# NuVet Plus Dog Vitamins Any Good? Are they Safe? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 13, 2010, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuvet-plus-dog-vitamins-any-good-are-they-safe/546546 "2010-07-13T16:20:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuvet-plus-dog-vitamins-any-good-are-they-safe/546546/1 "2010-07-13T16:20:17Z")
I’m buying a new dog. The breeder recommends NuVet Plus Dog Vitamins. I’m hoping someone here has used them. Are they Any Good? Are they Safe? I wasn’t sure if this is a scam product or new age mystic crap. Supposedly they are only sold to breeders or their clients. The breeder gave me a discount code to use. I don’t want to poison the dog or anything. the breeder says she used them for years. I checked with Google and don’t see any warnings. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuvet-plus-dog-vitamins-any-good-are-they-safe/546546/2 "2010-07-13T16:25:21Z")
What would be the benefits of giving your dog vitamins over giving your dog food that contains all of the vitamins he needs? I can see maybe giving your dog a vitamin pill if you do an all-raw/all-homemade diet. But I’ve never heard of dogs needing vitamins. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuvet-plus-dog-vitamins-any-good-are-they-safe/546546/3 "2010-07-13T16:30:54Z")
I feed quality dog food with excellent results. Additional vitamins would be a waste at best, a source of excess at worst. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuvet-plus-dog-vitamins-any-good-are-they-safe/546546/4 "2010-07-13T16:37:13Z")
I was thinking the same thing. \ But this breeder shows her dogs and has several champions. The one I’m getting is pet grade. Not a show dog. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuvet-plus-dog-vitamins-any-good-are-they-safe/546546/5 "2010-07-13T16:40:40Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I was thinking the same thing. \ But this breeder shows her dogs and has several champions. The one I’m getting is pet grade. Not a show dog. Maybe she gets a kickback from Nuvet. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuvet-plus-dog-vitamins-any-good-are-they-safe/546546/6 "2010-07-13T17:08:06Z")
I’m another one who thinks that if you’re feeding a high enough quality food, you wouldn’t _need_ vitamins. What kind of food are you planning to feed? What does the breeder feed? And, I can’t imagine it would matter but … what breed? Is it some special fancy exotic breed that has some special needs? (Greyhounds don’t handle anesthesia, bulldogs can’t birth naturally … that sort of thing.) ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuvet-plus-dog-vitamins-any-good-are-they-safe/546546/7 "2010-07-13T17:20:40Z")
I fed my last dog Iams. It was considered a premium food. But it’s been bought by Purina. I’ll probably buy Hills Science Diet. My mom uses it and has been very happy. I do need to ask the breeder what she’s been feeding. I’m getting a Boston Terrier. Been ten years since my last one. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuvet-plus-dog-vitamins-any-good-are-they-safe/546546/8 "2010-07-13T17:34:57Z")
Just ask the vet when you take the dog in for it’s initial examination. She’ll know what’s best.