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Spc. Jennifer Thomas, (right) an animal care specialist, holds a dog while Dr. Lydia Tong from World Vets inserts an IV at the Nambouk village during the Vanuatu phase of Pacific Partnership 2011. Pacific Partnership is a five-month humanitarian assistance initiative that will make port visits to Tonga, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and the Federated States of Micronesia. Also pictured is Capt. Kellie Stewart, officer-in-charge of veterinary civil assistance program. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Tony Tolley)

Sincere pet owners can feel when their dogs change in behavior or when there is something wrong. As dog age, they tend to get weaker and their cartilage get deteriorated. The same thing happens when a particular dog have encountered a joint injury, accident or trauma. Dogs, like humans, have natural glucosamine and chondroitin in their bodies and these substances are mostly found in cartilage. We need to supply our pts with Dogs glucosamine and chondroitin to maintain the amount of glucosamine in their cartilage. If not, their joints will become stiff, they will suffer from joint inflammation and joint pain.

Arthritis and dysplasia are the most common joint disorders that dogs can acquire at some point  of their lives. Pet owners with dogs from larger breeds must get a joint supplement like glucosamine and chondroitin because larger breeds are more at risk of having arthritis and other sorts of joint problems. Obesity is another cause of joint problems. Therefore you must keep a healthy diet, a regular exercise and a dogs glucosamine joint supplement in order to keep your dogs’ joint healthy, well functioned and strong.

There are some certain signs, symptoms as well as changes in behavior that you will notice when dogs are suffering from any kind of disorder. The most common characteristics are limping, loss of appetite, having trouble getting up from a lying position, lethargy, unable to climb stairs or couches and  falling on walks. Dogs do not complain, they only bear the pain. The symptoms or signs which I have mentioned can only be noticeable once the joint problem is already getting worse. That is why it is better to give Dogs Glucosamine to prevent your dogs from developing joint disorders or stopping the advancement of existing joint problems.

Glucosamine and chondroitin do not just help in relieving joint pain and inflammation, but they really work to treat arthritis, dysplasia and other kinds of joint disorders.

Health-concious pet owners would usually look for the best Dogs Glucosamine and chondroitin as joint supplements. However, there are too many kinds of joint supplements. In addition, there lots of glucosamine and chondroitin from different brands and most pet owners do not just look for the effective and safe ones but also cost friendly. Consulting your dogs’ vet would be the most helpful. Vets can tell you the best glucosamine that would fit your dogs. Vets can tell you the right dosage that your dogs need and the right instructions on how to give a particular joint supplement to your pets.

 

Hariet Janes has been a writer in the US for almost four years. She written various articles and these days, she writes about Glucosamine For Dogs, Joint Care Supplements and Dogs Glucosamine.

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