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Shiny coat

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Question
i have show quality puppy

Breed- Lab
Name - Dollar $
Sex  - Male

he have great nice fury hairs like golden retriver,but that coat is not shiny.my question is..

1.How to make his coat shiny ?
2.What feed him or give him for Make bone double or stronger?

Answer
Lack of a shiny coat is usually due to dirt in the coat or a poor-quality food.

Bathe your dog regularly with a good shampoo; one I recommend is Chris Christensen's Black on Black. In between baths, spray him with witch hazel and brush his coat with a flat bristle brush to bring up the oils in his coat. Take a shedding blade to his coat regularly to get rid of loose hair.

Here is my recommendation for choosing a good food:
The first ingredient should be a specified meat meal (ie. chicken meal, lamb meal, etc.; "meal" means all water is removed from meat), there should be a minimum of grains (one, or, at the most, two), there should be NO by-products, NO preservatives such as BHA and BHT, NO ethoxyquin, and NO menadione sodium bisulfate (source of vitamin K). Dogs also do not need extra salt. Fiber shouldn't be over 4%; more fiber equates to more poop to pick up. I like to see probiotics and enzymes in the food (acidolpholus). Corn is an excellent source of the omega fatty acids if one doesn't have a dog that is allergic to it. Grain-free diets are excellent. When I go to a company's website to see the nutritional analysis of a product, this means as much to me as seeing a list of the ingredients. I want to know how much protein, fat, and fiber is in that food. My dogs do best on 25% protein and 15% fat due to their activities levels and our cold climate.

One cannot make a dog have more bone; that is totally genetics/breeding. Give your dog plenty of exercise so that he builds muscle. An adult dog should be walked two miles a day.