Royal Canin

[stevek]

Hi i have a 2 year old male {called Bud} and i feed him the Royal Canin Boxer food.He loves it {but then again he loves all food especially mine} but the problem i have with it is his skin gets very flakey on his back.I have to put a spray on his food called viacutin plus to sort his coat out.Is there a food that has this oil in it or does anybody have any suggestions.Thanks everyone

 

[ehayes21]

Royal Canin is a pretty low quality food. That may be the reason you are having problems. It's loaded with crappy fillers and not enough meat.

http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_food_reviews/showproduct.php?product=1529&cat=all

Check out some of the foods in the 4, 5 and 6 category and you can definitely tell the difference. http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_food_reviews/

 

[kathysboxer]

I would also go with a better food. Also, give some fish. Canned sardines in oil. That is good for their coat as well as a couple eggs a week. Markeral and I believe canned salmon is also good. Hope it works out for him. If he seems itchy, I know someone mentioned tea tree shampoo helps with that.

 

[ukboxers]

We fed one of our boys the whole RC range from baby puppy to Boxer 26 and discovered it was making his skin dry and flacky it was also causing small lumps under his skin which was becomming very unsightly in the ring, we determind that maybe the protein content was to high so he is now fed on Autarky and tripe and his skin is starting to clear up.

 

[AbbeyRoad]

I agree with the other posters, I don't think you need to find a food with the spray in it, I just think you should switch him to a higher quality food.

I fed my cats Royal Canin for years and they seemed fine, I didn't think too much of it, but they did shed a lot. I just assumed that it was because they were getting older and they are cats and cats shed. Well when I started researching what type of food to put our puppy on I decided I would put the cats on a higher quality food (I found out that RC wasn't as good as I had thought it was). At any rate, I switched them to Fromm Four Star and their shedding almost stopped. It was like a night and day difference. It probably took about a month for it to work, but all of a sudden one day I noticed that when I pet them I wasn't getting a handful of fur. I really didn't think I would see any noticable difference by switching them so I wasn't looking for a change, but it was so obvious I couldn't not notice.

Check out the Dog Food Analysis website. You can find out everything you ever wanted to know about commerical dog food and then some. Try at least a 4 star food and see what happens. RC is pricey enough that you shouldn't really have to worry about an increase in price by switching to a higher quality food either. You might have to try a few to find the "right" one for your dog, but when you do find it you'll know. No upset tummies, not a lot of waste, firm poops, nice soft shiny thick coat. It will take 1-2 months for you to really notice the change in coat and frequently they will shed their old coat before the new one grows in so they actually might shed more for the first couple weeks.

Good Luck!