(Part 2) Best dog supplements & vitamins according to redditors
We found 105 Reddit comments discussing the best dog supplements & vitamins. We ranked the 64 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
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Not OP but I recently transitioned my dog to homemade food from kibble. During the transition I slowly phased kibble out and the new food in.
My dog is a St Bernard/Shepherd mix but ate about 2 cups of kibble per day plus chews/treats. Currently I use the same base for the food and vary the grains/veggies.
In the crockpot on high for 4-4.5 hours or low for 8 put in the crockpot in the following order:
1.5-2 cups water
1 cup brown rice (or quinoa mix)
1-2 cubed sweet potatoes
3 chicken breasts
1 (16oz) bag frozen peas/carrots
1/2 bag frozen broccoli florets
1 (16oz) bag frozen green beans
1 multi-vitamin tablet in each serving (he eats twice a day)
My pup reeeeeally likes frozen broccoli florets in any form (cooked, frozen, thawed but cold) so sometimes I just throw in a couple florets in his bowl when I feed him instead of cooking them in the food.
Yields about 10-14 days of food depending on if he gets peanut butter-filled Kongs that week, etc.
Vitamin: ProSense Multivitamin For All Life Stages, 90-Count https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MV4N0DD/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_R3p3AbMEAXH23
My dog had it from laying on hard floors in her kennel back in her racing days. When we adopted her I got this from Amazon and after a week or two you could hardly notice. Blissful Dog Elbow Butter - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LWMVQBQ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_K5OjDb1PEBFNV
He is a beauty!
Also, for those old man nose crusties, I highly recommend nose butter! This is super common for brachycephalic breeds like boxers. :)
I so feel your pain. I have an older dog, Tiger, nearly 10, who still has intermittent soft stools since March or so of this year. A blood test and two stool tests by my vet were all negative for parasites, and she pretty much shrugged her shoulders at that point, as he was otherwise eating and behaving normally, as your puppy still is. It was a combination of Tiger's issues and my youngest, Derby, who picked up a coprophagia habit at about 9 months of age, that prompted us at that point to move to a raw diet. Derby's habit ended immediately, and though Tiger improved from near-daily watery diarrhea to 'somewhat improved' semi-solid stools, it was not a cure. Chronic inflammation of the GI tract from a lifetime of a kibble diet is now something that Tiger and us will have to live with.
Here are all the things we have tried to eliminate -pardon the pun- this problem alongside his new diet (this is the first time I've tried to list them all, and may have to come back and add to this):
PLEASE NOTE, that for all the things above that did not work because of Tiger's GI damage, may well work for your puppy. Do not try more than one remedy at a time. I suggest starting with the digestive enzymes first. Those can be had at any pet supply store. These have probiotics in them which may help. EDIT AGAIN to add: I missed that you've got him on a probiotic already- the digestive enzymes may still help, however.
Lastly, given that your puppy is likely enduring a heavy schedule of vaccinations at this time of his life which also may be a factor in his diarrhea, I very highly suggest picking up an immune supplement like this one. Platinum Performance has a colostrum based immune support that we tried on our adult dogs with less success, but may work better for your pup. You may also wish to look into Dr. Jean Dodd's reduced vaccination schedule. Your vet will fight you on this last bit if you try to do this, just as ours did.
Some vets will, some vets won't. It is usually more expensive to have a vet make a house call. I prefer to do it at home though, and the extra cost is worth it to me.
I obviously don't know your dog, but I have a golden retriever old man who is going to be 13 next month. His hips are also not too good and I sympathize with you. We have been bringing him to the vet a lot lately about that (on top of many other things), and asking for help making him more comfortable. Our vet recommended giving him fish oil on his kibbles. I kind of rolled my eyes because I was expecting to get him some pain medication, but she was wary of that because of his history with seizures and the meds he's currently on. I just thought I would mention this because after about 5 days of using the oil, he had perked up a lot for an old man and seemed to want to play more and trot around, as opposed to bark at you and look at you with sad eyes asking you to help him around. Even if it is nearing the end of the road for your dog, maybe that is something to look into to help ease his pain even a little bit.
