Zinc and Evening Primrose Oil for Dogs

So I started the girls on some evening primrose oil and zinc supplements this past Sunday. From what I've read the EPO is good for skin disorders and yeast infections. There are many other benefits too, but these two caught my eye since I'm looking for an allergy remedy. Zinc is used to help with skin and coat conditions such as itchiness, excessive shedding, hot spots or rashes, foot pads or nails that are in poor condtion, and many other symptoms.

The dosage I found is 500 mg EPO/ 20 lbs, and 15 mg Zinc/ 20/lbs.

I'll keep you posted if there are any improvements. If anyone is using this currently, please feel free to add your 2 cents. Thanks and take care.

Andi

Update 3/29/09: So a week has gone by, and the only thing I've seen so far from the girls is an upset stomach. This is common with zinc supplements so the suggestion is to start out with a low dose, and move up to the dose that you need. I know it takes time for things to work, but I thought maybe there would be a little improvement by now. I'll keep you posted.

Update 3/31/09: We're still having some digestive upsets, so I've decided to take them off the zinc and EPO. It was a little bit of a pain dosing Phoebe too, since she hates taking any sort of pill and I wasn't about to be crushing the zinc up and mixing it with food and warm water. I feel like I'm giving up on it too soon, but I've found a new supplement and all you have to do is sprinkle it on their food. Check out my new post to learm more. There are chewable zinc tablets for dogs if your interested in going that route. You can find them here: http://www.healthypets.com/nutrivedzinpro.html Again, feel free to comment on this if you're using zinc for you dongs allergies. i would love to know more about it.