Enhancing pigment colors - Page 2

I only want to say this. We all want good colour in our dogs, it looks good. The judges want it, the buyers want it. I can only hope do not fool our self, our buyers or our breed. I know breeders, owners who have use injektions, ordinary hair colours on their dogs. There are special oil to scrub in the coat (you can see with your eye if a dog have this in its coat. The coat looks almost a little dirty and it looks like the dog needs some brush. Everything only for their own needs. It¿s cruel and its cheating and human vanity. Maybe I will get many angry answers, so be.... I must take what I get, and use it wise.

showknine- very true, however, it's not a perfect world we live in (poodles & hairspray come to mind); i however agree with you & do not tamper with my dogs' health for sake of coloration (they are already beautiful to me & i have to look at them everyday :0) a point i wish to make is: beta carotene for the sake of antioxidant purposes is great, but all in moderation was my point. besides, a high quality diet already has all the antioxidants needed.

I do believe that the beta carotene in Olewo (and when used as a "supplement") is a great source of nutrients to your dog's diet.

thanks alexis, i hope i can try it sometime on my dogs to, but is their a minimum age thats recommended to start this dose>??

Once you achieve desired color, does it stay that way or do you have to keep the Olewo in the diet for the results to stay?

Wizard, I would not know the minimum age, but I would think it would be safe to give to younger dogs. Maybe one of the links I listed above can give you more information. The youngest of my friends dogs she gives it to is 10 months and he seems to do fine with it. She has none younger at the moment. It comes in pellet form, and you add a tablespoon to a cup of water. After about 5 minutes or so, it turns into a soupy sort of mush you can add to their food. You may be able to give a smaller dose of that or split the dose with a few puppies. DWCDN, The color richness only stays while feeding the supplement. Once it is stopped, whatever enhancements you may notice in your dog will fade back to what you began with. Like I said in the other thread, it's not magic, but it does seem to produce somewhat of a difference. Good luck! Alexis

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What about "Velcote"?

As Showkinie says -- it is what it is -- Let URMA do the touching up - if you must. Beta-carotine can work but it can be dangerous. If you need to darken up some light tan - do what my "show" friends do -- bath the dog in TEA - It colors up nicely, does not affect the black -- and probably less likely to damage vital organs. !! Repeat every time you enter a show where the judge only looks at COLOR.