I really do apologise since this is a repeat offender question. I know I found the info a few days ago, but cannot find it now - no matter what I search. What is the correct dosage of fish oil for adult dogs? Bodo is showing signs of allergies, and he's rubbing his snout bloody. I plan on switching to raw as soon as I can, but for now have taken him off his Euk. sporting and put him on Wellness Super5 lamb formula, hopefully this will help. But I want to add the VitE/Fish oil as well.
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I use 1 gram of fish oil for every ten pounds of dog weight.
This works out to about 1.5 teaspoons for a 70-pound dog.
I start with half the dosage and work up to the full dose over a couple of days. I've never had a dog react to fish oil with diarrhea, but, theoretically, added fats can trigger a little temporary bout of it.
Also, dogs use Vitamin E when they process oil supplements.
I use 200 IU for a small dog and 400 IU for a big one. Mixed tocopherols is a good choice, IMO.
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I'd try antihistamines, too, with that much itching.
Hydroxyzine and chlorpheniramine are choices I have used successfully --- dogs are individual in their reactions to antihistamines, so what I have done is ask the vet for a few days' worth of one, see what happens, and so on.
I've never had success with Benadryl, unfortunately. Too bad, because it's cheap.
The idea (for me) is to find the allergens and eliminate them, strengthen the immune system at the same time with excellent diet, and give Omega 3s for their anti-inflammation benefits...... but to break the cycle and give the dog some relief, sometimes antihistamines (and sometimes even brief, low-dose Pred) are needed.
I intend to talk to the vet at work (zookeeper) about antihistimines, as soon as I see him next, but I thought I'd try him on Vitamin E (400IU) and Fish Oil in the meantime. The best quality fish oil I could find at my grocery store was in softgel form...how many softgels per day would you think? It says 2 for humans...
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I intend to talk to the vet at work (zookeeper) about antihistimines, as soon as I see him next, but I thought I'd try him on Vitamin E (400IU) and Fish Oil in the meantime. The best quality fish oil I could find at my grocery store was in softgel form...how many softgels per day would you think? It says 2 for humans...
How much fish oil in each gelcap?
I used to use the directions for humans and adjust for weight (assuming that the human is 150 pounds), but then I learned that the suggested doses for humans were very low on a lot of products. This might be because many humans are on blood thinners/anticoagulants ... I'm just guessing.
Hmmm...I've never been good at reading these types of labels. It says Serving size 2 sofgels (2c.) so I assume 1g. per softgel.
Another thing, has anyone had any luck with neem oil, either topically or orally? I've heard some good things about it, but was wondering if anyone here has tried it.
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Hmmm...I've never been good at reading these types of labels. It says Serving size 2 sofgels (2c.) so I assume 1g. per softgel.
Another thing, has anyone had any luck with neem oil, either topically or orally? I've heard some good things about it, but was wondering if anyone here has tried it.
Kameron
Fish oil: If it's one gram per cap, then I'd use one cap per ten pounds of dog weight.
Neem oil: Isn't that largely Omega 9s?
For ingesting: I think Omega 9s are not EFAs, which means they don't need to be ingested because the body can make them, in addition to their general lack of benefits compared to EFAs.
But for topical application: I think neem oil contains some kind of natural steroid and also some kind of pest repellant.
I've never used it. Maybe someone else here has better info.
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