Why Vitamins for Dogs?
Adding canine supplements and vitamins for dogs promotes a strengthening immune system that can ward off disease, allergies and other ailments. Learn what your dog needs and why.
Commercially prepared foods lack vitamins and minerals. Lack of quality ingredients and cooking the added vitamins at high temperatures leave it rather non-nutritional. Even the best commercial dog food needs help.
Adding vitamins for dogs to a natural dog food diet through canine supplements made of nourishing ingredients is even better for our companions.
On this page you will find links to pages about specific vitamins for dogs and what each one does, plus several supplemental foods like kelp and alfalfa. I know neither of these sound like normal fare for a carnivore, which is why you need to know about them. They are jam packed with things their bodies need, so let's get on with it.
I hope you enjoy the information, but take your time. When I start reading about individual vitamins I want to go out and buy them all and its not necessary.
The best approach is to find a good supplement that covers most of the bases and then you can buy an extra thing or two for specific problems you think would be cured by that specific nutrient. Don't be shy to ask for help if you want to buy the best (Natures Sunshine).
Okay, we'll start out with the job of some specific vitamins. Keep in mind that foods with these vitamins will have more value than a grocery store vitamin pill:
- First we have the Benefits of Vitamin A. The builder of body tissue, dry itchy dog skin and a dull coat are typical signs that supplemental doses are needed. There's also liver, kidney and lung benefits.
- Vitamin C for Dogs. Even though a healthy dog body makes its own Vitamin C, many dogs are now showing a deficiency. They reap the same benefits we do from this vitamin.
- Vitamin E for Dogs. I love Vitamin E. It's a wonderful antioxidant, hormone enhancer and wound healer. I hope you have some for yourself too. Just be sure it's the right kind.
- Vitamin K for Dogs. A quick review of Vitamin K for dogs including benefits, food sources, which one cures if your dog ate rat poison, and which one is highly dangerous to dog health.
- If you think a dog multivitamin pill will cover all the bases, please read Canine Vitamin Supplements.
The next group is minerals and superfoods you can use for supplementation:
- Dogs need nearly ten times the calcium that we do. In
Calcium for Dogs I found benefits I had no idea about before. Whether your dog gets this mineral through food or supplement, it is imperative that he gets the right ratio of calcium to phosphorus for proper assimilation. - Benefits of Iodine. Needed for a healthy thyroid and gladular system, the lack of it can also cause a dog to be restless and hyperactive.
- Kelp for Dogs is not only a superfood but an excellent source of iodine. I recommend you get this one in a supplement at least.
- In Benefits of Alfalfa you will find out it is second only to kelp for dogs, but a worthy addition to the canine diet. I even tell you how to grow your own in four days.
- In Health Supplements for Dogs I give you three ways to go about choosing supplements, and list a few for your consideration.
Other essentials for dog health are:
- EFAs or essential fatty acids. These can be found in things like flax seed oil and Fish Oil for Dogs.
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