What is the best type of fish to feed for Omega 3's?

I never had any luck getting my dogs to eat raw fish. They just don't like it. Now they will eat the canned salmon. I don't really worry about Omega 3's, but I feed fresh free range chicken eggs 1-2 times a week.

 

When I fed raw I could never get my dogs to eat fish. Ember , the sheltie garbage can would actually gag.

I just use fish oil tabs

 

Toffee also always refused raw fish whole or even in larger pieces... but Leo guzzle guts eats it just fine, thank you! I swear Toffee even nuzzles the fish over for Leo to eat, hahahahaha

So I usually feed raw mackerel already ground up, bones n all, Toffee eats that okay, Leo loves it and Big Whiskey the cat also enjoys it.

 

Feeding Omega supplements is a great idea, but you don't necessarily have to rely on fish as the sole protein in their kibble.

You can easily supplement the diet with Omega fish oils. I use a salmon oil formula. Two squirts into their kibble twice per day.

You can further supplement by switching their treats to salmon treats....Zukes has a soft chew in salmon, or your can buy salmon skin treats as well.

All to say that you don't need to swith your protein to 100% fish. A lot of us who feed grain free (e.g. NOW! The protein is a combination of turkey, duck and salmon)

Just a thought

 

Barb, She is talking about feeding raw not kibble. One never uses one source of protein in raw diets. Except when you are starting the dog on raw. But fish is the best source of Omega 3.

I could just never get mine to eat it. They ate chicken, pork, beef, turkey, pheasant, elk, deer,rabbit, and eggs, as protein sources but I needed to supplement the fish oil.

 

Ooops! Brain fart...but the same rules apply.

So-o-o-o if your dog won't eat fish, then yes, supplement with fish oils.

Justicemom...you can squirt the oil just as easily on raw food as kibble, btw!

 

As an additional note....I sell raw frozen in my store.

We have raw patties which are a combo of poultry and fish. Do you think that would be more palatable to your dog?

 

Never said it wasn't.

Some people who fed raw do not like package store brought prepared raw diets. They like to control the source of the ingredients themselves and prefer a whole prey source. Thus why she would be asking about types of fish to fed, I would gather.