Dog Food and feeding

krlyr

Posted this link up on another thread but a good read. Fortunately neither of my dogs are suffering with their joints at the moment but I've used maybe half these supplements with my previous dog who had hip dysplasia, many work across the board with various joint issues
http://dogaware.com/health/arthritis.html

Dollardog

krlyr wrote: »

Take a look at salmon oil, you can buy it in bottles aimed at pets or in capsules in human health shops. I feed it to my two on a near daily basis. I would be reluctant to feed tinned fish daily, it's not recommended in humans due to the possible contaminants in fish/sea food, e.g. mercury - also sunflower oil isn't one of the best oils.

Wouldn't salmon oil have the same contaminants? Its still fish.

Dollardog

dawnie1972 wrote: »

I'm not an expert on dog food but just wanted to add a couple of things.
Re the joint sticks - my dog has a leg problem in that if he runs at full stretch he gets really stiff, i was giving him joint aid until i had a chat with a very knowledgeable member of staff in Pets Corner who recommended Symply dry food (the Senior version) - I bought a bag, took him off the joint aid and started him on the symply and the difference was amazing!! Its got the gluacosamine etc in it.
Secondly when looking at ingredient also make sure you take note of the copper content - this is something that i never took any notice of until recently - my dog was diagnosed with liver disease/hepatitis before xmas - i used to feed them Wainwrights dry food in the morning & wainwrights wet food at night which they loved - i've now disposed of all the wainwrights food - the copper content was one of the highest - the lowest i found (apart from prescription diets) was JWB. I was also advised to give him Burns as opposed to the prescription diet - I looked at the contents - no thank you. As i said i'm no expert far from it but just wanted to add these points.

If you look up Propolis this helps the liver to regenerate.
HTH

Croatoan

RE: Copper

If you read this:
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=copper+content+of+dog+food&source=web&cd=4&ved=0CFsQFjAD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fvdi.sagepub.com%2Fcontent%2F12%2F2%2F101.full.pdf&ei=XjYTT9a8OdT28QO8hajoAw&usg=AFQjCNGnLyD3XmBuXtx1xP5rdhof15aT3g

And admittedly it's heavy going, it concludes that:

"The one conclusion that seems obvious is that commercial dog food alone is not sufficient to produce an elevated hepatic copper concentration and cause liver disease in dogs."

dawnie1972

Dollardog wrote: »

If you look up Propolis this helps the liver to regenerate.
HTH

Thank you - he's on Milk Thistle at the moment (recommended by the vet and read excellent reviews on it), his gall bladder is enlarged (but not as enlarged as it was 4 weeks ago) and his gall bladder wall was enlarged and thickened by that is almost back to normal now

krlyr

Dollardog wrote: »

Wouldn't salmon oil have the same contaminants? Its still fish.

Most fish oil supplements are purified during the production process to remove mercury and other toxins.

rising_from_the_ashes

gettingready wrote: »

OK < I am feeding Zara 320g Orijen, Skinners she would need 480 gram which is 14.4 kg per month so a 15kg bag would last me a month with Zara.

What is the best place to look at prices for skinners?

You'll probably find you won't actually need to feed as much as they say on the bag.

Nod_Off wrote: »

£19.99 on Amazon at the moment with free delivery.

Try Medicanimal & the other "usual" suspects for online - I got 2 x 15kg for £36 delivered from there not that long ago (£19.10 just now) ...... it can vary quite a bit so I used to keep an eye out & get when I found a good offer.

gettingready

Just looked on amazon and the salmon and rice is 26.99.... goig to look at other places, thanks

27 on medic animal....

rising_from_the_ashes

gettingready wrote: »

Just looked on amazon and the salmon and rice is 26.99.... goig to look at other places, thanks

27 on medic animal....

Salmon & Rice is quite a lot more expensive than the duck!

However, just found it for £23.44 on Vet UK

http://www.vetuk.co.uk/dog-food-cat-food-skinners-dog-food-c-62_420/skinners-field-and-trial-salmon-rice-dog-food-15kg-p-2433

gettingready

wowww, you are good... LOL

Got enough food for Zara for another 3-4 weeks (orijen) will think about this one soon.. as to change would need to mix first old and new... with her stomach.. sigh..

thanks a lot