[Andy Larrimore]

I aggre with everything except giving the pup / dog vitamin C. I use to give me dogs vitamin c until I was told by my vet and confirmed it through several books that dogs produce their own vitamin c. As humans we must intake vitamin C because our body can not produce it on its own. If we give our dogs vitamin c on a regular basis then the dogs body no longer pruduces what it needs because it is flooded with it. A dog will always produce the exact amount of vitamin c that it's body requires. If we provide vitamin C for the dog and then stop suddenly. It will be a month or so before the dogs body begins to produce it's own vitamin C because it has become dependant on us.

Vitamin E however is not produced by the dog and must come through its diet either through food or vitamin. A couple of times a week is plenty. The dog stores vitamin E for it's immune system to help fight off infections. It does not use vitamin E on a regular basis as humans do. Humans produce their own vitamin E. A really good book on this is subject is called "Successful Breeding and Health Management" by Margaret V. Root Kustritz. The information can be found in chapter 1 page 7. It gives a full vitamin break down on what is essential for dogs and what is not.