vitamins and supplements!

just thought might as well do a thread on vitamins and supplements!


which ones work for your animals, which ones you prefer, and other methods to make your own mix.

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(brought over from the steroids makes champion thread)

 

i keep my supplements individual dog related.

my old timers has a bit of dry skin, so he gets a vitamin E geltab (500mg) and a Fish Oil geltab (1000mg)
Dimitri had a hyper sensitive stomach, so he used to get a teaspoon of enzyme and probiotic (powder)
i have also used the Nupro powder for years (w/what i think, great results) i use about 1/2 what they reccomend

and for those of you up in new england- a couple tablespoons of good ol' Stoneyfield Yogurt ontop of the food ( its all natural and has the good acidiophilusy kinda stuff... good bacteria)

 

Which vitamins and supplement's to you deem valuable in the dogs yard. which does the average bag of food lack.

Which ones would you use on you dog before a hunt, or agility course show.

Any if you gave too much would it give your dog the sh!ts? or just be expelled without the problem of dehydration.

 

yogurt i hear a lot, but to find all natural and not polluted with simulated flavor/preservatives is hard to come by!!!

eggs are good for dry skin to, gets rid of dandruff and flaky skin doesn't it!
tattoo vitamin E &A, rub helps too (externally use only tho)

 

Kefir is better then Yogurt...It has more benifical enzymes and probiotics in it that yogurt doesnt. And both Kefir and Yogurt are rather easy to make at home with out all the preservatives and added junk that store bought yogurt has in it.

 

Lol funny that you say that because my dog gets that and some Omega oils, a tbls of olive oil, an egg and a herbal supplement I get from an herbalist.

I also give a vitamin C cap because although they produce their own Vit C I read a little extra helps.

 

Pet vitamin
creatine
glutamine (if I have it)
fish oil
protein powder (sparingly)

Each serves their own purpose.

 

if you have a good yogurt recipe I'm all ears!

 

Is the protein powder the same as human grade stuff? and do you avoid the soy stuff or doesn't matter?

 

would a multivitamin for adult males help dogs or does it have to be crushed , or a different dog style multivitamin for dogs better? a vitamins a vitamin i figure!

I just thought that dogs digest only like 40% of what they eat so i figured crushed would do the best instead of passing right threw them!:confused:

 

Just the cheapest plain or vanilla flavored protein powder I can get. I use whey, but I suppose you could use casein. I tend to use it after a workout and whey is a faster digesting protein than casein. Although, I'd be inclined to feed my dog some casein in the morning if they ate 2x/day. As it is, mine only eat once.

I don't know much about soy protein. I've never looked into, really. I would assume you could use it, though.

 

Humans and dogs need different amounts of vitamins and a pet tab is formulated correctly, or should be formulated correctly anyway, for a dog's needs. I just toss mine into the feed whole. They'll get what they need and urinate the excess.

 

i think i found some brains to pick, thanks WWII,PA Dogman,Boston Bully

 

Parlez-vous francais?

 

I asked that same question to a girl (my waitress) in canada and she got pissed at me. She was like no do you speak french. I said no and that I thought people in canada spoke french. She then educated me on how only people in quebec speak french.
She must get it alot.

 

we use superfuel and it works wonders! of course just like any supplement weather for human or dog you have to work hard to get the most out of them.

 

nope no french here just Quebec !

 

there is french then there is Quebec french-"slang french":rolleyes:

 

I thought I'd ask since he is from Canada and his english is off just a tad.

But yeah, I often wonder when I meet someone from Canada if they know French. lol....

http://vodpod.com/watch/693720-follow-the-only-road-in-canada-clips-south-park-studios

 

yeah we have a Lanark County slur as they call it here

My bad.