Vitamin B

[Baby Dragon]

Does anyone give their dog Vitamin B supplements?

Or does anyone know some foods high in Vitamin B that I can feed? I'm thinking of bananas, but not sure??

Thanks

Edited March 26, 2009 by Baby Dragon

[rijbiz]

I give my girl Vitamin B1 after my dog physio suggested it. I buy the Betamin brand from the chemist as it is hell of a lot cheaper than most.

[Red Fox]

Brewers yeast contains vitamin B. It's available from most healthfood stores.

[Baby Dragon]

Thanks guys. What doses do you use? Do you give it every day?

[4 Paws]

I ahve purchased brewers Yeast for here http://www.callicoma.com.au/supplem1.htm

[Miranda]

If your dog eats red meat there is no need to supplement with any of the B vitamins. Muscle meat doesn't contain folic acid, but liver is a good source. Bananas only contain vitamin B6.

[Baby Dragon]

Thanks for the info.

B6 is the one I'm particularly interested in actually, so that's good news about bananas I guess??

[Miranda]

I don't think dogs would be able to break down the banana sufficiently to utilise the available B6 and if you feed too much banana you might have a runny poo problem. I'd say supplementation is the way to go if you really think your dog's deficient.

[Baby Dragon]

I put banana in his frosty paws so I was just going to keep doing that, and look for a supplement.

It seems like most B6 supplements have a lot of other things in them though that might not be ok for dogs.

[Red Fox]

1/2 teaspoon of brewers yeast mixed with dinner most days. I believe that 1 tsp per day is the correct amount for a large dog but as mine gets a good variety in his raw diet I only use 1/2. :rolleyes: