Anyone give their dogs extra supplements?

[chris watton]

We have four Sausage Dogs, aged 7 and 8. I worry about their back in older age, and to help try and mitigate this, I add a cod liver oil capsule to each of their dinners each day.

Does anyone else do the same, and is it OK to give it them each day?

[M888SXY]

Not quite the same but our greyhound gets 3 x 500 mg evening primrose oil tablets every day to ease her joints and it does wonders for her coat.

[PositronicRay]

I've just started 3 y/o terrier cross with a floating kneecap

The vet sold us some joint supplement but I think I'll use Yumove once this supply has finished.

I suspect supplements are all snake oil, but why take the risk.

[Rouleur]

PositronicRay said:

I've just started 3 y/o terrier cross with a floating kneecap

The vet sold us some joint supplement but I think I'll use Yumove once this supply has finished.

I suspect supplements are all snake oil, but why take the risk.

I've been giving Yumove to my aging Springer for years and it seems to be a big help, and the last vet we saw reckoned it was good stuff. This old thread may be of interest too http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[chrisga]

Our rescue springer with dodgy joints gets a yumove tablet a day and since taking them she seems to go lame less than before. Maybe its the tablets, maybe its something else but they don't seem to be doing her any harm and she gobbles the tablet down like a sweet!

[chris watton]

Haven't heard of those tablets before, will have to have a look.

I always have a good supply of vits and minerals for me, though, so I thought I'd share the cod liver oil capsules (and sometimes brewers yeast tablets) with our dogs when I feed them.

[Brother D]

These are currently being advertised on TV here in the states - Tablets for your dog's brain health...

http://www.nutramaxlabs.com/dog/dog-brain-health

We always gave our older dogs codliver oil and glucocasmine [sic] tablets for their back legs (GSDs).

[tomw2000]

Garlic Capsules. for all 4 dogs
Youmove and Synoquin for the 2 oldies.

And the oldies have other meds too - they're low level painkillers/anti inflammatory tablets. Both have arthritis bless 'em.

Edited to add: Tumeric is also good for joints.

Edited by tomw2000 on Wednesday 27th January 13:36

[bronze kneecap]

gave our GSP garlic and cod liver oil every day, lived till he was 13 but looked half his age. Not sure it was a factor but can't do any harm.. here he is a year before he passed away, what a specimen, went everywhere with me, loved the mountains and loved the beach, what a dog.. much missed and not yet replaced..

[RB Will]

Use these for my BSD.
http://www.healthspan.co.uk/vetvits/flexi-joints-f...

[TheFungle]

Mrs Fungle is a vet and adds the following to our two Sausages' diets, they are 12 & 10 respectively.

VetUK joint supplement.

ProDen PlaqueOff (helps avoid the need an under aesthetic dental)

Royal Canin 'Teckel'

They are both in fantastic health for their age and regular walks and strict monitoring of their weight really helps with their condition.

[bexVN]

Cod liver oil has very little benefit on the joints and many products have overtaken it as a joint supplement but products like Yumove or Nutraquin are very good and been designed much more specifically for their purpose. Seraquin contains turmeric which is a natural anti inflammatory, useful in arthritic changes.