In the past year since joining this forum I have made several changes in my dogs diet and care. I started taking him to a holistic vet,started feeding him raw food,and stopped unecessary vaccinations. I am very happy with these changes. However, the amount of supplements I give to my dog as prescribed by the vet has me giving 18 pills a day! I stuff the pills in about a lb of venison. I have at the moment 6 pills of Congoplex,3 of Drenamin,2 of garlic,4 of zymex,and 3 of parotoid. Along with this I add probiotics,vit c,fish oil and vit e. This seems obsessive! (Did I mention with all this my dog is suffering from hot spots due to allergies from pool water!)
Soooo.....can a dog get too much supplements. Or is there a better way?
They have a veterinary line of products...wonder why she doesn't use them? This seems like overkill to me. Also seems like your vet is a distributor for Standard Process :wink:
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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Holistic vets are not immune to the money bug.
And doesn't one of those contain calcium? You're feeding RMBs, right?
I wouldn't write this vet off immediately, but I sure would have a list of questions (like Why this, and How do you know the dog needs this, and "Why calcium when the dog eats bones, and a whole lot more). And I would write the answers for later contemplation and research.
Sorry I just logged on. The vet gives me a schedule of treatment stating when and what I should give along with what its for. This changes from month to month. She sees him once a month and evaluates him based on a muscle resistance test.(is any one laughing at me yet) I spend 200 to 300 dollars a month. I already have a huge selection of supplements.
My dog was really looking good. My trainer was sceptical. He asked his vet and she was respected in her community. He Felt the change was due to RMB.
Lynne Barrows Webboard User Reg: 09-22-2007
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Patty, I went back and read your original post. Your dog has certainly made fantastic improvements in the past 5 months.
If it were me, I would be frank with the vet and tell her that you would like to try to wean the dog off the supplements, especially if the money you are spending is an issue.
Also, one thing about the pool water; do you rinse your dog off with the hose after he goes in the pool? This will eliminate a good bit of chlorine that would otherwise just dry on his skin/coat.
Thanks for all your replys. My dog had chronic diarhea,watery eye,and a dry thin coat. He was also very under weight.
The thing is even with all these changes right now he is suffering from jumping in the pool. Yes I rinse him off and most times I bathe him and then condition. One day I did this six times! We are having our pool converted to saline.
I did not realize how many side ingredients were in his supplements until I read Sarahs blog. Do you think some of this could hurt more than help?
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