I recently picked up a 18 mos old female chocolate lab for my sister. She had constant access to a swimming pool at her previous home. Her coat is very dry and bleached and among other things she was free-fed and extremely overweight. What is a good topical treatment to help bring her coat back?
I bathed her in dog shampoo to try and get the chlorine out and used a dog conditioner and some mink oil conditioner. Her coat just sucked it in and is still quite dry and discolored. I used my furminator which removed alot of dry dead hair.
Her diet will consist of a controlled quanity of premium dry food, with the additional supplement of fish oil and vitamin E. Any other supplements she should add? (I know raw diet is best but that's just not my sister's thing).
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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What exactly is the food?
Is she still swimming in chlorinated water?
The fish oil is going to do a lot for the fur's dryness but not the discoloration, which will eventually grow out.
I'd brush the dog daily (soft brush) to stimulate the sebaceous glands, and use something like the Healing Shampoo here: http://www.leerburg.com/1073.htm
(Scroll down to it.)
You will want to be certain that no people products are used (much different pH).
I believe that she picked up some Avoderm for the dog. She was previously fed Kirkland by Costco. She just picked her up from me today (she lives out of town). I've never fed this before but as far as what she saw at the pet store it was the best pick I think for now.
I'm going to try and talk her into some recreational RMB's after she gets used to the dog and settles in with routines and training. She had your website.
How long until the new coat comes in do you think?
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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- Avoderm is one of those foods that really annoy me because it seems so irresponsible to imply that avocado is a wonder food for dogs when it's actually toxic to dogs in any substantial amount. Their answer is "we use such a small amount," but that is a crummy answer to me. I prefer "none" with potential toxins, and I also prefer no pictures of toxic ingredients (and the name itself) to lead people to think it's something they should give their dogs.
These are the first few ingredients:
Chicken Meal, Ground Whole Brown Rice, Ground Whole Rice, Oatmeal, Rice Bran, Chicken Fat (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols and Ascorbic Acid), Avocado Meal, Flax Seed, Dried Alfalfa Meal
Lots of grains.
- Actually, recreational bones and RMBs are very different in usual parlance: RMBs are the basis of a raw diet and recreational bones are -- well, recreational. http://leerburg.com/feedingarawdiet.htm#RMB
- I don't know how long it takes to have a whole new coat. I betcha someone here will, though.
Sorry I didn't mean recreational RMB's I meant bones, dumb of me.
Very good thing to know about avocado, I didn't know that, but I thought I remembered it wasn't a top pick for dry foods and couldn't remember why. I'll see what else she can find at Petco or Petsmart. Our Petsmart in Fresno, CA has a terrible selection though.
Yeah, When I feed dry we have a couple of great small pet food stores that carry Innova and some others. I used to feed raw only but due to some personal family issues lately mine have mainly gotten dry lately, it definatly shows when they arn't on raw though.
With an extremely overweight dog how careful should she be with the dog's exercise?
I'm thinking no jogging just yet, maybe long walks for a few weeks. I'm concerned with heart and joint stress. I'm thinking food should be cut to maybe half of a normal ration for now as long as nutrition is adequate? What do you think?
As far as helping a dog loose weight, how difficult is it?
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