Adding oil on dry dog food - Page 3

Timberwolf also sells Salmon oil. The thing I didnt like about it though was that it didnt have a pump like the Grizzly. I was always having to use spoons and it would always run down the side of the bottle leaving little salmon oil bottle rings all over everything, got messy. I stay stocked up on the Grizzly.

Coconut oil speeds up metabolism, its a good fat to feed if your dog needs to get a bit leaner or has some health issues. If you want to put weight on a dog it may not be the best choice. It is an excellent oil to use if a dog (or person for that matter) has digestive problems, yeast/candida, hypothryroidism, skin problems, lack of energy. Very easy to digest. At room temp its actually hard, melts at 25C or so. Make sure it is cold pressed from whole coconut and not from dried coconut (copra), even a lot of organic brands are made from corpa. Check before you buy. Best is virgin or extra virgin, but those are very expensive. Flax seed oil is also a good oil but needs to be kept in a dark container, kept cool and used up within 6 weeks of opening the container. Or if you buy large containers that will not be used up in time, poor some oil into separate containers and store those in the freezer til ready to use. Flax seed oil goes rancid very quickly upon exposure to oxygen, higher temps and light and rancid flax seed oil is actually a carcinogen. Never heat flax seed oil. Salmon oil is excellent but you should only used the filtered kind that has all the mercury taken out. Soybean oil can have a negative effect on the thyroid and should not be fed. Most commercial canola oils have an anti-foaming agent in it (so that it will not produce foam when used for deep frying). Not really something you or your dog needs. Another good oil for dogs is wheat germ oil. Good for reproduction as well.

We use the wheat germ oil, horses and dogs, works great !

Thanks D.H. I'm going to pick up some coconut oil for me and one of my dogs. She has dry skin and with this dry winter air, so do I. We could both stand to shed a couple pounds too. =)

We add one fish oil tablet each day. Our veterinarian said regular fish oil from Costco was fine. Makes it no fuss, no mess, and easy to take on overnight trips. We also add a couple tablespoons of plain low-fat or non-fat yogurt once per day.

Thanks everybody for all your replies. I am going to search for a filtered salmon oil or wheat germ oil.

My veterinarian recommended a product call "EFA-Z plus" made by Virbac. Last summer my dogs had many coat problems. Dry skin, hot spots and excessive shedding. After two weeks on this product the hot spots were gone. No more hair in the house. I brush them everyday and the coats are very shiny. My black male looks wet at times. I highly recommend this product. Pat