Oils in a Dog's Diet

I should have checked my mail yesterday. My bully sticks from Petflow were delivered.






For breakfast, the crew had turkey hearts.



I broke down some more free meat today.

A HUGE beef round steak.



A beef chuck steak, which was meal size, but had an annoying bone running through it.



And some pork tenderloin.







Les and I went to Costco today. They had a very large (56 oz) jar of coconut oil for $16.99. Extra virgin, organic.



Other coconut oils I've seen at Kroger are at least $10 for 12 oz. I've been wanting to try coconut oil with the woofers for a while.

This stuff smells and tastes amazing!! I made myself a smoothie with some banana and frozen strawberries and blueberries, and added a bit of coconut oil. Delicious! I even ate a small amount plain.

The dogs also seemed to like it. I gave them each some with dinner Neeko and Bruce ate theirs first, and Faolan eventually ate his.

For dinner, they had turkey necks, pork shoulder, pork liver, coconut oil and a Seameal meatball.




I am going to continue with their daily fish oil pills, as I don't know the OFA profile of coconut oil. I'm very fortunate that the retail pharmacy at my hospital sells a very decent fish oil pill, and also accepts payroll deduction. They often have their supplements BOGO, so I stock up.



These are soy free, which is hard to find in fish oil pills.







One pill contains 300 mg EPA + DHA. Maintenance dose for dogs is 100 mg per 10 lbs body weight. I give each of my dogs four or five capsules daily. This is to balance out high Omega 6 levels in grain fed meats. It is also a natural anti-inflammatory, and good for skin and coat. Also some are suggesting that OFA imbalances are a contributor to aggression in dogs. I will post a link from my computer tomorrow.

I hope for some sort of benefit from the coconut oil. No matter what, it's not wasted money because I have a newly found love for it.
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