Does anyone use Omega 3 fatty asids i was told to use a teaspoon in meal for my dog who has Exema and the vets dont do much at all only give me shampoo for twice a week but he wont let me bath him,

Omega 3 and Omega 6 help with dry skin/eczema.

However, dry skin and/or eczema are often caused by commercial pet foods, and stopping them and providing a raw diet alone may solve the problem.

Excess of Omega 3 and omega 6 can cause similar or worse problems than a lack of them, so I would be wary of simply supplementing a commercial diet with either or both.

Thanks for you help i will have to think about that and if i will try it, i dont want to make things worse, , i have two GSD they wont eat anything raw, i have them on adult beta, have tried lots of other foods but thats the only one they will eat which they were brought up on, , i also give them tripe every day, and some treats, Jazz had this when we bought him i asked the breeder if any of her dogs had it but she said no, the vet said he would grow out of it but as of yet he hasent and now hes 13 mths old thanks again for your help.

try yumega I am using that on my dogs now and the TTs skin is definately improving they sell it in PAH

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Thanks im going in there tomorrow will try it, as vets are not really helping , thanks a lot.

I've heard of lots of dogs with skin conditions massively benefit from a total hypo-allergenci, colouring/preservative free, quality food. Most people know of James Wellbeloved, but a very very similar yet more cost effective is Arden Grange. I feed my two girls on that and it only costs approx £30 for a 15kg sack of lamb&rice

Hi thats about the same as i pay for beta adult, but i have tried them on that and lots of others and they wont touch it, only one has exema the other one is fine, have also tried hills but no joy jazz the one with exema is really fussy for a g shep, i have a job to get him to eat at all, jet is easy to feed, yet jazz is 8 stone and vet says hes fine, apart from the exema its funny they both have same fathers but differant mothers my son has the brother to jazz and he to has exema, thanks for answering , might try it again

Dogs have an inbuilt survival instinct.... they will not let themselves starve. (I wouldn't work on this practice if they were underweight, very young, or particularly ill).

I would put down what I want them to feed on, gradually for a few days mixed in with what they currently eat. Then I may add a little mix in to add incentive, maybe tuna, gravy, bit of tinned meat, but you'll know your own dog.

Btw I was feeding Bakers (cos it's cheap) but I worked out because of the quality I don't need to give as much for them to get the needed nutrients etc, it's costs me 5p more a day to feed Arden Grange.

My vet recommended putting my mastiff bitch on evening primrose oil some years ago he said it helps the skin and coat and touch wood so far it has ,she hasnt got exzema but would occasionally have dry skin

We had one here and the survival instinct clearly did NOT work for her she went for so long without food in the end we had to give in she was starving herself, I have never seen it before as we had advocated the pick the food up rule but after her we dont !!!

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