Our question this week was:Dr. Jon, What are the current recommendations for vitamins in puppies as well as adult dogs? Thanks, Barbara in LouisianaAnswerHi Barbara – thanks for your email. You wrote asking what are the recommendations for giving vitamins to puppies and adult dogs? The recommendation is this: If you feed a good quality premium food, you don't need to give your dog vitamins. If you feed a lesser quality food, then vitamins are probably a good idea. The same goes for puppies. If you feed a good quality puppy food (a premium good quality brand) – then you really don't need to give vitamins. A couple articles that might be helpful to you are Vitamin Toxicity in Dogs, Vitamin deficiency? and Nutrition in Dogs.Best of luck! Dr. Jon Send Us Your QuestionI will choose five questions a week and will publish the answers.
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Vitamin toxicity occurs when the intake of a dietary vitamin exceeds the normal requirement, causing adverse clinical signs or disease. Normal requirements differ for different vitamins and there are a...
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