I have a 2 year old silver chocolate lab who tends to get bad dandruff and dry skin when it starts getting cold. right now it is summer so its not so bad but I wanted to see if there was something I could do or feed to prepare. right now I feed nature's recipe healthy skin 2x's aday. on his dinner he gets a little olive oil and his favorite day is egg friday, because that is when he gets his raw egg on his dry food. he gets a bath probrobly every other week in the summer, and maybe once a month in the winter.
Promoting healthy skin in your dog can be accomplished by adding cooked veggies to his meal such as carrots, brocoli (the stalks cooked down) save them when you cook veggies. I save everything, carrot ends, brocolli ends, cabbage ends and tthrow them in a pot and cook till tender and add them a bit at a time to my dog's meal plus a tbs of veg oil. I have never seen any dandruff.
Your lab should not be displaying any dandruff and I think you are bathing too much. A good swim would be better for him so he can please you and display his prowess in the water. They love a good swim !
He gets plenty of fresh veggies like carrots, apples, cucumbers and tomatoes(most of which he picks from our garden when we are not looking) and as for the swimming he does alot of that. but in the winter that is not possible, right now his skin is fine. just trying to get some info before it turns cold.
Then,.....he doesnt really need a bath once a month in the winter time. If you do, then make sure its a well fortified doggy shampoo with conditioners. or, take him to the groomer and tell them he has a dandruff problem so they use the proper shampoo.
Instead of olive oil, try a little fish oil. You may only need to give him a couple of sardines every other Friday instead of egg. Fish oils have worked for us for decades, and nothing shows dandruff like the short coat on a black Dobie.
thanks catsmine, where can you get the fish oil and is there any special kind? this may sound weird, but when he gets wet, does the fish oil have a smell that will leach out through his skin?
thanks catsmine, where can you get the fish oil and is there any special kind? this may sound weird, but when he gets wet, does the fish oil have a smell that will leach out through his skin?
No smell, unless you do the sardines, then it's his breath. Doggy toothbrushes help, like milk bone or rawhide strips. Wet dog smell is not affected by anything, make that ANYTHING.
Fish oils are available in the Oriental foods section, at the health food store, or the pharmacy.
Hey there my chocolate lab used to get bad dandruff too, try getting some medicated shampoo from any good pet supply store, its not very expensive but can work a treat. I would suggest giving rawhide as i hav found with most dogs it van give them terrible gas
Hey there my chocolate lab used to get bad dandruff too, try getting some medicated shampoo from any good pet supply store, its not very expensive but can work a treat. I would suggest giving rawhide as i hav found with most dogs it van give them terrible gas
tried the medicated shampoo but it made him itch. and rawhides are a no no in our house since he choked on one as a puppy, but thank you
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