Mom has a little to add: .... As with people taking fish oil, you want to be sure of it's source and testing. Many 'cheap' fish oils come from the liver of the fish. Think about that, the liver is essentially the body's filter, and can house many harmful toxins. So look for a bottle that says 'fish BODY oil.' Next it is important that the fish oil be tested. The best is in a FDA-registered lab, and that is found to be free of lead, mercury, and PCBs. Remember you get what you pay for, what's a couple dollars more? You don't buy the cheapest flea medicine you can find at your local flea market, so why buy cheap supplements?? GNC carries Fish Body Oils, that meet both guidelines above, in 1000 mg softgels. Also the DHA found in fish oils, which is an omega fatty acid, is good for brain and nerve development, and helps protect against related birth defects when taken by pregnant women. I don't know for sure, but it's probably similar for dogs. ...... Sorry, mom gets on her soapbox about supplements sometimes, she used to sell them! :)
Sr. Gunner First Class on Jul 10 at 02:10 PM
That's ok, I'm just a much happyer dog now that I'm on my fish oil. Every time I go any place every one tells me how nice of a cost I have. And how bright my colors are. and I don't shead that bad at all eather. I always had eye colds and would bite at my self and had dry skin befor mom put me on my fish oil. She likes to make me happy.
Godzilla on Jul 10 at 07:32 PM
My mom uses Ultra-oil skin & coat supplement from For Love of Dogs. It has Omega 6,3 and 9 with added vitamins. My coat is nice and shiney and my skin doesn't get dry and itchy.
Scouter-Roo on Jul 10 at 08:37 PM
We get daily fish pills here. I love them. No need to squeeze them on my food - hand them to me and I pop them open in my mouth. Tas-tee!
Jersey Joe on Jul 11 at 05:40 PM
we gt ULTRA OIL, too. the cats, too! we've only been using it for about a week, now, but will give you an update after a few weeks on it. mikey has some dandruff, and me and jasper are kind of dry (from being out in the sun a lot, haha) so mom decided to give it a try. hey, if chris and rich (owners of for the love of dogs in irvington) will give this to their dogs, then we know it has to be great!!! :)
Vega on Jul 11 at 08:10 PM
My mom uses a thousand milligrams of salmon oil a day. I had very dry skin when mommy got me and after my salmon oil and vitam e.
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Bella on Jul 10 at 12:58 PM