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Permalink Reply by Melissa and Franklin! on April 3, 2011 at 2:34pm

I would talk to your vet. In many cases it shouldn't hurt, but it also isn't necessary if you are feeding a quality food. Most vets say things like omega 3s, glucosamine, chondroitin, vitamin e and c, etc do a lot of good, but other multi-vitamins may be a bit of an overdose and can cause some issues in the long run if the dog is getting excess. I'd talk to your vet, tell them what you are feeding and what type of vitamins you are giving and they will say if its ok or not. You can give her just a plain old treat in the morning and she wouldn't notice the difference, it'd probably be cheaper too :-)

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Permalink Reply by The Geek's Wife & her Corgi Ein on April 3, 2011 at 2:43pm

You're right, that's probably what I'll end up doing (giving her a regular treat). The food we're feeding now isn't that great, so after it's gone I'm going to look into getting Castor and Pollux Organix, Orijen Six Fish, or Blue Buffalo Wilderness. No more McDonalds equivalent dog food.

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Permalink Reply by Tim Lum on April 3, 2011 at 4:23pm

When Rugby our older Tri was diagnosed with "canine aids" he was put on a regiment of a high dose vitamin (Hi Vite) along with other medicines. Just to let you know Rugby is doing wonderful and his last few blood work ups were back in the normal range. Anyway getting back to the vitamins, after last visit to the vet we put him on an over the counter vitamin with is comparable but way less expensive. We also give the other two half a tablet because we figure it really couldn't hurt.

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Permalink Reply by Lucy & Ricky (Wendy/Jack ) on April 4, 2011 at 12:12am

@the Geek's wife - Re eating poop. The only product that has worked for us after too many years of seeing this yucky habit, is aptly named "Nasty Habit." I buy it online and look for the best price. My dogs love the taste and it really works. I have found that I have to increase the # of tabs to keep it working, but it's worth the price and the ingredients seem very safe. You may want to check with your vet to be sure. I started Ricky, who used to eat his own, with one tablet a day and now give him 3/day. I give Lucy one tab, just in case Ricky gets interested in her poo. Lucy has never had this problem. She's a lady, haha! It's been a common habit in my corgis and this is the only product that worked.

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Permalink Reply by The Geek's Wife & her Corgi Ein on April 4, 2011 at 12:37am

Thanks, I might give it a try now that weather is getting warm here. Right now I just pooper scoop twice a day, but I'm not too keen on going outside that much now. LOL She never touches her own poo, she just snacks on our dachshund's. YUCK! Soon they'll be on the same food, so I'm interested to see if that changes anything. We tried this S.E.P. powdered stuff you sprinkle on their food cause it had good reviews on Amazon. It worked for a split second and then stopped. I didn't want to increase the dosage, so I just gave up. Thanks again for the recommendation.

Heather

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Permalink Reply by Lucy & Ricky (Wendy/Jack ) on April 4, 2011 at 1:09am

@ Heather - Then put the nasty habit in your dachshund's food. Having had corgis for more years than I like to think about, this is the only thing that works. I tried them all. And it's nice because it's in a tablet form that you can give as a treat or add to the dog food.

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Permalink Reply by The Geek's Wife & her Corgi Ein on April 4, 2011 at 2:05am

Yeah that's what I'm gonna do. My husband's going to order it tomorrow. Thanks again.

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Permalink Reply by Melissa and Franklin! on April 4, 2011 at 1:12am

there is a product you can get from your vet called For-Bid. Its very cheap and will usually get rid of the habit in 5 days or less. You just put it on their food and mix it with a tiny bit of water and it makes their poop so bitter they can't stand to eat it. I've seen it work really well for a lot of dogs. BUT it only works when she eats her own poop or another one of your pet's poop, won't work if she like to snack on other dog's poop at the dog park or something. Another thing to remember is that if it has become a habit it will take much longer to treat. I think they say that it takes up to 21 days to break a habit (or I guess in this case 21 days to make NOT eating poop a habit!)

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Permalink Reply by The Geek's Wife & her Corgi Ein on April 4, 2011 at 2:07am

She hasn't showed an interest in any other poo but our other dog's, and she's not ocd about it, she just snacks on it when she finds it. We're gonna try the Nasty Habit stuff first. Thanks for the recommendation.

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Permalink Reply by Rachael & Waffle on April 4, 2011 at 11:58am

I would not feed my dog pre-encapsulated vitamins; I question the availability and necessity of the nutrients in multivitamins.  I do supplement Waffle's food with individual "vitamins"-- salmon oil for omega-3's and other fatty acids, Vitamin E for antioxidant power, Vitamin C to help out the Vitamin E (Vit C is only questionably useful, so I probably won't be feeding it when I run out unless I can find some for cheap), probiotics to offset the pathogenic bacteria that may be present in his raw food, and digestive enzymes just for a boost.  The vit E and C are for humans; I buy Grizzly Salmon Oil because it is pure salmon, no soy or other additivies except rosemary as a preservative.  He is getting Dogzymes now for the digestive enzymes and probiotic, but I'm switching him to a more effective probiotic soon.  I may also supplement with Prozyme depending on the enzymes available in his new probiotic.  I can measure all of these things myself, and they're not cooked into treats or tabletized-- just pure goodness for maximum effectiveness.

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Permalink Reply by Jane on April 4, 2011 at 12:14pm

One other thing to be careful of is xylitol. I read that they're starting to use this more and more for things like children's medicines and vitamins, so make sure you read the ingredients carefully.

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