Dry skin...

Anita11811 · 11-09-2012, 05:06 PM

My 13 week old Female shepherd is on Acana Chicken and she recently started to get dry skin and i was wondering if anyone has a recommended food to switch to from Acana, or should i just switch the flavor and see how it goes?

onyx'girl · 11-09-2012, 05:47 PM

It may be the coat change that is causing the skin issue...many pups go thru a dry skin stage around this age. I would start supplementing with 1000mg fish oil capsule(human grade) and see if it helps.
The dry air with running furnaces also adds to it.....I run a humidifier during the Winter, haven't started yet, but will before long.

3ToesTonyismydog · 11-13-2012, 11:25 PM

No. I would still be on puppy food if I were you.

11-09-2012, 05:06 PM	#1 (permalink)
Anita11811 Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Michigan Posts: 128	Dry skin... My 13 week old Female shepherd is on Acana Chicken and she recently started to get dry skin and i was wondering if anyone has a recommended food to switch to from Acana, or should i just switch the flavor and see how it goes?

11-09-2012, 05:47 PM	#2 (permalink)
onyx'girl Crowned Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: SW, MI Posts: 21,347	It may be the coat change that is causing the skin issue...many pups go thru a dry skin stage around this age. I would start supplementing with 1000mg fish oil capsule(human grade) and see if it helps. The dry air with running furnaces also adds to it.....I run a humidifier during the Winter, haven't started yet, but will before long. __________________ Jane~ Kept by Onyx, Kacie and Gideon v Wildhaus aka Karlo

11-13-2012, 11:25 PM	#3 (permalink)
3ToesTonyismydog Banned Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Washington Posts: 1,022	No. I would still be on puppy food if I were you.

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