Coat Condition - Blue Heeler Pup

[AussieDog]

I'm a little concerned at how dry my Blue Heeler X Red Heelers coat is. She is approx 12weeks of age and i'm feeding her Science Diet Puppy, plus she gets tinned salmon and raw marrow bones every couple of days. Her coat is short but it's very dry and has no shine or softness to it. I'm not sure if this is a characteristic of the heeler - can anyone confirm?

My other puppy who is 6 months and is meant to be a Heeler X (all he has is speckled feet - plus he is too tall and lean to be one IMO) has a beautiful long shiny and soft coat. He eats and lives exactly like the younger one.

Thanks for your help

Jen.

[ReXy]

heelers have a naturally courser coat and i think the colour would also make a difference, to it not looking shiny..

just watch the marrow bones young pups shouldnt have to many marrow bones my guys are lucky if they get marrow bones once a month a mettier bone is much better also large marrow bones are weight baring bones and much denser the dogs cant chew them up and get the full benefit out of them

[staffshih]

instead of salmon try sardines they have a much higher omega content