Combatting fish oil breath?

[Discussing Labradoodles & Goldendoodles]

Maizy's working diagnosis is sebaceous adenitis. Along with a grain free, chicken free diet, her et prescribed daily fish oil. Except now her breath smells even worse than it already did (her food is salmon). Any ideas on how to combat this? She is one stinky doodle!

[F, Calla & Luca]

You could try enteric coated fish oil. It works for me : ) I couldn't stand the regular fish oil "revisiting" me all day. The enteric does not : )

[Sally S Miles]

The oil that I use is this one, odorless and you just pump a squirt onto food, the results have been excellent here. 

http://www.amazon.com/Iceland-Pure-Unscented-Pharmaceutical-Cats-Bo...

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Nature Made Omega 3 Minis softgels. Human supplement.

Do not puncture the capsules, put them down her throat as you would a pill. Some dogs will eat them if you hide them in soft food, but you can't count on that. Just put it at the back of her throat and hold her mouth closed while gently massaging her throat until she swallows.

If you puncture them, she is not getting the benefits, as they need to get past the stomach acid into the small intestine. The enteric coating makes that possible.

[Nancy and Georgia Brown]

So I guess the question I have...

If you buy the salmon oil that you pump a squirt onto the food, is that similar to puncturing the capsules as far as effectiveness. Should I not be doing that?

I'm over the fish breath so after this large bottle of salmon oil is gone I will look at the capsules.

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

It's a good question, and i have no answer. There isn't any other way to take it, lol.

Personally, I have never understood why anyone would want to use that stinky, oily pump stuff when you can use a simple, odorless little capsule. 

[Nancy and Georgia Brown]

Well, in retrospect I agree with you.

But I was having a hard time getting her to eat her kibble. It killed two birds with one stone as far as I could tell--she got her Omega 3s and she ate her food when I squirted this stuff on it. But the fish breath is not good. 

[Laurie, Wally & Charlotte]

I use Nature's Way "Fisol" enteric-coated fish oil softgels. They're a human supplement, are very small, and contain fish oil from pollock, whiting and cod. They also contain Omega-3s (EPA) and (DHA). I put two in Wally's bowl with his dinner and one in with Charlotte's food. They simply eat them with their evening meal.  

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Yep, this is the best way, as far as I'm concerned. Small human softgels in the food bowl. You can coat them with something if you have a picky dog, and then just put it in the bowl with the food. 

[Laurie, Wally & Charlotte]

It's simple, right?!