I switched her from Fromm Gold to Fromm 4 Star Game Bird which is grain free. That was about a month ago. https://www.ascentahealth.com/store/US/canine-omega3-500ml.html?___SID=U I've been putting a teaspoon of this on her food daily for about a month as well. Should I add coconut oil as well to help with her dry skin?
Coconut oil is apparently very good for skin. I give Snowie about a tablespoon a day and I have a teaspoon myself. It is delicious! I'd eat the whole jar if it wasn't so fattening!
Snap! Love to cook with it, eat it from a spoon, rub it on my hands (and then face), it's luxurious. And Coco enjoys a teaspoon of it too.
I thought you were talking about peanut butter for a moment, then I got to the bit about rubbing it on your face and had to go see what we were talking about!
Love that gif. Do you have it saved on your phone or is it one available on here? If in phone I'd love the file.
Anyone using the Nutiva organic coconut oil? Is it good? If not what's the go to for coconut oil? I want to add this to her daily along with fish oil. I am changing fish oil to the grizzly salmon oil. Seems to be the best for pets based on reviews and is decent price as well. Do you all think the Fromm food is I have her on is good for her dry skin? https://frommfamily.com/products/four-star/dog/dry/game-bird-recipe/
Sorry I don't know the brands you mention. I use an organic coconut oil that tastes like coconut. I have tasted some that don't, which made me wonder if they were pure coconut. Re food: I feed Snowie raw meat and meaty bones. He has allergies and this has been our best option. He has a magnificent coat. No dry skin but unfortunately he does have itchy spots.
@johnc847 it's in smilies (custom) at the top of the edit window. regarding coconut oil - raw, organic and fair trade are the boxes I want ticked. I use Lucy Bees.
If you open up the smilies toolbar, it's under the "custom" tab. Or you can just type :rofl:. If you want it on your phone, you should just be able to save it from the page like normal.
If you want to add fat or oil to your dog's diet (or your diet) then extra-virgin olive oil is a much better choice than coconut oil. There are lots of studies demonstrating its health benefits (compared with very few for coconut oil) and it's very low in saturated fat (whereas coconut oil is 90% saturated fat).
Interesting. Would this be a worthwhile addition into any dog's diet, or just those prone to skin issues? How much per day?
i do feel like putting a hard hat on when I say things like: Really? Really? The OP posted pictures of a dog really desperately in need of vet attention and people start saying how about some coconut oil.... Very glad the OP seems to have got some effective help and the dog looks much better.
I'm not really advocating adding oil...just that if people are going to add an oil then its best they use something that has some credibility behind it, like fish oil or extra virgin olive oil. We give our dog a tin of sardines every night for dinner, so that has fish oil in it, but also a whole lot of other good stuff (as in, the rest of the fish). I don't mean to offend anyone but coconut oil is a fad at the moment and the jury is out on its health effects. Yes people in Asian countries or Pacific island nations eat it and do just fine but they are also not eating quantities of cheese, cream, burgers, pies, steaks, pizzas.....they have few other sources of saturated fat in their diet, and way more veg than Westerners eat. Could not agree more with what Julie has said about getting vet attention for health conditions. You can't beat evidence-based, modern medicine.
I'm not sure if I confused anyone. I'm not asking about coconut oil to treat what my dog had. I did take my dog to by vet and he gave me a few medicines for her and that's cleared up her issue. I would never look to coconut oil or something like that to cure what she had in first pics. I will always take her to vet to make sure she gets the proper attention and care needed. Just want to make sure that's known so you don't think I'm not. The reason I was asking about recommendations on coconut oil and fish oil is my vet said I should add that daily to help with her dry skin issues. So that's why I was asking. Again, I may have read your post wrong and apologize if I did. But just wanted to make it known I'd always take her to the vet for proper care.
All dogs (and humans) need a certain amount of fat in their diets, satiety being a much-neglected reason. Pellets already contain a fair amount of fat. I feed my dog a raw meaty bones/raw meat diet of lean meat, not because I'm looking to reduce his dietary fat intake, but because of the choices of animal I'm making (he has allergies so we don't feed him chicken or duck -- seemed to get itchier when eating those meats, and the vet recommended cutting out chicken in any case due to his allergies, to see if it made a difference -- food allergies are apparently notoriously difficult to pinpoint). There is clinical evidence that omega3s are beneficial. To this end I give Snowie salmon oil (omega3) as a dietary supplement. My vet also recommended adding oil to Snowie's diet because of his skin issues, although he wasn't too concerned which type. There is research being done into causal relationships between saturated/unsaturated/medium chain/etc fats and coronary heart disease, although in humans, not dogs -- and the findings seem to change every few years, with saturated fat not being the evil one used to think it was. Skeptvet is good place to start reading if you wish to become skeptical! I think a healthy dose of skepticism is always good -- even when reading Skeptvet's website. In fact someone questioned something Skeptvet wrote about fats and he was quick to request a link to the paper that person was talking about and open to readjusting his view.
I think that saturated fats are still regarded as something that is best minimised in the diet. But apart from that fat in general is not seen as the baddie it once was. As MF says the fat we are all supposed to be eating more of is Omega 3 (nuts, fish, leafy greens....).
