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- From: dan@msen.com (Dan Sugalski)
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- Subject: Re: dry skin problem, was : Eagle Dog Food
- Date: 29 Dec 1992 14:11:33 GMT
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- Shalini Mayor (mayor@virga.larc.nasa.gov) wrote:
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- : All this talk about the best food for dogs reminded me of a problem that has recently surfaced
- : with my 2yr old Golden. She was on Science Diet maintenance but was gaining too much weight
- : even though she was getting regular exercise and less than the prescribed amount of food.
- : I then changed her food to Science diet light and she did lose a couple of pounds! BUT, after
- : feeding her this for about 2 months I now find she has big (and I mean big!) flakes of skin
- : coming off her coat.(our house looks like we had a snow storm inside!!)
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- : It seems to be some kind of a dry skin problem even though I have been
- : giving her an extra strength Dermcaps (for dry skin) AND putting some vegetable oil in her food
- : everyday.
- : Has anyone seen this problem before and knows any solutions to this?
- : I talked to her vet and he seemed to be of the opinion that dry skin was a common ailment of
- : the breed. He suggested going back to more fatty food which I am not sure I want to do.
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- It seems to be a common problem on "light" dog foods. You might try
- looking at the fat content of various foods and working your way up to a
- happy medium. Remember that it will take a while for any skin/coat
- changes to show.
-
- Karen
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