is it true that when you feed you dog prawn, they loose their fur?

Philippines
February 25, 2007 9:01pm CST
well my dog is loosing her fur and she doesn't have fleas, so we asked a good friend of ours about this and he said, maybe our dog ate prawn.. i am confused about this, what's the connection?
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• Philippines
26 Feb 07
probably. we have been told since we were young not to feed dogs shellfish coz it does something bad to them particularly to their skin. so we dont feed our dogs shellfish and we never had problems about their fur. i dont know if there is some scientific explanation about this, but probably more on personal experiences. but based on what happens to your dog, if she did ate prawns and that happened to her, i guess it must be true. go have your dog checked by your vet just to be sure.
• Philippines
26 Feb 07
Thank you both for you responses!! i will go to the vet tomorrow to have my dog checked.. i hope it is not something serious... (",)
• United States
26 Feb 07
I've never heard that one. I do know that any type of fish and seafood is not good for dogs. It is too high in mercury, and can cause liver damage. So, it is possible that it could also affect their hair and cause them to loose it. The only dogs I know of that can handle certain fishes are Huskies, and that is only if they are raised from a pup to eat it...I am speaking mainly of the dog sled huskies. I hope this helps.