Sampsons Dad

I buy dog food that has the minimum daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. But I know not every dog is built the same and one dog may digest the food better than another. I find this to be true whether I am using an expensive brand or my usual Purina. That being so I often ad certain ingredients to make my babies happy.
Here is a short list of things I add every third day or every other day.
Olive oil, codliver oil, spanish rice w/sofrito....lol, left over chicken, and or innerds raw chicken(necks trimmings off the breasts, whatever) raw and cooked beef, bacon or bacon grease , breads, cereal, eggs with shells, apples, and raw or cooked veggies (any kind because my dogs are not picky)
I will use missing link and or ester C and yogurt.


These are foods I often give but not every time and not every ingredient.
I think because of my different additives the dogs get a really nice variety of foods essential fats and bioflavinoids.

Oh yeah I forgot to add once or twice a month I will have them fast for 1 day.

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bahamutt99

I do olive oil occasionally to add a little extra fat and sheen to the coat. Or sometimes I add water if they've been running around a lot, rather than letting them gorge themselves at the water bucket. Trying to use up the rest of some Solid Gold powdered vitamins, but I probably wont keep up with that because I don't see any real benefit. Largely, I just do either the oil or the water, probably 2-3 times a week.

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SadieBlues

Never tried olive oil although I think I will I use it for cooking and it's great for you. I do use omega 3/ daily vitamins and I mix some alaskin salmon oil in with their innova kibble. Seems to be doing their coats a world of good BTW good post

Elvisfink

I've add a lot of different things over the years, but the one constant has been Plain Yogurt. Just like humans it's very good for the digestive system and it very good for their coat; plus they LOVE IT!!!

PeanutsMommy

my dog gets kibble he doesnt need "people foods" he gets dog vitamins though nuvet and he gets his omega 3 from nutricoat. i have done my homework and am satisfied with my decisions and i have a healthy happy dog with a shiny coat bright eyes and no health probelms at all

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Sampsons Dad

My dogs are crazy. They love apples so much they will run to my tree to shake a branch. So when my tree is not in season I buy a bunch of fruit for them. Crazy mutts!They go nuts for my horses grain too. I would have thought they would not care for grain pellets but they are not picky at all. Nasty dogs will even eat horse poop.

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Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
Proverbs 26:20

SadieBlues

lmfao yeah mine have gone to eat cat poop out the litter box I had to stop that real fast (gags) the feed I give them Innova has apples in it too

Sampsons Dad

I cut out some cat doors to keep the litter boxes in the basement or else my old man would be crunch and munchin them cat poops!

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Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
Proverbs 26:20

Sampsons Dad

I use the natural plain yogurt or cottage cheese.

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Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
Proverbs 26:20

SadieBlues

Yeah I don't get the deal with that all of the dogs are attracted to the litter box and they will eat cat food if you let them ! Also the cats will go for the dog food very odd LOL...

trutildeath360

in my boys food ill mix some all natural yogurt and once a week he gets 2 raws eggs..shell and all...he loves them...
thats about it and hes on nuvet vitamins and his coat is shining and he seems to be growing and looking real healthy.

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NesOne

I feed my boy 1 cup of Innova per day, and the occasional scrap meat/chicken, but not very often. For example, yesterday I gave him leftover ground beef with potatoes, and some Mexican rice. Today, I gave him some raw chicken, and a Hot Link (that I couldn't finish, cuz I was stuffed already, hahahaha). And that's about it. His coat seems to be ok, considering I don't see anything unusual.

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MY MIKADO

My guys get their dry kibble but I add egg to it once a week if the chickens are lay well they get three times a week. They get cod liver oil too. Mikado gets yogurt on his food. And we use the broth from the chicken and pork on the dogs food. I rarely fry any meat any more I cook most of it in the oven so the dogs get the juice from that.

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keelahsMOM

Are raw egg's really good for a dog? Can they get sick from it??? Just asking i have never done it before.

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MY MIKADO

No I have never had a dog get sick from egg. Yes their coat looks really good when they are on raw egg and I would think that the extra calcium is good for the bones. in te summer and my chicken free range I have to hunt for the eggs it is a race cause the dogs tend to find them first.

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