best brand of multi vitamins looking for the best brand of multi vitamins for 6 lb yorkie, maybe someone can list some brands they use. |
This is the recipe I use out of Dr. Pitcairn's book. HEALTHY POWDER 2 cups nutritional or brewer's yeast 1 cup lecithin granules 1/4 cup kelp powder 1/4 cup bone meal powder 1,000 milligrams vitamin C (ground) or 1/4 teaspoon sodium ascorbate (ooptional) Mix all ingredients together in a 1-quart container and refrigerate. 1 to 2 teaspoons per day for cats or small dogs; 2 to 3 teaspoons per day for medium-size dogs; 1 to 2 tablespoons per day for large dogs. I put one teaspoon of the HEALTHY POWDER on my dogs food a day along with a vitamin A and E gel cap and 10 drops of evening primrose from a gel cap. I also add one capsule of Iron. I take the capsule apart and sprinkle over the food. Your not going to find a Vitamin that has every single vitamin and mineral in it for the dogs. I also give mine fresh crushed garlic a few times a week in their food. Between the garlic and the brewers yeast is probably the reason mine have never had fleas either, not to mention a healthy solid diet of real food. |
Do you get all those things at a health store? Is it like a powder you put over the kibble, or do you cook for your babies? |
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the vitamin a and vitamin e gel caps, are they the ones for humans? what milligrams do you use? iron comes in a capsule? i take iron myself, but it is a pill. what milligrams? what is evening primrose? what is it for? how many milligrams? i had heard that fresh garlic and onions were no good for our furbabies. is it just onions, or is it garlic? how many cloves do you give your baby? sammy is 6 lbs. ,so how many would i give him. when i make this healthy powder, can i stop missing link? and multi vitamin? i need to make him very healthy so he has a healthy and long life with me. i homecook for him and he loves it, but has gained a little weight. sorry for all the questions, but i want to do everything right, and i know alot of people on here have very valuable information and knowledge. thanks for all your help elle |
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hi, thanks for the info, did you get all these ingredients at the health food store? the vitamin a and vitamin e gel caps, are they the ones for humans? what milligrams do you use? iron comes in a capsule? i take iron myself, but it is a pill. what milligrams? what is evening primrose? what is it for? how many milligrams? i had heard that fresh garlic and onions were no good for our furbabies. is it just onions, or is it garlic? how many cloves do you give your baby? sammy is 6 lbs. ,so how many would i give him. when i make this healthy powder, can i stop missing link? and multi vitamin? i need to make him very healthy so he has a healthy and long life with me. i homecook for him and he loves it, but has gained a little weight. sorry for all the questions, but i want to do everything right, and i know alot of people on here have very valuable information and knowledge. thanks for all your help elle |
hi, this is sophie's mom. do you guys use this healthy powder even if your using the good brand of dry kibble? if you are, i want to too. i don't have time to make home-made food but i definitely want to do whats best for my little lovebug. thanks for the info |
I use this healthy powder in homecooked food, not with kibble. If you want to give the healthy powder with kibble, I would probably omit the calcium (bone meal) since their food prob has enough calcium in it. I don't like to supplement vitamin A because of the risk of vitamin A toxicity, so I make sure and give the furkids enough carrots and sweet potatoes so that they get their vit A from betacarotene. I don't use iron either. I use Vitamin B-complex and Vitamin E :) You can pierce the end of a vit E and use half a thing of Vitamin E (100IU) per day probably, or you can put pour in a 400 IU Vitamin E in a large recipe...As far as Vitamin B, I crush Vitamin B-complex and add it to the recipe. |
It would really be best if you read a book like Dr. Pitcairns so you can know how much of everything to give your dog...And for those of you who prefer just to add a little homecooked and stuff to their kibble, he has info on that in the book as well. |
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do you use a multi vitamin also ? the vitamin b complex, does that come in doses? and the vitamin e capsules, thank you i want to go tomorrow to buy everything, and i want to do it right without doing any harm to him |
Yes, I cook the carrots and sweet potatoes lightly :) I buy my supplements from www.vitaminworld.com I purchased the Vitamin B-Complex 50 and Vitamin E 400IU The pitcairn book will tell you how much vitamin B-complex to give. It's a very small amount per day or you can put it in the recipe. I prefer to put it in the recipe. As far as the vitamin e, you can use one vitamin e 400IU for a whole recipe. I don't use a multi-vitamin..It's not necessary when you use the healthy powder mix, vit e, and vit b-complex. |
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so that means i can cut out the multi vitamin and the missing link. oh, by the way i just ordered the dr pitcairn book on half.com tonight. thanks very much |
The book will let you know... :) |
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