That is not a complete and balanced diet. Honestly I am a bit alarmed that your dog at only 11 weeks old is being fed a diet lacking in so many vitamins and minerals. A growing dog needs a fully balanced diet. If you are using The Honest Kitchen, use it with absolutely every meal, and feed as instructed on the box. Add a multi-vitamin/mineral (I recommend VetriScience Canine Plus Multi). This is
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0091WICBM/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_bdUqub1RGQJVG
If your dog is getting raw meat, you dont need to get the Honest Kitchen containing meat "for extra protein", your dog is probably getting enough protein. What your dog is not getting anywhere near enough of is fiber, hence the diarrhea. Also not enough vegetable matter which contains minerals, vitamins and phytonutrients. There are dozens and dozens (perhaps hundreds) of amino acids, fatty acids, and other complex chemicals that are contained within food NOT including the essential vitamins and minerals that dogs need. Meat alone does not provide a full spectrum of nutrition. Growing pups need extra attention paid to their nutrition, imbalances in the nutrition of growing pups can cause severe problems (diarrhea being the least of it, but can include things like blindness, bone malformation, etc)
What formula of The Honest Kitchen are you using? You should be using one of their "Base Mixes", and which is a formula of ground dehydrated vegetables and fruits and some vitamins and minerals.
http://www.thehonestkitchen.com///dog-food/base-mix
Are you giving any fish oil? What is your source of omega-3s? Probiotics? Soluble and Insoluble Fiber?
Fish oil: one capsule of the most basic fish oil daily (begin doing this once the diarrhea has subsided). Dont buy fancy high priced fish oil or fish oil "for pets", its way more expensive for no added benefit. Just buy a reputable brand of fish oil (check label for certification of mercury removal). I buy bottles of 270 gel capsules for like 12$.
Raw diets are not simple. Or very cheap. People have the best intentions but may end up hurting their pets by not having done their research, or by using the easiest raw feeding recipes they found on some website that was not written by an expert.
To fix your dog's diarrhea, first get them on a balanced diet. Since you already have The Honest Kitchen, use that exactly according to the instructions on the box.
Second: get your dog something fiber rich to help bulk up his stool. I use Garden of Life Raw Fiber (great product, good balance of soluble and insoluble fiber). How big is your dog? I would add 1-2 Tablespoons per 20lbs (if ur dog weighs less than 20lbs but more than 10lbs, still give 1-2 Tbls).
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004H2T314/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_jzUqub019P7ER
Your dog also needs probiotics for the diarrhea. Buy a human probiotic, with multiple strains of bacteria (you dont want one with just one strain of acidophilus) and a probiotic with a high CFU count (id say at least 7 billion per capsule). Heres a good one
http://www.amazon.com/Integrative-Therapeutics-Probiotic-Pearls-90-Count/dp/B0011023KS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1413686398&sr=8-1&keywords=integrative+therapeutics+probiotics
If u dont like ordering online, you can find fiber powder, probiotics, fish oil at health food stores or grocery stores like Whole Foods. I just like amazon bc its always been the cheapest.
Im a pre-veterinary student with 9 years of clinical experience, im currently interning for one of the few Board Certified Veterinary Nutritionists in the country. I also have a personal interest in holistic medicine, raw food diets (i feed my own senior dogs a raw food). Feel free to ask me any follow up questions
What kind of dog is the one having kidney issues? It’s often genetic. I’d add [these](Bladder Support for Dogs – Dog Bladder Control Pills are A Natural Cranberry Supplement for Dog Incontinence Urinary Tract Infection Relief & Kidney Support 55 Soft Chew Senior Dog Vitamins https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01KKATQS6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_toQ-BbZHW5N9Y) into her diet.
