Efa-Z Plus 16oz

I have a 4 year old American Eskie/yellow lab mix. One day I noticed that he was getting tickle spots on his stomach, where he had never had them before. Then I started noticing that he would have areas with scabby or scaly skin on his stomach and legs. At first, I thought he had gotten into ants or poison ivy or something, until his lips started to swell and crack. Then, at the base of his eyes, where the tear gland is, he began to lose the hair there and would scratch it until it bled. Also, he was shedding like a maniac, his fur was always dry, and he was constantly licking at his paws.Well, my first thought was allergies. So I started him on Benedryl, which helped a little at first. I also stopped all treats, greenies, and changed his food to a grain free variety. It just got worse. I was ready to take him into the vet when I decided to spend some time on the internet to see what I could find. What I discovered was a disorder called zinc deficient dermatitis. It is something very prevalent in the artic breeds, like the Eskie. The recommended treatement was a zinc suppliment with Omega oils. I was originally going to go with the ones that were dog treats, but the shipping on those were as much as the product and this product was available for prime shipping at the time.There are two things I must point out -1. This does not work overnight. My dog has been on this now, daily, for over a month and things are just now starting to clear up. However, when they do start to clear up, it seems to get much better quickly. I saw a little change about the second week in, where his lips were not swelled up so much, but it was about 5 weeks before the skin conditions started clearing up and the fur started growing back. He still has a way to go, but the difference between week 5 and into week 6 is amazing.2. This stuff is vanilla flavored. Really? For a dog, you went with vanilla? My dog wouldn't touch it, he would eat around it. I solved it by buying meat flavored dog vitamin gravy or the little packets of small dog moist food with gravy, and would mix a little in with this product on his dry food. It works like a charm. One little meal packet lasted for three of his meals, I only put in enough to moisten the dry food. But still, VANILLA?In addition, his fur has become soft and healthy and he seems to have more energy than before. The shedding decreased drastically. Yes he still sheds, so this is not a miracle cure all for shedding, but it has at least decreased by 2/3rds.I have already ordered 2 more bottles of this - he will have to have it for the rest of his life, but it saved me thousands in vet bills.Oh, also for the first month, you can increase the dose by 1 or 2 pumps. My dog would normally get 4 pumps on his food, but I have done 6. Now that he is healing up, I am dialing it back to 4. If the symptoms get worse, I will up it a pump.If you have an artic breed dog/mix and have these kind of symptoms, research the zinc deficiency thing. I had never heard of it and would have never thought about it - but it is real.

My dogs and cats have used this for years but this last 2 bottles I just received they won't touch! I think they've changed the formula to cover the fish oil smell with vanilla. I wonder if they even tested to see if dogs or cats even like vanilla! My animals obviously do not and I've read other reviews that say the same thing. Anyway all of the other bottles that I received in the past weren't MY favorite smelling product because it smelled of fish oil but they loved it and it worked really really well, so I was ok with it. I think they messed up really bad this time with the vanilla. Now I don't know what I'm going to use. This really kept my pets hair in check, especially the cats. I tend to have really bad allergies to their hair except when they are using this. I can't believe I bought 2 16oz bottles and all of that money is gone because I opened both of them not thinking anything would be wrong with them and now I can't even return one of the bottles. Very disappointed!!

My french bulldog has major skin allergies. She eats hypoallergenic dog food (ZD) and takes Apoquell, but her coat was still very thin and you could see hives on her skin underneath her fur (she has chronic, low-grade urticaria from her allergies). I started putting two pumps of Efa-Z on her food and, not only does she love the flavor, her coat got thicker and shinier and her skin hives seem to have improved! The hypo-allergic dog food (ZD) is not her favorite, but after putting the Efa-Z on there, she seems to actually like eating her food. Great product!

The price on the larger size of this is much better than a smaller version I was buying through my vet. I use this on my dogs food in the morning and he eats it right up without protest. I've noticed his skin is WAY less itchy and his coat is beautiful and shiny ever since starting to use this. He has been prone to dry skin and this really helped manage that--he is scratching less and his skin is less flaky. Plus he looks better :)

My dog was initially prescribed this years back by his vet at the time for his dry, flaky coat. It worked great and I found the bigger bottles on Amazon for less. After a few applications (once a day), his coat is nice and soft and the flakes associated with the dryness are gone. He gets irritation under his mouth a lot and scratches to the point the fur there disappears and his red, dry, and tough to the touch. A few days after applying this, the area gets smooth and soft and the fur grows back! It does smell like fish oil but the benefits outweigh the smell.