need some doggy help

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Hi, hoping for some assistance here.

 

My black lab puppy has dandruff. I switched his shampoo, which helped

a lot, but he still has itchy dry skin.

 

Our old dog (lab/golden mix) is a semi-retired service dog who will be

15 next month. He has a severe shedding problem and his coat has been

looking dull.

 

Upon one suggestion and this has improved both dogs coats in terms of

shine, I started cooking chicken thighs. I added in a couple carrots

and less than a cup of brown rice. I cook/simmer it up, take the

chicken out, remove it from the bone, chop it up and return to the

mixture. It becomes kind of a soupy mash of which they get about 1/2 a

day. They love it and it's improved the shininess of their coats.

 

Just not the dandruff or shedding.

 

I'm open to ideas. I did look at a raw foods diet, but hubby felt that

his service dog was too old to start on that. The other issue is that

the prep would all fall to me and for consistency, if I wasn't around

for a length of time or we were short on money - it wouldn't happen

and that's not fair to the dogs. This at least I can prep ahead of time.

 

Is there something else I can give them that might work on either dog?

Any advice on what's worked for others would be great. Their dry food

is Science Diet.

 

Thanks, Leslie

in the oh so hot So Cal, but gray sooty skies