Quote Originally Posted by mikkehla
Trying to start giving Honeygirl some suppliments, mainly containing the omega fatty acids and such to help her out with her dry skin and coat. We bought a liquid kind, but she will not touch her food with it in it. Tried mixing it with some peanut butter (one of her favorites) and that didn't work either. Any suggestions? A treat recipie perhaps that I could make and put the oil in?

Thanks!
The best Omega-3 supplement is fish oil. I've yet to see a dog pass up fish oil gel caps. The smell alone will do the trick. It doesn't matter if its fish oil, cod liver oil, or salmon oil as they all have the same concentration of Omega-3s

Do not feed products containing flax oil. Flax contains the preclusors to Omega-3 fatty acids (Alpha-LNA), and Omega-6 fatty acids (Linoleic) which have to be converted by the host to long chain fatty acids that can be utilitzed. The conversion rate of the Alpha-LNA in humans yields approximately 4.6-34.5 mg/ 1 gm flax oil of Omega-3 fatty acids. Compare to the fish oil where you have 180 mg of EPA plus 120 mg of DHA per 1 gm of fish oil. Both are of the Omega-3 fatty acid class. But there's another kicker to flax oil. The ratio of the preclusors of Omega-3 to Omega-6 is 46% to 26%. Why should one care? Because Omega-6 fatty acids are pro-inflammatory, countering the beneficial effects of the Omega-3 fatty acids. Then there is the fact most dogs do not enjoy the taste of flax oil. Flax oil does not deserve its hype.

Another thing to add in for the skin is Vitamin-E. But be sure you get the succinate salt or "dry" form which is water soluble and easily absorbed into the body. The standard oil form will probably need additional fat in the diet to increase absorption. Over all the oil form is poorly absorbed.