I emailed them just now. I'm glad you asked! Of course I cannot speak for the manufacturer in the meantime, but I suspect that this will have been an error. I suspect that it was supposed to say two grams per twenty pounds rather than two teaspoons per twenty pounds.

actually I did the full dose at first, for a few days and we noticed the loose stools. So we cut back and that's when I posted, I figured you would know what's best. Thanks again

Not to sound cynical but dont' forget that the more you use, the quicker you will have to buy another bottle.

Un-ethical yes, but not unheard of for companies to do something along those lines.

Wendy

That or a mistake and they have some major damage control or their product is not so pure and it actually does take that much liquid for the dog to receive the proper dose.

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Not to sound cynical but dont' forget that the more you use, the quicker you will have to buy another bottle.

Un-ethical yes, but not unheard of for companies to do something along those lines.

Wendy

That did cross my mind also

Well, I am not thrilled so far with customer support.

The email didn't even generate a "We have your email and someone will answer it soon" response, so I called today. The person who answered assured me that she could help, so I asked whether the instructions were a mistake, and maybe should have been 2 GRAMS per twenty pounds of dog weight, and she said no, the instructions were correct. When I explained that I would like some kind of backup for the dosing, she said "I will connect you with 'my vet,' " and transferred the call, but I got voicemail.

I left a detailed message.

Of course, lack of instant response doesn't make them evil (or even wrong), so we'll see.

I did spend a couple of hours last night trying to find someone, anyone, who recommended anything like that kind of dosing formula, and I failed.

Again, though, we'll see what they say. I specifically asked whether they were basing their directions on trying to achieve a 1:1 Omega 6-Omega 3 ratio. If so, the directions should be tied to an analysis of the rest of the diet.

I think a modern human's diet can be as bad as 25:1, which pretty obviously needs modification (IMO).

There is some thought that the ratio was 1:1 in a normal dog diet a couple of hundred years ago, but there is more belief that about a 5:1 ratio is ideal.

If that IS their idea, then I will want to know how they arrived at the Omega 6 amount in the diet.

I'm sorry for you having to do all this, its a shame that their customer support doesn't seem to be anything more then someone who just answers calls and no real specialist. This seems like a pretty wide distributed line of products.

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I'm sorry for you having to do all this, its a shame that their customer support doesn't seem to be anything more then someone who just answers calls and no real specialist. This seems like a pretty wide distributed line of products.

I called back and was assured that "the vet" would call or email asap.

And no, this is the kind of info I pursue. Who knows what kind of information might come out of this?

I did get an email from a DVM.

It wasn't sufficient for me, since the main point was that recommendations in general are all over the place, and there is one guy (Goldstein, who I have read, but who doesn't give backup for his suggested dosages) whose recommendations back up the label instructions.

So I asked for more, and particularly about what kind of Omega sixes-to-threes ratio they had in mind.

It's so bizarre that someone who is ardently in favor of fish oil supplementation (me) is actually arguing AGAINST a high-dose recommendation!

OTOH, the result I would expect from that amount (diarrhea) is the result you did indeed get.....

I will post back the minute I hear/read more.

Personally, I'd probably stick with the instructions that (for example) Grizzly (and Leerburg) uses and that I've always considered to be a good therapeutic dose: a gram of oil for ten pounds of dog weight. But I'll be reading!

Thanks, I'll give the lower dose. Is 400IU of vitamin E a day ok?