Coconut oil for dog's skin?
SIL swears by coconut oil for dog's skin and coat. Says it fights yeast infections and makes their coats soft and shiny. She mixes it with their food. Thoughts?
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Crowe wrote:
But, giving steroids and getting vaccinations at the same time does not make for healthy dogs.
Sometimes yes, sometimes no. It's not black and white and one way isn't necessarily better than the other. Unfortunately you appear to have adopted the raw diet extremist's attitude that it's the only way. And in many cases that may be true. My coonhound that lived to be 13 ate cheap, crappy food (corn-based which was all he would eat), got regular vaccines and preventive medicine for things like heartworm, and never went to the vet other than for regular checkups. For every raw diet miracle someone can come up with there's a matching old-school success story.
Not the extemest way, but my way saved my GSD dog. I didn't plan NOT giving vaccinations until my GSD had such a bad reaction to his rabies that I had enough. My yorkie has had his core shots and I will have titters done till he shows no immunity, then he will get whatever vaccine he needs. I know by experience (dog groomer and breeder for 37 years) looking at the same problems. The vets all throw steroids (my vet did the same) and vaccinations at the same time at these poor dogs and they never get well. Dogs are carnivores, they don't have the teeth nor the stomach to eat and process grains. We cook all the nutrients out of dog food that isn't good to start with. Just makes sense to me to feed a carnivore raw.
