[nagdu] Fish Oil

Tue Nov 5 19:53:26 UTC 2013

Hmm, interesting, I might try that as opposed to the fish oil.

On 11/5/13, Sherry Gomes <sherriola at gmail.com> wrote:
> You can use vegetable oil too. I remember with my first couple dogs, GDB
> had
> us put a tablespoon of vegetable oil in the dog food every day.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Hannah Chadwick
> Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2013 12:09 PM
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> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Fish Oil
>
> There are also pill pockets.  It can get a little pricy though,
> but you could put the capsules in the pill pockets.  Your dog
> will eat that most likely! haha
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
> From: minh ha <minh.ha927 at gmail.com
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog
> Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Tue, 5 Nov 2013 14:06:11 -0500
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Fish Oil
>
> Thanks Marsha.  I was kind of hoping I could avoid puncturing the
> tablet and just have her eat it with her fod.  GDB adds water to
> the
> dog's food as well.  I might just try dropping the tablet in her
> food
> and see if she'll eat it like that, if not, I'll go the other
> route.
>
>
>
> On 11/5/13, Marsha Drenth <marsha.drenth at gmail.com> wrote:
>  Minh,
>  With my first guide, I added a tablet worths to her water.  With
> my Emma
>  girl, I added a punctured tablet to her food.  Once she got sick
> and would
>  eat around the tablet, I would squeeze out the contents of the
> tablet on to
>  her wet food.  She was from TSE, where they give the pup food
> with a little
>  bit of water on it.  Not sure if they do that anymore.  With
> this pup I will
>  puncture the tablet and put into her dry food.  I guess it
> depends on the
>  pup, the school in which you got yoru pup from, and how the food
> is given to
>  the pup.
>
>  Yes it does smell bad, it is from fish though...LOL
>
>  Marsha drenth
>  Sent with my IPhone
>
>  On Nov 5, 2013, at 1:28 PM, minh ha <minh.ha927 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>  I'm curious, when you give your dog the fish oil tablet, do you
> add it
>  to the food or do you do it by hand? My boyfriend gives his dog
> a fish
>  oil supplement but it's liquid and it smells absolutely
> atrocious so
>  I've avoided going that route for a while.  Now that winter is
> fast
>  approaching, I'm noticing that my dog is itching more because
> her coat
>  is getting dryer so I want to start her on fish oil.
>
>  Minh
>
>  On 11/5/13, Marsha Drenth <marsha.drenth at gmail.com> wrote:
>  thank you everyone for your responses.  I never knew that humans
> could
>  take
>  fish oil too, until a fmaily member told me of it.  I have been
> giving to
>  my
>  pups for a while.  Just glad I don't have to buy separate
> tablets for the
>  pup
>  too.
>
>
>
>  Marsha drenth
>  Sent with my IPhone
>
>  On Nov 5, 2013, at 10:54 AM, Tami Jarvis <tami at poodlemutt.com>
> wrote:
>
>  Marsha,
>
>  My vet niece assures me that the same fish oil I take is also
> good for
>  the
>  dogs.  So we ran out of fish oil, and I keep forgetting to get
> more.
>  /lol/
>
>  Tami
>
>  On 11/05/2013 06:30 AM, Marsha Drenth wrote:
>  Listers,
>  I recently began taking a fish oil supplement that I purchased
> from
>  Costco.  Of course since fall and winter have now started
> visiting the
>  Northeast, my pup has dry skin and will itch.  Are the fish oil
> pills
>  that
>  humans take, the same that are safe for pups? Are they
> different?
>  Just wondering if anyone knows.
>
>  Thanks,
>
>  Marsha drenth
>  Sent with my IPhone
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