Hi All
i have been thinking of adding some fish to my lot's diet , they usually have some salmon from bbq in summer and i have given tuna before , will fish help the coat , and what fish can i give and how often , also has anyone tried arden grange salmon

thank's
Georgina

My dog loves fish.  All types, I often buy whatever is on special at the counter and steam it for her and add it in.  Sometimes salmon, sometimes cod etc.  I haven't given her smoked fish though.  It's suprising when cooked and flaked up how far just a little bit goes.

I presume that oily fishes like sardines and mackerel would be good for coat condition?

The breeder of the pup we are getting gives pilchards regularly to her lot. :-)

thank's Dawn , i am going to give her some cod tonight , which she love's , i need to keep her weight on as much as possible because she is soooo active , i will get some tinned sardines tomorrow ,

I buy pilchards in tomato sauce and tuna in oil for my lot ,they get it once a week in there dinners, and they adore it!!
If you go to Lidl ot Aldi, you get it cheaper.

I give all my dogs all sorts of fish and they love what ever I give them from sardines, trout, sprats, cod and when they are very lucky they have salmon, but I feed them raw with heads and tails still on. And yes they are very good for them, I first started feeding them when my girl was in whelp as someone told me it helps with good milk flow, I don't know how true that is, but she had a litter of 11 and fed them all herself right up till the last one left at 9 weeks.

Lynn

The last fresh fish mine had was a half head each...bleughhh eyes and bones and all the bits...

I have always given mine a selection of fish but always tinned.... Pilchards, Sardines, Mackerel or Tuna in either oil or tomato sauce and they all love it. I have always been worried about giving fresh fish because of the bones but from reading various threads on CD it would appear that fresh fish can be given safely. Am I correct in assuming this ? Is there any fresh fish that you would not feed ?

I'd be a bit concerned with tomatoe sauce tinned fish as I think it might have quite alot of sugar and salt added.  I reckon the oil ones are better?  Infact, sardines on toast is one of my old favourites - perhaps the dog won't get a look in??  Ha Ha

Sardines in sunflower/oilve oil & most of the supermarkets now do value frozen white fish fillets ranging from £1.30 - £2.40 a bag.  I always have these in for the cats and anytime the dogs have an upset tum mixed with basmati rice!   ;-)

>>The last fresh fish mine had was a half head each...bleughhh eyes and bones and all the bits... >>

Last time I gave mine a head it bit me :-) Bled like a stuck pig!!

> Last time I gave mine a head it bit me :-)

The dog?...or the fish head? ;-)

LOL

Tomatoes are actually on the 'poisons' list for dogs, so maybe things in tomato sauce should be avoided.  I love feeding the cheap frozen packs of white fish (coley and whiting) raw to the dogs and they adore it.

i got the tinned sardines in sunflower oil today , and they had it eatten in seconds :-)
think they were 40cent each

>>> Last time I gave mine a head it bit me

The dog?...or the fish head?  >>

The fishhead salmon have blooming sharp teeth!!! :-o

Hi, can you tell me what else is on the poisonous list or where I would find it??

Here is a link for a list:

http://www.ttlntl.co.uk/2/Health/poisonplants.htm

Actually, on closer inspection, it appears it's the unripe fruit and the rest of the plant that is poisonous, so maybe the ripe juice is OK.  I always thought it was red fruit too.  It's a handy list to have, especially for keen gardeners.

You can feed them most fish just make sure that you do not feed Pacific salmon.
http://www.moscowfood.coop/archive/fish_dogs.html
http://www.4loveofdog.com/avoid.htm

thank you