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01-07-2010, 07:01 AM | #1 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Miami, Florida
Posts: 43
| Flaxseed I see that on some of these healthier type foods have flaxseed as an ingredient. My yorkie tends to have diarhea at times and I know flaxseed tends to make you go, should I avoid foods that contain this ingredient? Thanks |
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01-07-2010, 08:00 AM | #2 |
BANNED! Join Date: May 2007 Location: USA
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| i would but the sad thing is most dog foods have it in them it also is bad for allergy dogs but they use it alot sadly even natural balance that has allergy formulas and i have called several times trying to get them to remove it - it showed up on my dogs allergy testing as an allergent although blood cannot determine food allergy i am cautious still and i just had her on nb venison and sweet potato to pill her and she rubbed her eye raw and has not done that other than when she had beef 3 years ago and her eye swole shut so i have to beleive it was the flaxseed as i doubt the venison or sweet potato would cause it so could be coincidence but bothered me after that |
01-07-2010, 08:19 AM | #3 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Miami, Florida
Posts: 43
| Thanks for letting me know. I wasn't aware that flaxseed was bad for allergies. I bought the Wellness Simple Solutions lamb and rice and it doesn't have the flaxseed but, I did notice that other Wellness foods contain it. I hope your baby is feeling better. |
01-07-2010, 05:58 PM | #4 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Coral Springs, FL
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| You just need to watch out for the foods that use the flaxseed to boost the omega % in the food. It's ALA Omega which dogs need to convert first to turn into usable DHA Omega's. Some dogs can't make that conversion and the dogs that do make the conversion lose about 25% of the effect from the conversion. |
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