I find that canned mackeral is very high in salt & even though I rinse it many times, I don't feed it as much as the sardines that I can get in spring water, with no added salt. I feed them a couple of times a week to my dogs. I occasionally feed a can of the sardines in olive oil. I also feed salmon packed in water as part of the rotation.

I just found what seem like a good salmon oil. Alaska natural.

It is cold press salmon oil and it say to give 2 ml per 10bl 2x day.
For my boys it would be near 2 table spoon (28 ml per day total)
It seem like a lot?

How much do you feed?

How much do the dogs weigh?

Harley 65# (1 yo)Still need and bit more weight, Dexter 71# perfect weight(1 1/2 yo)

For healthy dogs, for 65 pounds, I give about 1 1/3 (one and one third, or 1.3) teaspoons, and for 71, pounds I give about 1 1/2 (one and one half, or 1.5) teaspoons a day.*

I would give Vitamin E to both at 400 IU a day.

All JMO.



* But link us to the product so we can see the DHA and EPA content. I'm curious because of the dosage suggested.

Good info regarding the mackerel; I check labels, haven't found any, salmon or mackeral, not containing salt.
& the sardine, don't have a can on hand to verify, but it is packed in an oil, but cans are tiny. The larger cans of sardine, are all packed with non edible for a dog, think tomato is one, & another is a mustard? yuk!!

Here is what I found:
Wild Alaska salmon oil by Nor Pac Fish,LLC
http://www.alaska-naturals.com

Garanteed analysis
Omega 3 32%
DHA 12%
EPA 12%
Omega 6 3%
Crud fat 99%

daily dosage one pump or 1/2 teaspoon(2 ml) per 10# twice daily

My boys 65 and 70#
they should get 25ml and 28 ml

What do you think? You mention a lot less

Well, I think that's more than most instructions for a healthy dog. Not that it would worry me to give that much, and in fact I give more than "average dosing directions," but I stick with the average dosage directions when posting, which is about a gram per ten pounds rather than a couple of grams per ten pounds.

And the one I use has 18% EPA. This one is substantially lower in EPA (like Grizzly). I have seen instructions for atopy ranging from 180 mg of EPA per ten pounds to 180 mg EPA per twenty pounds. (Note that this is an easy conversion with a fish oil that contains 18% EPA.) So for the high end of those two, for a dog with atopy, say, you'd have to use 2 grams of Grizzly per ten pounds of dog because Grizzly is 9% EPA.

(Yes, I know that ml and grams are different, one being volume and one being weight, but they're close enough for me for horseshoes and hand grenades. And fish oil. You can't directly convert them, but a ml of water-type liquid weighs about a gram.)

Wrap it up: Yes, I'd be OK with working up to their directions. All the flapping on I am doing is just to point out that one-size-fits-all dosing for Omega 3s is very imprecise.

JMO!

Thanks, very helpfull!