Best tablets for 9 and 11 year old rough collies

[lilacben]

I have two rough collies. One is 9 and the other 11 years old. The older one seems to be struggling when out on a walk and the younger one,his back legs crack an awful lot when he is walking. They have both been on vit. tablets, Pettabs, , from the vets but I feel that they are not really doing much good. Can any other dog owner recommend a good vit. tablet and joint tab. that they have found to work.?

[lankeela]

Vitamin tablets will make absolutely no difference to cases of joint problems or arthritis. You could try either Denes Greenleaf tablets, or any of the Glucosamine/Chondtroitin based tablets. Also a Bioflow collar may help.

[lankeela]

Plenty to choose from here, you can order online and they will be delivered within a day or so:

http://www.petdispensary.co.uk/dog-arthritis-j oint-amp-muscle-3588-0.html

[divegirl]

I use the following on my 2 year old Great Dane...she has HD, arthritis and growth problems in both her front legs!!!!

Glucosamine [high grade from the vets...payed for by insurance!!!]
Green Lipped Mussel [helps with cartlidge growth]
Devils claw [natural anti- inflamatory]
Omega 3,6,9 capsules

I get the last three from here.....

http://www.simplysupplements.net/

I use the Omega oils as I was offered a Hills food from the vet [can't remember the name of it], but is was �70 for 15kg and she would have needed approx 1kg per day [you do the maths.....lol. The vet gave a free bag and when I researched the ingredients the only thing of any value that I could see were the omega oils, so I just bought a supplement instead!
I started giving this combination six months or so ago and at the time she needed Metecam at least once a week....she hasn't limped or needed any pain relief in atleast 4 months.

Hope this helps

Lisa xxx

[lilacben]

Many thanks for your replies. I have had a look on both sites you have given me. But realise you can give human tablets to dogs.? How do you go about how much they should have.?

[divegirl]

Well seeing as my dog is a Great Dane I just give adult human doses....so you may want to give slightly less for a collie, but it would be pretty hard to over-dose on these products.

Lisa x

[ruthann58]

our gsd x collie was on a homan dose of glucosamin chronditon and msn for the last 4 years of her life as recommended by our vet and she also wore a bioflow collar both made a great deal of difference to her the tablets took about 6 to 8 weeks to kick in , i used to buy them from agestop on line