sas Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 I ordered some Kelp Liquid recently, however there is no dosage rate on the bottle, can someone possibly help me out? Also, how do you find Kelp with your dog, anything interesting to report? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 can't help you with dosage... we have used it (in tablet form, years ago, to help with nose pigment) It was reccomended by a breeder of OESD's, and we used it to help 'fill in' pink spots on our OESD's nose These days to help improve pigment, we use IRONCYCLEN . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poodle wrangler Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 It was suggested to me for pigment on an apricot poodle, but can't help with dosage- just "sprinkle over food" I was told. Pup about 10kg at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sas Posted January 3, 2008 Author Share Posted January 3, 2008 (edited) can't help you with dosage... we have used it (in tablet form, years ago, to help with nose pigment) It was reccomended by a breeder of OESD's, and we used it to help 'fill in' pink spots on our OESD's nose These days to help improve pigment, we use IRONCYCLEN . That's kinda why I'm looking at it for shhhhhhhhhh LOL I'm not sure if it's possible to fill in so much though. Ironcyclen....interesting...I had a look, it's used for increasing the oxygen rate around the body, how have you found it for increasing pigmention? Edited January 3, 2008 by sas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 Ironcyclen....interesting...it's that availablejust oline? From memory..we bought our first lot from the vet..and then from the grain/fodder store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sas Posted January 3, 2008 Author Share Posted January 3, 2008 Ironcyclen....interesting...it's that availablejust oline? From memory..we bought our first lot from the vet..and then from the grain/fodder store. LOL I edited my post as you were replying...typical! LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trifecta Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 All I can say is administer kelp with great care, it is very easy to overfeed. Excess iodine intake inhibits thyroid hormone synthesis & is toxic. When working as an equine vet nurse seaweed meal was one of the most common causes of feed related toxicity as many horse people choose to offer it free choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sas Posted January 3, 2008 Author Share Posted January 3, 2008 Yeah, I read that, I found the dose, for 20kg + dogs, it's 1/2 a Teaspoon twice a week, so perhaps if I just went with 1/2 a tea spoon once a week it might be a better idea and he's also a nearly 60 kg dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 (edited) sas..Ironcyclen is useful for dogs in hard work..we used to use it for bitches with pups, too. how have you found it for increasing pigmention? Good! I know of folk who use it on their horses for coat colour Edited January 3, 2008 by persephone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sas Posted January 3, 2008 Author Share Posted January 3, 2008 (edited) Can you give me an example in regards to your results...you see a photo of Dante's nose in my signaure....do you think it's possible? He also has some undesireable Merle Patches I was hoping some thing like this may help to Darken up....but I maybe wishing for too much there LOL Edited January 3, 2008 by sas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
becks Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 I thought kelp was more for winter nose, rather then trying to put pigment where there isn't any?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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