Mike Kramer wrote 01/03/2008 03:18 PM Dry Pads #172802 - 01/03/2008 03:18 PM
Mike Kramer Webboard User Reg: 08-20-2007 Posts: 45 Loc: PA Offline	my two year old lab is is 100% a house pet has dry pads what can I do to soften them up and to help moisturize them
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steve strom wrote 01/03/2008 03:33 PM Re: Dry Pads [Re: Mike Kramer ] #172804 - 01/03/2008 03:33 PM
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Mike Kramer wrote 01/03/2008 03:42 PM Re: Dry Pads [Re: steve strom ] #172807 - 01/03/2008 03:42 PM
Mike Kramer Webboard User Reg: 08-20-2007 Posts: 45 Loc: PA Offline	thanks I will look for it in the local rite aid ( we don't have walgreens yet)
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Sharon Empson wrote 01/03/2008 05:03 PM Re: Dry skin- [Re: Mike Kramer ] #172827 - 01/03/2008 05:03 PM
Sharon Empson Webboard User Reg: 08-27-2007 Posts: 1197 Loc: Offline	I have a similar issue. Not dry pads, but dry skin. Here are the facts. I have had Cody for about 2 months, he is a rescue, who is soon to be 5 months old. His diet consists of raw; veggies,sweet potatoes, and the rotation of pork, or beef, or chiken, or turkey, and cornish game hens. His supplements consist of: vitamin e 400 iu Holistic Animal care mega daily vitamin (just started this last week) Wild Alaskam salmon oil=0.12 fl. oz daily and a couple of times a week 1000mg vitamin c What am I doing wrong. I know I haven't had him that long, but his little coat is beginning to be shinny but his skin is very very flaky. He does not itch much at all, rarely, maybe twice a week at the most, and he is an inside dog so I would know. I would like to have his skin not be so flaky. what can I do? THank you Sharon Empson
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Connie Sutherland wrote 01/03/2008 05:08 PM Re: Dry skin- [Re: Sharon Empson ] #172831 - 01/03/2008 05:08 PM
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005 Posts: 31571 Loc: North-Central coast of California Offline	Quote: Sharon Empson I have a similar issue. Not dry pads, but dry skin. Here are the facts. I have had Cody for about 2 months, he is a rescue, who is soon to be 5 months old. His diet consists of raw; veggies,sweet potatoes, and the rotation of pork, or beef, or chiken, or turkey, and cornish game hens. His supplements consist of: vitamin e 400 iu Holistic Animal care mega daily vitamin (just started this last week) Wild Alaskam salmon oil=0.12 fl. oz daily and a couple of times a week 1000mg vitamin c What am I doing wrong. I know I haven't had him that long, but his little coat is beginning to be shinny but his skin is very very flaky. He does not itch much at all, rarely, maybe twice a week at the most, and he is an inside dog so I would know. I would like to have his skin not be so flaky. what can I do? THank you How much does he weigh? THat would be a 30-pound-dog dose of fish oil. I give a gram (1000 mg) of fish oil per ten pounds of dog.
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Connie Sutherland wrote 01/03/2008 05:10 PM Re: Dry skin- [Re: Connie Sutherland ] #172832 - 01/03/2008 05:10 PM
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005 Posts: 31571 Loc: North-Central coast of California Offline	Also, why the mega vitamin? You are feeding an assortment of vitamin-rich foods plus a C supplement. Is he getting organ meat? Is he getting some of the fat on the meats? If I added organ meat and upped the fish oil to a therapeutic dose and saw no improvement, I'd probably have a thyroid test done.
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Sharon Empson wrote 01/03/2008 05:23 PM Re: Dry skin- [Re: Connie Sutherland ] #172835 - 01/03/2008 05:23 PM
Sharon Empson Webboard User Reg: 08-27-2007 Posts: 1197 Loc: Offline	Cody weights 11 lbs. Yes he is getting organ meat. And yes he is getting fat off the meat too. The reason I gave him the mega (1/2 capsule daily) is because I was concerned he was not getting everything he needed, his skin being so dry and his being a rescue and coming off commercial food. It consains vitamins, minerals and amino acid chelates in a base of alfalfa, watercress, parsley, rice and Lecithin. The Salmon oil comes in a pump and suggests for dogs up to 12.5 lbs the dose I told you 0.12 fl oz. As I am writing this I can't see back to what you said the therapeutic dose is, but I will look at it and try that. My husband and I take fish oils ourselves, and have jellcaps of 1000 mg. I could give him one of those. And if he doesn't improve I will ask that his thyroid be checked. Thank you. Sharon Empson
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Connie Sutherland wrote 01/03/2008 05:31 PM Re: Dry skin- [Re: Sharon Empson ] #172836 - 01/03/2008 05:31 PM
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005 Posts: 31571 Loc: North-Central coast of California Offline	Oh. He is small. The salmon oil dose is OK. (One of your gelcaps would also be OK.) Therapeutic dose: a gram (1000 mg) per ten pounds of dog. Just me personally -- I don't care for mega vitamins. For one thing, you are feeding a lot of Vitamin A precursor in the sweet potato (which I would eliminate, using pumpkin instead if I were trying to give extra A...... MUCH lower in sugar), and you are doubling up on C. Then I would give him a couple more weeks to respond to his new diet; you're right that two months isn't long. ;-)
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Sharon Empson wrote 01/03/2008 05:36 PM Re: Dry skin- [Re: Connie Sutherland ] #172838 - 01/03/2008 05:36 PM
Sharon Empson Webboard User Reg: 08-27-2007 Posts: 1197 Loc: Offline	thank you for your input it really helps, and I do feed him pumpkin too, he really loves it. He eats just about anything. I forgot to say I also feed fish to cody and bindi. Thanks again. Sharon Empson
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Connie Sutherland wrote 01/03/2008 07:31 PM Re: Dry skin- [Re: Sharon Empson ] #172854 - 01/03/2008 07:31 PM
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005 Posts: 31571 Loc: North-Central coast of California Offline	I betcha that if he still has flaking skin in a couple weeks, it will be a thyroid thing (which, BTW, is easily dealt with once it's diagnosed). But it really doesn't sound like a diet problem to me. I'd lose that mega vitamin and the sweet potato, but not because of the skin flakiness. JMO.
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