By Chris Curran
Eureka-WildwoodPatch

Has your pooch packed on a few extra pounds after this brutal winter? Here’s one, new way you can help get your dog in better shape.

Whether taken internally or applied topically, coconut oil has numerous benefits. It heals digestive disorders and enables weight loss, relieves arthritis, prevents and treats viral infections, promotes normal thyroid function, reduces allergies, prevents and controls diabetes, helps balance the body’s metabolism, disinfects cuts, promotes wound healing, improves skin health and fur condition, deodorizes whatever it touches and much more! And, most dogs love the taste of coconut oil, which makes feeding coconut oil and coconut-based treats easy and pleasant.

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