What is a inexpensive solution to help my black 7 year old lab with arthritis/join pain?
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Devil’s claw (herbal supplement) works well, but a glucosamine/chondritin supplement would work even better. Make sure you use supplements meant for dogs, not people. They aren’t cheap but they’re not a fortune either. You get what you pay for.
my vet perscribed METACAM for my bernese x. it’s about 90.00 every 6 weeks, but Jake feels alot better so it’s definately worth it. he also gets glucosomine with all the other big dogs every day.
We have always given ours apirin… (Just one pill a day, not coated. The vet said the coating reduces a dogs absorption of the meds) as long as he/she doesn’t have any conditions that he/she can’t have it. If you are looking for other stuff to aid I get alot of meds from vet supplies like; Valleyvet.com, agrimed.com, petsupplies.com, KVvetsupply.com… there are many, many more too!
Petplace.com and netvet.com has alot of good onfo too!
Aspirin
A gluosamine/chondroitin supplement will work wonders. My vet recommended it for my dog with arthritis. He did say I could use the human grade, but the pills are big and it was a hassle to get them into my dog. I use a K-9 liquid which is easy to mix in with the food. There are a lot of arthritis supplements for dogs on the market … go on line.
you can use an otc glucosamine supplement or you can purchase one from your vet. another good supplement to use in conjunction with glucosamine is duralactin (natural anti inflammatory).
http://www.duralactin.com
Start with baby aspirins and glucosamine. It he is still in pain, go see your vet for a perscription like Rimadyl, Metacam.
As with arthritis in people, there is no cure… it is an erosive disease of the cartilage in joints…but it happens before age 10 because dogs have a compressed life span compared to humans. At 7, your dog is about a 50 year old The surface is no longer smooth, so movement hurts. And tho there is no cure, anti-inflammatories do indeed work quite well. (Sorry, there is no such thing as inexpensive, as say, giving the dog a plant to chew…..don’t we all wish…)
The best one is Rimydal, from your vet. Do not give Tylenol, and most vets don’t even much like enteric coated aspirin. Ibuprofen can kill a dog. Rimydal can be gotten cheaper at one of the pet internet places, and if your vet prescribes it at your request, he must indeed respond and give you a script so that you can send it in to say, some vet pet place on line.
I’ve had great luck with this med for my half rottie/dobie who is now about 10. Benny acts like a puppy. It absolutely shows that he is rid of pain… can see it in the joy of his actions….
The glucosimine and that other stuff is pretty worthless. Metacam as well is fine, but don’t give at the same time with Rimydal. Unfortunately, hon, the stuff that works isn’t cheap. Is the comfort of your pet worth it? For my Benny, it for sure is.
We gave our cocker spaniel buffered aspirin to help with the arthritis he had as a result of being hit by a car. This is what our vet recommended and it worked very well. It is only safe to give a dog buffered aspirin, so make sure that you don’t buy regular aspirin. Also, start with small doses, half a pill and increase only in that amount does not work.