Solid Gold Flaxseed Oil for Sally?

  I'm sorry Sally is having problems with allergies. Having an allergy dog myself, I really do sympathize. Jessie is allergic to fish but does not react to fish oil, so you may want to try it and see how Sally does. It takes more fish oil to help with allergies than it does to give a dog a shiny coat. According to Monica Segal, most vets think that 50 to 100 milligrams per kilogram of body weight is safe on a daily basis. I'm not sure about flax seed oil, but fish oil helps antihistamines work better for dogs, so you may want to try giving her some Benedryl too.  Are you bathing her? There's a shampoo called Nusal-T that usually relieves the itching;

http://www.allivet.com/NUSAL-T-SHAMPOO-p/25886.htm

Seems like for a dog with allergies, Flax seed would only make things worse.

 I use salmon oil for Bailey. I get the pill kind (made for HUMANS). The brand is "Nature made" or something similar. They're clear ish capsules, I just give him a couple in his food. He will chew and open it himself. But if you have a dog that wont eat them, just cut open the capsule and drain the oil out.

Spazzy

Seems like for a dog with allergies, Flax seed would only make things worse.

  Dogs usually don't react to oils because they're processed in a way that removes most of the protein, and it's the protein molecules that cause an allergic reaction.  Also, you never know what a dog is going to be allergic to. For example, it's common for members on this forum to advise owners of dogs with food allergies to avoid foods with grains. Jessie is fine with grains but is allergic to white and sweet potatoes, so grain free foods are a problem for her.

Spazzy

The brand is "Nature made" or something similar.

  That's a good brand; I like their products.

 I fed Emma Barlean's Flax For Pets, that I got at my health food store. She was allergic to shellfish, and I worried too much about fish oil having contaminants, for her. The little girls get quality fish oil, but I didn't give any of it to Em. I did add vitamin e, just like with the fish oil, per her nutritionist. It worked great, for her, and I could tell, especially when she was on the prescription kibble that is so low fat.

 Preferably a coffee grinder that is specifically for flax seeds, and has never had coffee in it. Otherwise, your flax will taste like coffee, and that is just unpleasant, and very bad for the dogs.

jennie_c_d

I fed Emma Barlean's Flax For Pets, that I got at my health food store

The normal Barleans is cold-pressed -- is that one???   Be cautious about cold-pressed flax oil -- there is actually a chemical that they use in cold-pressing that dogs tend not to tp;erate well -- it doesn't always react right away, but at some point in time you will get ***explosive poop*** like nobuddy's business.  It took a few and oh-myh-gosh was THAT unpleasant to come home to! ewwwww -- I'd read it and thot it was hype ... and ... it's not *sigh*.

Flax tends to be *wonderful* for Allergies Spazzy -- why did you think it would hurt?? It's a good, well-digestible Omega 3 fatty acid and I regularly use it in my rotation of fatty acids.

I actually prefer the ground flax -- and I tend to buy it in bags already ground.  Flax seeds are tricky little buggers -- VERY slippery and danged near impossible to grind and you DO need to dedicate a grinder to just flax (and for that I can buy the ground *sigh*).

Glax has other remarkable healing properties -- it's good stuff.  Did you ever have bronchitis really bad -- to the point where after a few days your whole chest jsut HURT??  That's called pleurisy -- and making a tea out of flax seeds (boil a teas. of seeds in a couple of cups of water for 2-3 mintues, let cool and drink -- better COLD).  Really helps relieve that achey chest stuff that goes along with a serious cough.

In honesty tho -- different vets have different mindsets about this -- Dr. Demers always cautions me AGAINST large doses of omega-3's simply because what is NOT used in the body tends to become free radicals. 

 Dawnben and Callie; thanks for the information about ground flax seed; I had no idea it is so beneficial.

*grin* it's sure a danged bunch better than fighting with those seeds LOL --

Leaves and Roots sells it cheap -- but you gotta satisfy a $20 minimum with them (which *sigh* is NEVER a problem for me unfortunately)

Click here - Just go down to "flax seed powder".  You can get it bagged at various places but it can run the gamut from cheap to VERY expensive!

 It is cold pressed, Callie, but it is made especially for pets. It tastes slightly different than the regular (why, yes, I do, and often, taste things meant for the dogs), and it never bothered Miss Sensitive To The Planet, allergic to human dander, dust, fleas, shellfish, RICE, etc etc Emma. Certainly didn't cause exploding butt, and darn near everything else did, so....? I'm guessing it's not made that way.

calliecritturs

Flax tends to be *wonderful* for Allergies Spazzy -- why did you think it would hurt?? It's a good, well-digestible Omega 3 fatty acid and I regularly use it in my rotation of fatty acids.

Hmmm.. Bailey had issues with it. It didnt make a difference with his allergies, and gave him weird poops and terrible gas. Same with a few of my friends who tried it on their dogs, it just didnt go well with them. One dog I believe made his allergies WORSE (maybe he was allergic to it?). Or maybe we just have weird dogs? LOL

What kind was it?  If it was from the health store and "cold pressed" that's not uncommong.  Typically I find the ground seed easier for them than the oil.