best oils for dogs coat

[reddog70 236]

hello interested in what oils are being used for conditioning and benifting your dogs coats ie for excess moulting etc cheers

[black recking it 730]

hello interested in what oils are being used for conditioning and benifting your dogs coats ie for excess moulting etc cheers

i only ever use cod liver oil mate and if you use complete meal,s there should be enough oil,s in there as well

[reddog70 236]

cheers black recking it i have used it in the past and i might of overdone it a bit the dogs coats became a bit greasy. i have just started them on evening primrose oil could maybe alternate it with cod liver oil will see how it goes cheers

[curdog 17]

cold pressed flaxseed oil

[reddog70 236]

where do u get that from mate? thanks

[curdog 17]

check on the internet fella..ebay is what i use

[rikjd 8]

my dog had a dry coat tried cod liver oil but didnt really work as he jsut didnt eat the bloody things haha so i used tea tree oil in a weak solution with water and sprayed the dog down after a run then rubbed it in till he was dry within a week you could tell the difference

[watchman 256]

hello interested in what oils are being used for conditioning and benifting your dogs coats ie for excess moulting etc cheers

 

 

mine get a tin of tuna chunks in sunflower oil once a week,what with that and a good varied diet never had a bad coat on them yet so im guessing it works

[reddog70 236]

thanks all i never really had a problem before untill i recently changed their complete food and i think the feed manafactures have skimped a bit on the oils they put in although they claim its 26% chicken with added omega 3 oils. Its the feed merchants own working dog diet and my dogs do seem to keep good condition on it. i am trying the flax seed oil and can see results all ready found 2 bottles for a tenner at holland and barret. will def have a look on ebay next time as well cheers

[byron 1,189]

knob butter/sunflower marg..

[skycat 6,174]

Animal fat is the best, and the most easily digested and processed by dogs. Lumps of hard beef or lamb fat are best: most butchers chuck this away in today's 'eat no fat' market. Ask your local butcher: shouldn't cost you much if anything. Funnily enough, a greasy, smelly coat is often a sign that fat is lacking in the dog's diet, that plus the fact that the dog is probably being fed too many processed cereals: soya, wheat, maize etc.

[sandymere 8,263]

What you are likely looking for is linolenic acid and this is found in animal and vegetable fats. The idea is that this may aid in skin condition although good evidence is outstanding in all but very low fat diets. A good vegetable source is rapeseed and so a table spoon daily till you get a response then maintain at a couple a week or whatever holds the condition. Animals sources, they get it from their diet so those fed on grains will have a high content in their fat, ie store fed cattle, most animal fat would also do as well.

 

Skycat as you know digestion is an interest of mine and I have seen you post a couple of times alluding to animal fat being better digested than vegetable and would like a link etc of what you base this on. Thanks.

[rocky1 942]

few good tips their ,i use snedys wonderdog with build in codliveroil in the food ,i supperlment with supersolvic purecodliver use on all farm stock and horses once a week a cap full ,its £14 for a gallon drum last me 2 seasons well worth it

[reddog70 236]

What you are likely looking for is linolenic acid and this is found in animal and vegetable fats. The idea is that this may aid in skin condition although good evidence is outstanding in all but very low fat diets. A good vegetable source is rapeseed and so a table spoon daily till you get a response then maintain at a couple a week or whatever holds the condition. Animals sources, they get it from their diet so those fed on grains will have a high content in their fat, ie store fed cattle, most animal fat would also do as well.

 

Skycat as you know digestion is an interest of mine and I have seen you post a couple of times alluding to animal fat being better digested than vegetable and would like a link etc of what you base this on. Thanks.

cheers just read info about linolenic acid interesting i belive flax seed oil contains quite high levels of this and will see how it goes, along with fats and rapeseed oil etc

[skycat 6,174]

Sandymere, as you know, I'm not a scientist, unlike yourself, and I can only base my findings on my own experiences. That and the logic which dictates that an animal like the dog which has evolved to utilise animal products (as opposed to vegetable products)would appear to benefit better from animal fat rather than oils from rape seed etc.

 

Not saying that vegetable oils don't have any value, but I've noticed over the years that my dogs not only prefer animal fat, but do very well indeed on it. Can't really say any more than that. The evidence of my own eyes and the health of my dogs is good enough for me. The only oil I give my dogs over and above what they get from lamb or beef fat is a dollop of cod liver oil a couple of times a week, and that's not a vegetable oil anyway.