smelly dog and cod liver oil - Page 2

This is a very good website if you are looking at foods which contain anti- inflammatory properties.

http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts/finfish-and-shellfish-products/4114/2

Also Chondroitin and Glucosamine tablets are very good and may help.

Probably just the normal wet dog smell.  Some people are really sensitive to it.  Go pat a cheaspeake or Lab and then your dog's won't smell so bad anymore! lol     But seriously if  the smell bothers you and you want to take them in the car or bring them in the house for a bit...sprinkle a little baby powder on their coats and paws.  This does wonders in masking the "doggie" smell for a short while without hurting them in the least.

Lynn

www.spruceviewfarms.com

Its been my experience that some older GSDs do have a scent.   Can't decribe it but its always there bath or no bath.

Might be worst with a dog whos having health problems.

I don't think its brought on by the suppliments.

Are we talking yeasty musty smell?

Start putting apple cider vinegar in their water.

If you wash them, an apple cider vinegar/water 50/50 rinse.

Cod Liver Oil provides a couple advantages over most Omega-3 products (assuming we're comparing very high grade examples of both Cod Liver Oil and a molecularly distilled natural ratio EPA/DHA Omega-3 product, like capsules).

1) It's in the triglyceride form- rather than launching into paragraphs about absorption of triglyceride V ethyl/methyl esters of Omega-3s, the studies comparing the efficacy of the two (mostly having to do w/ cholesterol benefits), increased lipid peroxidation and oxidative stress in the body due to supplementation ethyl ester Omega-3s Vs no, or reduced lipid peroxidation w/ Cod Liver Oil, and shelf life stability due to lipid peroxidation.... just know this; Triglyceride Omega-3 good, but maybe not enough to warrant the cost.

2) In addition to the stability provided by the triglyceride form against degradation due to oxidation, you also have the protection from the VitA.

3) It's coming to light (heh) that humans aren't getting enough sunlight, and that there are definite advantages to further VitD supplementation than we're already adding to the diet (via milk).  If your dog follows a similar schedule to you, it wouldnt be a stretch to draw a similar conclusion.

The downside to a high purity cod liver oil, is that it's expensive.  I use both Cod Liver Oil (Nordic Naturals) and a high quality, yet relatively inexpensive Omega-3 EPA/DHA supplement (Vitacosts house NSI brand - NSI has sent me CA's (cerificate of analysis- it's a chemistry thing) for batches when I've requested them in the past, and I liked what I saw).

So-

a) Cod Liver Oil is perfectly safe for dogs as long as you keep within dosage guidelines, and

b) a shotgun approach of combining both types (triglyceride from Cod Liver Oil and ethyl/methyl ester from molecularly distilled fish low on the foodchain ie- sardine/anchovy) of supplements covers the concerns such as which is better absorbed, which is more biologically active, which protects against or causes peroxidation, etc, etc. AND is cheaper

oh- and regardless of what you use, keep it in the fridge in a container that protects from light, that is tightly sealed.

(I'm a scientist.  It's my curse to rediculously overthink stuff like this.  If I only cared about my own health as much as I do my dogs....)

Oh- and if you decide to use Nordic Naturals brand Cod Liver Oil- use the "Arctic-D".  Many of their other cod liver oils have unnatural vitA : vitD ratios, which seems to be the basis of some of the problems w/ cod liver oils.

If you are buying salmon or salmon oil coming from Scotland and thereabouts, be prepared for a huge price increase. The salmon in the oceans around there have been infected with a virus that is killing large numbers of them.