how do i get a real shiney coat on my black dog?

Question

he is very healthy has a good diet

Answer 1

Add a little olive oil to his food & brush all the loose hair out regularly.

Answer 2

Raw eggs shouldn't be fed alongside their other food. It stops certain vitamins being absorbed and can cause a vitamin deficiency. This can happen in people too. Cooked eggs don't do this. If you do feed raw egg do it separately to the other food, so as none of the nutrients from that are being prevented from being absorbed.
It's also not advisable to put extra oils in your dogs food as technically this is unbalancing an already balanced diet. You can buy 'natural' dog foods which are correctly formulated to improve the skin and coat. Natural foods have better quality ingredients too which are more easily digested, include good vitamins and minerals, and produce less waste products which are often excreted through the skin and hair, making them dull and greasy (I'm quoting John Burns, maker of Burns food).
Dog foods often already have vegetable or poultry oil in them, so it's unnecessary, plus you're adding extra energy and other (I don't know what) nutrients to it which could be 'overdosing,' on them.
Alternatively home made or raw food is often proven to be very healthy and used with a mulitvitamin may really improve the fur. I know my skin and hair is better since I've been taking a multivitamin.
I would buy one of these 'skin and coat,' foods like Nutro, or something, and give him a brush every day. If he's a flat coated dog a rubber brush and wiping with a cloth, or piece of chamois leather might help. They use that on horses.
Longer coated dogs need combing and brushing. That should work the natural oils through the fur and separate the hairs.

Answer 3

If he is on a good diet, the coat should have a natural shine.
Worms will interfere with him getting the full nutritional value from his food.
Check out the first 5 ingredients of his food.
If cereal, wheat, crude fiber etc.(which are fillers) and no beef, chicken or other food type is mentioned, than it is not so great a diet.
People do not realize that those first 5 ingredients comprise the majority of what the animal is getting.
Also, a vitamin table as a treat can be helpful, any change you make will take a while for it to affect the animals coat.

Answer 4

A good diet of a quality dog food is the key. 4 of my 5 dogs are black. They all look like oil slicks and I don't add anything to their food.

Because mine are labs, they are only bathed about 4-5 times a year. I wipe them down with a damp towel if they get dirty but they stay clean on their own.

Answer 5

Yumega - absolutely brilliant stuff - I had a problem with my puppies coat, he had dandruff, and it was itchy and flaky. After two weeks on this stuff it was almost cleared up, and at six months of age, he has just qualified for Crufts at his first show. And my other black dog has the shinest coat it is like a mirror.

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PS: raw eggs are dangerous for dogs, although some can tolerate them, they can be poisonous. Scrambled and hard boiled are the only way dogs should be given eggs, but fish and omega oils are the best benefit for coat.

Answer 6

hi a thorough grooming to remove dead under coat as well as top coat this will also remove the dust from his fur and give him a natural shine you can also get show conditioners and shampoo but they are expensive and only work for a short time.try mixing cheap fish like sardines or tuna but the type canned in oil only this will also help him to produce oil on his skin and in turn will reduce the amount of dust (dead skin) he has in his fur you should notice a difference in about two or three days

Answer 7

Just wipe him over with a damp tea towel.
I used to have a black horse and always won "Best turned out" classes at shows and I used to groom him as normal and just wiped him over with a damp tea towel before entering the ring.
I have a black Labrador now and this works on him as well. He gets a cod liver oil capsule once a day too for his joints but it probably helps his coat also.

Answer 8

Boot polish and chamois leather!
Only joking by the way!
Healthy diet, happy dog... regular brushing of the coat.

Answer 9

adding a spoonful of cod liver oil in their food... you can get special oil for pets. also.. i know this sounds weird but ... tights... if you rub your dog with the tights its brings their coat out nice and shiny... my mother used to have a red setter and she'd do that every day and he had a lovely shiny coat... also shampoo and conditioner.

Answer 10

What food is he or she on?
My black dog was on what I thought was a healthy diet then I switched to Nutro Max and she improved SO MUCH!!!
I'd feed Nutro Max and add in a teaspoon of flax seed oil every time you feed your dog
Include a little variety throw in a whole raw egg, or a bit of raw meat every week or so to his regular diet!
Finally a bath twice a month with a dog shampoo and conditioner brushing with a comb and soft brush (get one doggie brush and one boar bristle brush)
Hope I could help!