Fish Oil

[Guest kar]

Can you give human fish oil pills to dogs? If so what do you use?

[sobesmom]

Yes, you absolutely can. I don't remember the name of the brand I used, but I got it at Walmart in the human vitamin section. I will say that fish oil did wonders for my Sobe's skin and coat.

 

What's your objective for using it? If it's skin and coat - I'd also recommend eggs.

 

Just a tip from experience - some dogs will just gobble up a fish oil cap thrown in their food, and some will leave it behind. Or pick it up and drop it somewhere in the house (my Diana-brat). For those that won't just eat the cap in their food-bowl, I'd poke it with a pin and squirt the contents onto the food. Some will eat it when handed to them, but I had the best luck putting it in or on the food.

Edited April 26, 2017 by sobesmom

[Guest Lyra]

I give Harley Country Life Super Omega-3 concentrated. He LOVES them, eats them right out of my hand. He knows as soon as he's finished eating he gets them and will stand there and wait until he does. I have mine on auto-ship from the Vitamin Shoppe.

 

http://www.countrylifevitamins.com/store/super-omega-3-concentrated

[Remolacha]

I am going to have to start giving them to Val for her SLO, I was just going to have her share the ones I take that I get from Costco.

[Cricket57]

Absolutely. We use the fish oil from Costco. We keep ours stored in the freezer (oil won't squirt everywhere when they bit into it) and put it in their food. Xena eats hers right up; Mulligan manages to eat everything in the bowl BUT that, knowing we'll give it to her with some peanut butter.

 

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[Mimismom]

Yes, you can (and should) give fish oil to dogs as a natural anti-inflammatory. It's great for their skin and arthritic joints. They can take fish oil at a total dose of 100mg/kg once a day, but this may lead to diarrhea, so it's best to start at a lower dose. Animal based fatty acids (fish oil) are much more effective than plant based (coconut, flax seed).