
Rated 5 out of 5
Hair of the Dog by DocsBlend ($31.00 – $71.00Price range: $31.00 through $71.00)
reviewed by Donna Lindsay
I have never, ever, given a testimonial before, so that says a lot about Hair of the Dog right up front.
I have been owned by shelties for more than 20 years. After several years of training for obedience, I started training for conformation, agility and herding. The past few years, efforts have focused on the show ring. We have a small kennel, with seven shelties and one smooth collie (for comic relief).
Four of our dogs are shown in conformation, but since the Omega 3 fatty acids found in Hair of the Dog by DocsBlend are so beneficial, all of our dogs are taking it. My only complaint is that it now takes at least three times as long to get all these beautiful, luxurious coats brushed out. But it’s worth it! I have never had so many beautiful coats. Many people assume that because we live in Alaska, our dogs all have incredible coats. Not true. I believe increasing daylight is a trigger for shedding, and we have days in the summer in which there is enough light to hit the golf course at 8 p.m. and still play 18 holes before it gets too dark! Yes, it’s cold up here in the winter, and as we all know, cold is good for coats. But if we have a cold spell, the dogs spend most of their time inside living in a climate of 70 F.
My experience with Hair of the Dog by Docs Blend started June 1, 2007, at a dog show. I was making the rounds, talking to friends I hadn’t seen for awhile, and sharing my frustration that all of my dogs seemed to be lacking in coat. I had come to the conclusion that I needed to change their diets and was asking everyone what diet they used. One fellow exhibitor told me she had not had any coat problems since she started using Hair of the Dog. We talked a bit about it and she mentioned that it had flaxseed in it and that was enough for me. As soon as I got home I went on line and ordered a bucket. You see, several years ago, I was on a moderate diet, but my hair got brittle and was falling out. After consulting my hairdresser, a naturopath, and my family physician, it was decided I wasn’t getting enough fat so I was put on daily flaxseed oil and had been taking it a couple of years. Still do. My own hair has never been thicker and grows like gangbusters. I had started giving the oil to my dogs several months earlier, but then a vet told me that dogs couldn’t metabolize flaxseed, it was a waste of money and could cause gastric distress. So I stopped it before it had time to work.
I could see the difference with Hair of the Dog within six weeks. I was grooming my dogs for a show and all of a sudden I realized I had very thick undercoat coming in. It wasn’t very long yet, maybe a half-inch, but it was enough to help make their coats look fuller. On that very day, Patches beat one of the top shelties in the country for a Best of Breed and that’s why my husband Don is so happy in this photo.
Puttin’On the Dog Shelties
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