Training Older Dogs

My 8 year old dog has just been diagnosed with Arthritis?

I have a female 8 year old German Sheppard/Border Collie cross. She was diagnosed today by my vet as having Arthritis in her hips…The vets answer was a very expensive food containing Omega-3 and a very expensive supplement containing Glucosamine and vitamins and minerals. Should I get Omega-3 and the necessary Glucosamine etc from a health food store or the like and go from there? I recently saw a documentary about the pet food industry..A year after the pet food scare, and according to this show, one food at the top of the price list at a veterinary clinic doesn’t offer anything extra than your local pet store type food..I understand that the food my vet was speaking of today called j/d by Hill’s Prescription Diet does have something extra and necessary to improve my dogs mobility and enjoyment of life..namely Omega-3..but I believe there is another way perhaps that I can get these necessary supplements incorporated into my dogs diet.

Just feed it a good quality food (nothing from a grocery store, look in a pet store). I personally do not like anything from Hill’s. Then give him Fish Oil caplets (1000mg) twice a day and a Glucosamine/Chondroitin/MSM pill once or twice a day. I have a golden with arthritis and we give him Dasuquin, but that is top of the line and very expensive. You could try Glyco-Flex. That is less expensive and good quality.

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