I'm starting to look into joint supplements; Maggie is 8yo and does a lot of jumping, hiking, running, etc. She shows no signs of active arthritis and I'd like to keep it that way. My vet swears by Cosequin, but it's pricy and I don't have a dog that is arthritic, so I'm looking for...

[quote user="ScruffyBoy"]Why do you think this happened to him, is it the arthritis that he has or is it that his muscles in his hind legs were getting tired? [/quote] This is a question for your vet and I suggest you schedule an appointment before you do much exercise. There could be neurological...

Particularly good arthritis/pain sites are: http://www.dogaware.com/arthritis.html http://www.dogaware.com/misc.html#opcare (surgery) ACL & TPLO links: http://www.geocities.com/jojoacl/acllinks.html http://www.lauriebryce.com/tplo/index.html http://www.lauriebryce.com/tplo/recovery.html http://www...

My friend is asking me to ask you all: I have an 8 year old female boxer dog that has started to get athritis in her hip. She has a hard time getting up in the morning, or just getting up from being inactive for a while in general. Once she gets up and gets going though, she seems to be doing just fine...

hi, Max is a 12 year old male german shepherd/husky mix - neutered. He's been in great shape for the past 12 years minus the past 3 months. About 3 months ago we noticed that he was limping on his front right leg. We thought that he might have stepped on something, so we took him to the vet. The...

My old RR mix Gracie (we think 17) was recently prescribed prednisone (20 mg) for arthritis. We started Tuesday so should start tapering tomorrow. Yesterday afternoon, I notoced she was panting. It has gotten worse over the night, although coming out to living room to be with her has gotten her to fall...

I have an 8 year old femal chocolate lab. Yesterday morning she received vaccines for Lyme and Bordetallo (both of which she she has received before). Mid-day she received her monthly dose of frontline plus and interceptor. She also had har nails clipped (not sure that that really matters) By dinner...

Plain Knox NutraJoint Gelatine (grocery store - Jello isle) is another good supplement. Gelatine provides the building blocks for collagen - the chief structural protein in cartilage and bone. http://www.knox.com/nutrajoint_Gel.asp