Quote Originally Posted by mikkehla
Thanks for the info thus far. Reading one of the replies: I started reading the ingredients to what we bought:

Brand name: Lipiderm for Dogs by IVS - purchased at Petsmart.

Ingredients: Fish Oil, Citric Acid, Linoleic Acid, Zinc Sulfate, d-alpha Tocopheryl Acetate, Safflower Oil, Potassium Sorbate, Vitamin A Palmitate.

Is this stuff no good?
but not as good as straight fish oil. The Linoleic acid for the small amount that gets converted to Omega-6 fatty acids will counter balance or cancel out the beneficial effects of the corresponding amount of Omega-3 fatty acids from the fish oil ingredient. In addition Safflower oil is also a source of Linoleic acid. You're sort of like giving the fish oil, and then taking a part of it away due to the effects of the Linoleic acid.

Stick with the fish oil- it's cheaper, more beneficial and tastes great to a dog.