
Can I give human vitamin C to my dog? B-complex vitamins can offer dogs a variety of benefits, including improved heart, skin, and digestive health. Vitamin C, niacin, biotin, and folic acid are also safe for dogs.
Is vitamin C harmful to dogs? Vitamin C is, in fact, popular and appears widespread among health-conscious people. Extra vitamin C is not dangerous to dogs due to its water solubility so whatever the dog doesn’t use is excreted in their urine in the form of oxalate.
When should you give your dog vitamin C? The use of vitamin C as a preventative and immune booster are also celebrated. Some veterinarians suggest giving C to dogs before and after vaccination, to dogs that have been exposed to contagious diseases, to pregnant and lactating dogs, and for healthy teeth and gums.
Do dogs needs vitamin C? Unlike humans who require vitamin C to sustain life, dogs possess the natural ability to make their own. Without vitamin C humans get a disease called scurvy… and die. Yet dogs do just fine without it.