been reading on it a lot the past two nights, I never knew all the things it was good for! Gracie my boxer is having some issues with allergies and I went out today and got some organic virgin coconut oil. I started her out on 1/4 of a teaspoon and will work our way up to 2 tablespoons daily. So, anyone feed this to your lil ones, or use it on their fur? If so, what has been your experience?

Hi Tracy,
I give my clan coconut oil, but only about once a week after baths and grooming. They love to lick it off a teaspoon, and sometimes I put a little on them topically if their skin looks dry. I do think it helps their skin and coat look better. I think too much makes their coats look oily, but that's just my opinion.

I put it in my hair and it makes it soft

I feed it to mine twice a day and use it on their coats and any wounds... I would tell you what I think it has helped with but I would be laughed off the forum!

Oh now Im curious you gotta tell it

yes I DO, I been giving the silky clan and Miss Prada coconut oil for years now.. is very good here's a page in my site that talks all about coconut oil and dogs..
Holistic approach Dogs - Home of the Gorgeous Silky Terrier!!
enjoy..

Okay...lol. Peek A Poo has cataracts...he's had them since I adopted him when he was 5 years old from the Humane Society. He's 15.5 years old now. My vet asked how long he had been blind (at 5 years of age).:eek: He never bumps into things, and when he wants to go out he will find me and watch my eyes till he sees that I see him and then he runs to the door. He still does this. So anyway, after researching cataract surgery, it was $3000 for both eyes, but only a 50% success rate. With those odds and knowing he has vision enough (or more) to navigate, I opted out of getting him the surgery.

So 3 years ago I put all my dogs on coconut oil... just too many benefits to list... but one, in humans, is that it is believed to dissolve kidney stones. I realize that it is a hugh leap to calcification of the cornea, but why not? Anyway, I swear the cloudiness is reduced, where by rights after this amount of time he should be totally blind.

Then there's Tinkerbell, the failed Liver Shunt Surgery dog. Her problem ended up being sludge in the Gall Bladder and she took meds to correct that. The vet said she would always produce bladder stones, and would need surgeries for the rest of her life to remove them. Also on her Ultrasound, two vets identified kidney stones. I doubled her dose of coconut oil immediately. No kidney issues were found during her LS surgery, and it's been a year now since then and she has yet to show any signs of having bladder stones.

Is this all the result of the coconut oil? I have no idea. But I will never stop giving it to them.

No laughs here that is an awesome testimonial!:D I am so glad it has helped Peek a Poo and Tinkerbell! I have heard so many great things about it need to get some today for my furbabies;)

I give coconut oil to Ralph once a day! He loves its and it makes him so soft! But i use CocoTherapy which is made for dogs.

Wow! Im going to start giving it to mine. How much do you give per day. It cant hurt to give it anyway

I used coco therapy for a while but I ran out and got a jar of virgin coconut oil at my local vitamin shop and got it and I been giving it to my dogs since.
hugs,

Ottawa Valley Dog Whisperer: COCONUT OIL IS GOOD FOR YOUR DOG'S HEALTH

A friend of mine sent me this article after I told her that I was going to get coconut oil for my girls. Like everything there is a right way and a wrong way, I found this article very helpful so I thought I would share.

I can't believe that I never heard of this sooner!

Any suggestions on the best place to purchase the coconut oil? :)

Thanks!

You can purchase it online at health food stores

Oh no, please do tell, if not on the forum, then PM me, I'd really like to know. How much do your furkids weigh that you give it to, how old are they and how much do you feed to them. And do you melt it down or give it to them the way it is in the jar?

Oh yay, gonna have to go read this after I get done reading these replies :-) Thank you!! :-)

That is AWESOME!!!! WOOWHOOO! Actually, this is why I started taking it myself, I read it was supposed to disolve kidney stones and I've had surgeries for them before and had to have stints put in, NOT a fun time AT ALL, and yes, I'd really rather give birth, lol. The nurse at the hospital asked me what I wanted to name my kidney stone when I passed another cause it was so big, bigger than a piece of large dog food for large breed dogs! So, if coconut oil can disolve these suckers, I'm ALLLLL for it!! How much and how often do you give it to yours? What's their weight and age?

Thank you so much for the link, I'm gonna go read up on it here in a few.

