Fat supplements for dogs - Page 2

Acute pancreatitis is often associated with the dog's eating a fatty meal or meals. My first GSD suffered from a mild case after he surfed the counter and ate 3  very large pieces of fatty beef.  When I worked as a tech we saw numerous cases of the acute form after dogs ate fatty meals.

There are 2 types with 2 distinctly different causes - acute and chronic.  High fat diets can predispose dogs to the chronic form. See the link below. Quality and sources of the fats can also be a factor. Animal fat may not be the best choice as a source for supplementing dogs' skin and coats.  Omegas and linoleic acids are probably better options.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1680861/?page=1

only had to get a paragraph in and see where they draw their faulty conclusion from.  They associate hyperlipidemia to pancreatitis.  It's flawed.  A little understanding of basic blood physiology would let you know that hyperlipidemia and elevated triglycerides in the blood are almost exclusively caused by high carbohydrate intake and have very little if anything at all to do with fat intake.  I'm not quite sure how such a proveable and undeniable fact keeps getting overlooked by these "experts" all the time.  The pancreas works its ass off to keep up with the sugar load caused by high carbs, it can't and the liver turns it into fats in the blood elevating the fat levels.  Again, nothing to do with fat intake in the diet.

So again, show me one piece of credible research that shows high fat diets cause pancreatitis in otherwise healthy dogs

Are you a vet, Zdog? Believe what you want.

I'm sorry if a lowly human doc with state licensure to give nutrition counseling has a better understanding of nutrition than your vet does.  I'm not  vet, doesn't change anything i've said.  Believe what you want, i'll believe the science I know over an obviously flawed opinion drawn from poor science.

http://www.akcchf.org/canine-health/your-dogs-health/disease-information/pancreatitis.html


 

again, more flawed opinion based on bad science.  Show me the credible evidence that shows high fat diets causing pancreatitis in healthy dogs.  I can post 20 links to opinion sites like this as well that still say eating eggs will raise your cholesterol even though it's been proven false over and over and over again.  I can find a thousand links that telling you eating fat will raise your triglyceride levels though the amount of dietary intake of fat has very little to do with it. It is overwhelmingly a function of carb intake.  That has been proven in real life and in the lab over and over and over again.  Doesn't seem to stop "experts" from spouting the same old tired story though.  

I use Salmon oil with a Vit E capsule, fish caps and Organic Coconut oil;  occassionally beef fat. (shit I can't spell anymore.)  Great days everyone,  Nan