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O is for Olive Oil (for itchy dogs)

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Do you have a dog who has dry skin and is constantly itching and scratching? Our three little dogs are Chi Poos .. chihuahua/poodle. They are notorious for dry, itchy skin and they drive me CRAZY with all their scratching. In fact, they scratch so bad that they will just tear out hair and cause sores. Then I have to bring out the hydrocortisone and tea tree oil (which they hate!).

I have switched their food to lamb and rice meal, which I was told would help with skin allergies and such, and even give one of our dogs a Benadryl before he goes to bed at night because he obsessively scratches.

Out of sheer desperation one day I did another Google search. And I kept reading about how olive oil added to a dog's food helps with the itching problems. Desperate, I gave it a try. And within one day the itching was SO MUCH BETTER! I just add a capful to their dry food and mix it in. They seem to like it and it hasn't caused any bathroom issues, which I was worried about. If I forget to mix it in, I can tell within a day that I have forgotten because the obsessive scratching starts again.


So, if you have an itchy/scratchy dog, and want to avoid putting a cone on his or her head, try adding olive oil to the food.

I am linking up with Marcy at Ben and Me.


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  1. LaurieJune 26, 2013 at 10:13 AM

    Oh my goodness!!! Thank you. I'm going to try this on our two dogs. Both of our dogs scratch like crazy and we've tried so many things. I'll let you know how it works.

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  2. LaurieJuly 3, 2013 at 10:41 PM

    We've been doing this for a few days and we think it is working! :)

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