Science Diet Skin & Coat Dog Food

How to Get Your Dog Healthy Skin & a Shiny Coat: 5 Tips

From nutrition to grooming, there are multiple different aspects that affect your dog's skin and coat. Learn how to give them the shiny, soft coat they're looking for.

Updated on October 23rd, 2025

Dog Food Labels: Understand Ingredients for Your Pet's Best Health

Did you know that what's printed on your dog's food package isn't always straight forward? Learn all the insights behind what's printed on the label.

Updated on November 6th, 2025

New Dog Owner's Guide: Feeding, Health, & Creating a Happy Home

Learn how to care for your dog, recommended diet and training. Find the right food, supplies and equipment at your neighborhood Petco.

Updated on April 9th, 2026

Dog Gut Health: Spot Food Allergy Symptoms & Find Relief for Your Dog

Has your dog been having digestion issues? It could be from dog food allergies.

Updated on October 23rd, 2025

Dog Dandruff Solutions: 8 Causes & Best Treatments for Flaky Skin

A shiny, glossy coat is beautiful on a dog. What’s not so beautiful is dandruff: white flakes of dead skin cells.

Updated on October 23rd, 2025

What fish dog food helps dry skin if my dog eats Science Diet?

Science Diet is an excellent food but as you have noticed their over the counter foods typically don't have fish. They do have a prescription diet with fish but it can be expensive. I included a couple links to a couple different types of food that contain Salmon. https://www.chewy.com/purina-pro-plan-focus-adult-sensitive/dp/128666 https://www.chewy.com/purina-one-smartblend-sensitive/dp/37688 Thank you for using Boop by Petco.

What's the best dog food for my dog's chronic dry and itchy skin?

Thanks for using Boop by Petco! The diet I prefer for this is the one made by Science Diet called sensitive skin and stomach diet. However, what I have found the most helpful in reestablishing a nice shiny coat is using fish oil daily. You can get the commercial ones sold online or at your local pet store. This works great. Good luck and have a great day!

What dog food or supplements make my dog's coat shiny and healthy?

Besides feeding a high quality dog food, you could try Free Form Snip Tips and see if that helps. Free Form Snip Tips provides a concentrated source of Omega-3 fatty acids that promotes healthy skin and a shiny hair coat.

My overweight dog needs weight loss food that won't dry his skin.

HI there. I would recommend using a true weight loss diet and not a "weight management" or "healthy weight". You should use the weight loss diet until he is his ideal weight then you can transition to a management diet. These diets are expensive but they are not meant to be a long term solution so keep that in mind. If you feed the correct amount it shouldn't be too horribly expensive. You must feed him to his "ideal weight" and not the weight he is currently. So read the instructions on the bag of food carefully. Feed him this diet only - no treats or bones or people food. I would suggest Puirna OM or Hill's w/d. These are prescription diets and should be prescribed by your vet but I have recently come to find out you can buy them on Amazon without an Rx. They should not make his coat or skin poor. If that is a recurring theme then he may have an underlying condition like hypothyroidism causing that (could also be why he is heavy) so you may want to consider having his thyr

What dog food has antihistamine for my dog's skin allergies?

There is a dog food made by science diet called derm defense which has an anti-histamine in it and works well for environmental allergies. If you are worried about a food allergy, I would consider trying a hypoallergenic diet like science diet z/d. I hope this helps!