I got mine at Ritzman pharmacy, it's made by "Now" and it's organic virgin coconut oil, cold pressed, not refined. It's a 14 ounce jar and I paid $8.99 for it plus tax.

I understand what you mean but you most certainly would not be "laughed off the forum" by me...lol

Coconut oil has been given a huge, undeserved, bad rap...and I'll stop there. lol I eat it, cook with it, recommend it...and feed it to my animals as well as use it topically on all of us. Brody and Mia absolutely love it!!!

:D

Gracie has a bad rash (thinkin allergies) and I'm putting it on her rash as well :-)

Any virgin coconut oil that is not made from copra will do...it also must not be hydrogenated. You can buy it almost anywhere these days...check your supermarket shelves. Store the coconut oil out of sunlight, but you can store it out of refrigeration. It solidifies at 75 degrees...melts at 76 and is safe for frying, believe it or not...just don't allow it to smoke and if it does, pitch it out and start over. Potatoes, chicken, etc. fried in coconut oil are excellent! Try making coconut shrimp in coconut oil! Put it over rice with coconut and chopped pecans added! Yummmm!!! For extra goodness, use black ("forbidden") rice. Wow!!! (Note: Do not use the sweetened 'angel flaked' coconut, though...get the real stuff from the freezer section of an oriental market or natural foods market, or get the dried coconut meat...try an Indian (India) and reconstitute it in coconut milk). Coconut oil is rich in lauric acid, superceeded only by 'mother's milk'...which is why it used to be a key ingredient in infant formulas long ago when everyone made their own...lol...and is absolutely excellent for such a long list of stuff that I won't bother to include them because a search will find the info, too. Plus, it tastes good! lol I love it on organic popcorn!

Now I'm hungry...:p

Good company...good coconut oil. I buy a lot of "Now" products.

To my knowledge, you cannot hurt them with coconut oil. I let their bodies decide how much they need. They'll quit eating it when they're full...or done with it. I put tiny chunks of the oil straight from the fridge in small bowls and let them decide when they are done. Then I put the rest away until the next time, etc. :p

I've been buying, using and suggesting cold-pressed, virgin coconut oil for several years now. I use it in both human and dog meals. I buy it on-line from Tropical Traditions.

Coconut Oil - Certified Organic Gold Label Virgin Coconut Oil from Tropical Traditions

I have read good things about coconut oil but have never used it. Where do you buy yours and do any of your dogs NOT like it? I have the pickiest of all dogs as far as what she will consume and have to disguise the supplement that I am presently giving her in raw meat.

I got mine at Ritzman pharmacy, it's made by "Now" and it's organic virgin coconut oil, cold pressed, not refined. It's a 14 ounce jar and I paid $8.99 for it plus tax. My boxer girl Gracie and my boxer boy Elijah LOVE it!! Haven't given it to the lil girls yet, but am gonna start today, just wanted to post here first and see if anyone gave it to their yorkies and what their experience was. Don't wanna cause any pancreatitis. (sp)

I give Tatiana coconut oil, too. I mix it in her food.

We have a Boxer too:) She's amazing! Do you mix any in their food? I just ordered some coconut oil from Amazon it's called Nature's Way. I read everyone's comments and got organic virgin coconut oil, cold pressed and not refined too. I am so excited and can't wait to try it on Georgie and Coco:D

Tinkerbell, 5 years old ,weighs 14 pounds, she gets 1.5 teaspoons twice daily mixed in with her food.

Peek A Boo, 15.5 yo, weighs 7 pounds and gets 3/4 + teaspoons twice daily, mixed in with his food.

Sapphire, 5 yo, is 8 pounds and gets a teaspoon in her food twice a day.

Finny, 4 yo, weighs about 12 pounds and gets 1.5 teaspoons in with her food twice a day.

At one point I gave Peek A Boo more, but his skin got oily so I cut his dose back some till his skin no longer felt oily.

I warm their food a bit and the coconut oil melts into it.

Coconut oil is a medium chain fatty acid... most other oils are long chain fatty acids, so the body digests them differently. Coconut oil will not cause pancreatitis, it actually helps the pancreas and can help level out blood glucose levels. Peek a Boo had two bouts of pancreatitis when he was 6 years old.... none since.

I started mine on a 1/4 teaspoon twice a day and built up from there. It allowed them to get used to the taste... now they won't eat their food without it.