There are multiple types of critical care. You can buy the correct kind off of Amazon. It's got a green label and is formulated for herbivores. It doesn't have any added sugar or fruit in it. This link should be right: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B012OPSSKW/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_PtcKDb9S83AJK.
Are you in the US?
You could try some chews like these to help the process along
I’ve noticed a lot of pitties are allergic to chicken and/or grains. I would - from experience - recommend a salmon based diet with limited ingredients. My boy is particularly sensitive so I have found ONE brand (Victor Yukon) and one brand only that doesn’t make him break out in those little bumps, but he’s a special case. Call of the Wild and Merrick seem to be pretty good brands. Blue Buffalo has lowered their quality a lot since going into big stores like Walmart unfortunately I don’t think it’s worth the price tag anymore. You could start with affordable options like Sam’s club or Costco, they both carry good salmon foods in their own brand. Be mindful, again from experience, that if it IS chicken that bothers him, you’ll have to become a pro at reading ingredients on everything (food AND treats). I cannot begin to tell you how many times I’ve found that things that aren’t advertised as chicken flavored still have chicken, chicken liver, chicken meal, chicken byproduct, chicken fat. It’s CRAZY. I would also recommend introducing either an omega supplement (you can find some good ones on amazon this one works well for us ) or a salmon oil you can spritz in his food - it’s amazing how beautiful their coats get.
Anyway, super long response. Best of luck! Give him lots of kisses!
Most of those pain meds are just temporary relief and do nothing more. If you're going to make your cat better get something off Amazon that promotes healing and gives some pain relief so it lasts. Like this
https://www.amazon.com/RestoraPet-Wellness-Supplement-Clinically-Inflammation/dp/B00SEXDTPI/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1496286742&sr=8-5&keywords=pain+cat
Eh, that was intented to be serious.
You need a remineralization salt and a TDS-Meter to check if you remineralized enough (≈250 µS/cm for bees). Of course, you do that before you add the water to the tank or the shrimp will experience an potenially harmful osmotic shock. No, mineral rocks don‘t do that.
I did not talk to my vet first, I did try and do a lot of research. As my last dog got into old age, we started making food for her, so my current recipe was adapted from that. My typical recipe is:
6-8 bone-in skin on chicken thighs
60 oz bag of Bird's Eye Normandy Blend frozen vegetables (has carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, squash, and zucchini)
*1 cup water
I add the chicken, skin side down, to the crock pot first. I put the vegetables on top and add the water. Cover, let cook until chicken is done and meat falling off the bone. I like to do low like maybe 6 hours, if you are more pressed for time you can cook it on high for less time. YMMV. I like to use chicken thighs for the fat content, and the ease of pulling out a single bone. I have tried doing this recipe with boneless skinless chicken thighs, but the meat did not become as tender for whatever reason.
After the meat is cooked, I stir the pot and fish out the bones, making sure the chicken becomes broken up/shredded. I then add half of a 42oz container of old fashioned oats. I stir this through, it adds fiber and bulk and absorbs the fat and water to thicken the mix. I then let it cool and then portion into containers that go into the freezer. I take out a container the day before to put in the fridge to thaw. My girl is 81 lbs and bordering on obese, and she gets 13oz of food per day, split into two meals. She is also fairly sedentary so she is eating less than a lot of other dogs on here, and she also generally gets the last bite of whatever "Daddy" is eating (because I eat spicy foods and she can't have that). She is also very treat motivated (plain Goldfish crackers).
I also make sure to give her a multivitamin daily. I use this one.
My vet is very supportive and is impressed that I am well informed. Had I not looked into it or was not giving a vitamin, she would not recommend it. She's also not fond of the BARF diet. I thought about the BARF diet, but I think it would be too messy for us.
