Dogs Love Fish Oil Pills

We learned this somewhat by accident. A couple years back, Biscuit had some worrisome results from two consecutive blood and urine tests. The numbers were related to kidney function, and all of a sudden we were afraid she was in the early stages of renal failure.

One of the supplements I started giving her was Omega 3, or fish oil. At first I would snip the little gelcap open, and squirt the oil on her dinner. Eventually, I realized she would just eat the thing whole

Baxter took an interest, and now he's nuts about them, too. My vet said it's good for them, even at the 1000mg human dose. So, why not?

Back to the kidney thing ... We had been feeding Biscuit one of those dehydrated chicken strips every morning. I feel guilty just typing that. We cut those out, and her next blood test came back totally normal.

I can't say for certain the elevated kidney numbers were related to the chicken treats, but I can tell you she's never eating those again.

Anyway, normal fish oil pills are fine, or you could grab dog-specific omega 3 gel caps.

Just don't smell their breath for a little while after they eat them.

Salmon sushi photo by adactio.