My black tri's coat is looking very dry and no shine. I changed his food to Natures Menu chunks with some dry food mixed in. I shampoo him for champ shows but have always done that with no problems any suggestions please.

Coconut oil is very good for dry skin and coat.  You can now get it in Tesco etc it needs to be virgin or cold pressed. It can be fed and massaged in - be warned they love the taste so will probably lick it off themselves.

Any more detail, such as, gender, age, do you mean his coat was shiny and he's become dull over this past 2 weeks? months? 15 years? what?

Vitamin D gives a coat shine but there must be other factors, whats changed say over this last month.......all Im really saying add as much detail which might be relevant
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I changed his food to Natures Menu chunks with some dry food mixed in

That in itself might be the cause if he was shiny before.......
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Also a couple of teaspoons of sunflower oil on his food is worth a go.  My vet recommended when I had a bitch with dull coat.

Also a couple of teaspoons of sunflower oil on his food is worth a go.  My vet recommended when I had a bitch with dull coat.

Also a couple of teaspoons of sunflower oil on his food is worth a go. My vet recommended

Thats interesting in 2 ways then, I sometimes feed tinned pilchards & rice but i have been avoiding them in sunflower oil for no other reason than i did not know if had any negative effects on dogs, i've been washing the brine off them instead, tuna steaks are also in sunflower oil, that might be worth the poster trying, dull coats can be to do with diet.
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I find the Mr Groom Show Groom really good if I want to get a bit of condition back in to a coat.

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I wouldn't advise tuna due to possible mercury content .Sardines/pilchards in oil or spring water or other oily fish if your dog is used to a raw diet otherwise go carefully.

If this has just been since food change perhaps re think the food. why did you change ? does it have a high veg content and not all meat? maybe not enough fats in the food. coconut is considered good both on the coat, if that's possible, also internally. as some said it must be virgin organic though. Not to much too start with, it doesn't suit all dogs. Omegas 3 supplements will help the skin and in turn the coat eg nutramega from the vet , efa marine same as vet marine are a couple I use for skin on vets advise.

I would start with looking at the food though

I wouldn't advise tuna due to possible mercury content

Yes i read that somewhere on some non dog related thing, cant remember what or why i was reading whatever iot was but it did mention about tuna having a higher % chance of mercury contamination than other fish.

If this has just been since food change perhaps re think the food. why did you change ?

Yes & no. She is an old dog for her breed, currently less than 9 weeks short of 13 years & still quite active for her age I decided to give her a lighter, easier to digest food for AM (5-6am) so went for chicken & rice or fish & rice as the choice. Eves are unchanged, Iams, she has all night to let that digest.
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I would go back to what worked and go from there although cant really see why the diet change would be a problem

I would go back to what worked and go from there although cant really see why the diet change would be a problem

Sorry, I am a bit lost as to who that post is supposed to be for, is it for the OP? (original poster)
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Sorry I got confused as to who had what problem just ignore me lol

As good coats/skin come from 'within' rather than go to topical treatments, I'd look at the diet.  It may take some time for the full benefit of a perhaps 'better diet' are seen.    And when a dog is blowing his coat, it will go rather more dull.

That could be the problem as I have only started this diet. He was scratching on the previous and found out it must have been the grain as completely stopped the scratching. Must admit the dry part of the food is fish for dogs as tried Canagan but that didn't suit He is a 5yr old black tri aussie. His body condition is better just his coat.

I have fed my dog on Iams all her life. I changed her early am feed to rice & chicken or rice fish for no other reason than she's a very old dog & rice a small amount of chicken or fish is easier for them to digest & at this age that's important, he main meal in evening is still Iams (senior) I have never had any problems at all with it, the still photo below shows her coat last thurs, as far as I am concerned all seems well, 13 years in 9 or 10 weeks (dob 01/12/2002)

Still shot of coat 10th sept.
https://youtu.be/mdoIbPo28Sc
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"at this age that's important"

It's important because she's a torsion predisposed breed & easier to digest food has the potential of decreasing any risk, or might make no difference whatsoever.
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I use the Lamb and potatoe, but friends use the Salmon and Potatoe Simpsons premium, and the coats are excellent.

I totally agree that good coats/skin condition come from "within".   A good natural diet!!
I am sure that using the frozen Natures Menu products will help tremendously, I would suggest stopping all kibbles that have any sort of grain, this includes "rice". (think this has been done ! )
Go for a really good product.  Some of the good quality grain free foods need a lot less to be fed otherwise loose poos could result.

Try using chicken wings in the diet, very nutritious with natural fat in the skin and of course calcium with the bone for cleaning teeth.

A dry dusty coat will not change overnight but given time you should have a lovely glossy coat.

None of our girls are ever washed in anything other than just warm clear water, so none of the natural oils are washed out with any type of shampoo only the dirt and mud!!
Their skins are healthy and every hair shines from its root.

There are just so many remedies to suggest. An all raw diet would be my suggestion.

Another good addition if your going to mix some kind of meat in whatever you end up with is some green tripe, you can get it frozen at one of those big pet supermarket places (pets at home?), but dont feed to much per day if your adding it some complete diet or other, no more than 2oz per day.

I'm not a lover of adding anything to complete foods unless there is some kind of special need, which you seem to have at the moment & glucosamine tabs to all diets.
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A friend who fed chicken wings one went through whole now she doesn't do it. They found out when she was x-rayed due to a blockage.

That's always been my concern. Could be me being a wimp, but I don't want to risk it.

They found out when she was x-rayed due to a blockage.

she was lucky iot survived, thats on a par with torsion. I simply stick to small amounts of green tripe as an additive until they are around 10-12 months then no additives ever apart from glucosamine tabs. There is no  way of knowing if the tripe additive does any good or not.
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Our first dog had been raised on green tripe. We had a very warm summer that year,the smell awful and then pregnancy sickness added on,we changed the diet. Our GSD loved pilchards in tomato sauce as a treat. Heard about tinned tuna being stopped for pregnant women too due to mercury levels. I love tuna in spring water and shall continue to eat it. Our boy hasn't had chicken wings as always thought too small bones to give a dog. I had been advised give a pigs ear! Not keen on having discarded pigs ears around garden.

> Not keen on having discarded pigs ears around garden.

They won't last that long, mine will finish one in minutes!