[losul]

Hello Scott. I think it’s mostly a matter of personal preference. If you’re confident as to the quality of the product you use for yourself, and your dog swallows the pills readily, I see no problem, and more economical to use something you are also using. Just keep a tab on the freshness. You might open one of the gelcaps occasionally and taste it.

For me, it’s handy to keep a bottle of the IP in the refrigerator door, all I have to do is open the refrigerator and give a pump right into dog bowl, without even removing the bottle.

The IP contains 727 mg EPA and 498 mg DHA per teaspoon. 2 pumps equals 1 teaspoon. Directions call for 2 pumps for dogs 50 pounds or under, 3 pumps for 50 to 100 pounds, and 5 pumps for over 100 pounds. I usually only give my 35 lb dog one pump daily, though, he also gets some sardines, salmon and poultry eggs sometimes.

The IP is labeled for pet use only, even though it is claimed to be pharmaceutical grade. My dog graciously shares it with us anyway. I buy the large 33 ounce bottle, (about 24 bucks) it’s only a buck or two more than the half size (on Amazon). Freshly opened, the oil has very little taste to it, I have to say though, that even after adding additional tocopherols to it myself, after maybe 4 months the taste starts becoming noticeably stronger and a few weeks beyond that, the taste starts to become repulsive. So I throw out the remaining few ounces and replace.

I think you could probably double or more the gelcap dosage if you wanted to for your dog, if he’s not obtaining too much EPA DHA from other sources.

• This reply was modified 12 years, 4 months ago by losul.
• This reply was modified 12 years, 4 months ago by losul.