I started doing this for a couple of reasons. When she was a puppy she would eat the kibble of our other dog, but then she stopped eating kibble. But also the horror stories of pets getting sick from kibble, even the high end brands. She is the world to us, and making sure she has safe food is such an easy thing for us to do.
At one point I was making her treats, but that was more labor intensive. I try to keep her treats small because she is so treat motivated and I don't need her to gain more weight! I usually use Bunny Grahams, but the store was out last time so I bought plain Goldfish crackers.
edit: formatting, and I forgot to mention that in addition to the frozen vegetables, I might add any other fruits or veg that need to be eaten. Especially if it is frozen with freezer burn. I had blueberries that I didn't want to go bad and added those in one time. The only things I try to stay away from is corn, since my previous dog had corn allergies, and potatoes, because this dog has a hard time digesting potatoes (throws up, never fun.)
My short hair had the same problem with dandruff. These helped significantly: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DEB2DI8/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_26q1Bb0R9EK9Q
We use this probiotic
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LNQQ85Q/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_c_api_.QTuzbHRSJKEG
And I just got this at the grocery store:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B015VBRIXE/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_c_api_WSTuzb83DZ34K
I'm not too specific on how much I give him. One stick lasts a couple weeks. I only give him the fiber in the morning, probiotic both meals. We also give him this stuff because he had a bit of arthritis that we don't want to get worse:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00028ZLTU/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_c_api_3WTuzb7RNKA2K
Yeah, I follow a couple guinea pig rescue groups on facebook, and one of them recommended giving our piggies these once or twice a week. Our piggie lost a lot of weight so now I have to feed him a special mix of food to help him gain weight. I think he loves all the attention hes getting now :)
Yes, definately. If you are in the US I'd recommend something like this:
http://www.amazon.com/Supplement-Glucosamine-Chondroitin-Formulated-Flexibility/dp/B00IT81GPS/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&qid=1421998698&sr=8-15&keywords=health+joints+dog+treats
I'm not in the US but I would've bought something like these if I could.
Edit: $35 bucks for 3 months worth, that's nothing. Give it a shot and see if you see an improvement. Can't hurt! If you are a broke let me know and we can sort out that Amazon wishlist thing or whatever it is.
It's no trouble :)
I feed my pigs Oxbow food. Since your pig is still a baby, he/she can eat that food till they're 6 months. Then you can get the Oxbow adult pig food. They should also have mostly alfalfa hay, not timothy, till they're 6 months. When my pigs were babies, we usually gave them alfalfa in the morning and at night, and then we gave them timothy (or botanical hay, or oat hay--Oxbow makes both of these) throughout the day.
Sticks are fine :) I usually just get edible houses for my pigs.
AFAIK, it just depends on what you prefer for bedding. I used the Pet Supplies Plus brand paper bedding before I switched to fleece. Just make sure you don't use wood shavings because they're bad for their respiratory systems.
And I assume you've read about their vitamin C needs? I give these tabs to my pigs. Usually everyday because they love them and it's adorable watching them all come up to the side of the cage :) But you can give them strips of red pepper, too! I recently introduced my pigs to those little cutie oranges and they love those. They also get romaine, cilantro, cucumbers, and grape tomatoes on a regular basis. Every once in a while they get a tiny piece of raw sweet potato, squash, or an apple.
We have the orange furminator for long hair. It does ok, but it pulls at the hair.
This is cheaper and does an amazingly better job raking the undercoat: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01EZ7UOCM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_O-YbBb6MTAZ3G
Also, I promise I'm not a paid spokesman, you can check my history. These supplements have really helped the softness of our girls fur, and shes starting to itch less on her paws/wrist area: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06ZXX93TG/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_NbZbBbHV898X5
I'm on mobile. If these are the wrong Amazon links, let me know and I'll change them when I get to my computer. I dont need referral links, just trying to help other wiggle owners.
If anyone has any better experience with supplements (fish oil/omega3/whatever) let me know. I'm open to try new stuff!