Friday, July 6, 2012

Wheat Germ Oil - natural vitamin E for dogs

Many people are well informed about the benefits of antioxidants for ourselves and our canine companions. Wheat Germ oil is very rich in natural vitamin E which is a very powerful antioxidant. It helps dogs improve their coat and skin condition, aids in restoring the hormonal balance, slows down the ageing process of your  dog and helps in keeping your dog healthy. There are a lot more benefits that wheat germ oil can give to your dogs.

  • Wheat Germ Oil is necessary for dogs with false pregnancies.
  • It promotes a healthy pregnancy if given EVERY day throughout the pregnancy beginning the 1st day of heat
  • It really helps your dog to get rid of mange, demodex, skin irritations, allergies.
  • It is a very powerful antioxidant that renews cells and thus is helping to fight inflammatory processes in the body.
We started Zella on wheat germ oil when she was about 7 months old. Our other dogs also received it with their food. I gave them the minimum recommended dosage based on their weight. The results were remarkable! Absolutely lovely silky-soft and shiny coat!

If your dog has any health issues especially inflammatory processes involved, do get wheat germ oil. Hip dysplasia, arthritis, sprains for example. These conditions can be relieved with wheat germ supplementation.

If I was to chose only a handful of vitamins/supplements to give to my dogs, wheat germ oil would take the 2nd place, that's for certain.

Dosage:

A daily maintenance dose is 100-250 mg of wheat germ oil per 10 kg of dog's body weight. A loading dose for a sick dog, i.e. with mange, demodex, hip dysplasia, skin allergies, hormonal imbalances is twice of the daily dose for the first 2 weeks. Then graduately switch over to the maintenance dose.

Please note that dog food, although natural and all raw, does not contain enough vitamin E to make your ill dog healthy. There is simply a minimum of this vitamin to prevent your dog from developing a vitamin E deficiency. A dog with a any health issue will require a large amount of this vitamin and wheat germ oil is a great source of this vitamin in its natural form.

I have been trying 4 brands of wheat germ oil on my dogs. I have found out that capsules are a lot easier to mix with their food with no need for spoons, measuring and accidental spills of the oil.
I would recommend to get some of the following brands (NOW foods, Country Life, Nature's Life and Solgar). If you are planning to shop wheat germ oil at iherb.com (a very popular and reliable internet store that carries lots of brands of wheat germ oil), do use this code "KOR780" in order to get a 5 USD off your first purchase:

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