You can mail order organic golden flax seeds (google them to find sources) or they are available at stores that carry organic foods. I get mine at Whole Foods in the bulk section when I am there shopping because it is convenient. I buy the golden flax seeds, which are more expensive than the brown kind, because we eat them too. For people, start with about 1/2 tsp. per day and build up to about 1 tbsp. per day. I put the ground flax in smoothies, stir it in cooked oatmeal (after it have been dished into bowls), sprinkle it on granola, cereal, etc.
It is best to store them in the refrigerator, always grind them fresh, and don't cook with flax seeds or oil (they are very perishable). I buy the nutritional yeast in the bulk section at Whole Foods too. Brewer's yeast, made from beer instead of molasses, would work too, but it has a bitter flavor.
The golden flax seeds are about $2 per pound and the nutritional yeast is more expensive, about $7 per pound. But the yeast is very light in weight, so a little goes a long way. Each dog has about 1 tsp. ground flax, 1 tsp. nutritional yeast and 1/2 tsp. garlic powder sprinkled on their food each morning.
I bought a little Braun coffee grinder for about $10 at Wal-mart 10 years ago. I think they are about $15 now, but I have used mine almost daily for 10 years now and it still works great. I also grind sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, sprouted wheat that would clog my stone grinder, and grind spices such as coriander and cumin seeds to make ground spices. It is an inexpensive, but very useful appliance (I've never ground coffee with it since we are not coffee drinkers).
My Great Pyrenees dogs, who live outside, have beautiful coats with no skin or eye problems (their eyes used to run) since I started adding this mix to their food each morning.
Hope this helps, Mary
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the mites get him. This is the third year he's been through this and it's heartbreaking but we pull him through.