Riitta Wilmot Webboard User Reg: 09-17-2008
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Hi Theresa,
My GSD(f) is now over 16 months old and I have never given her any supplements or pushed any pills down her (apart from worming)throat. She is a healthy dog and has plenty of energy for playing catch in the forest with her pals. I was careful when she was younger not to do extreme excercise with her and still keep a watchful eye on her when running rough ground or doing agility.
But if you feel this is the way forward for you it is your decision of course.
I just hate all vitamins and supplements for human or animal consumption. All those can be found in a good balanced diet in natural form.
Thats my thoughts on the subject, for what they are worth.
Good luck with your GSD, best wishes Riitta
I think it is, I've seen dried trachea or windpipe advertised for sale and thats one of the selling points. I've thought about getting some since its all natural and provides the glucosamine also
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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Quote: Jennifer Mullen
That's a good point. Isn't glucosamine in beef windpipe?
Do you mean chondroitin?
There are no normal food sources of glucosamine, an amino sugar. Glucosamine supplements are usually made from chitin, the hard outer shells of lobsters, crabs. etc.
That's a good point. Isn't glucosamine in beef windpipe?
Do you mean chondroitin?
There are no normal food sources of glucosamine, an amino sugar. Glucosamine supplements are usually made from chitin, the hard outer shells of lobsters, crabs. etc.
yes, i did! thanks connie!
i keep meaning to buy lobsters for the dogs, i'm assuming if they can eat bone they can eat shell? it's expensive though, that's the problem (speaking of expensive, i found out today how much wild musk ox from nunavut costs per lb....holy!!!!!!!)
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Glucosamine, while not exactly well-researched yet, has much better research results (for absorption) than chondroitin, although there is some evidence that a small percentage of ingested chondroitin supplement does work with the better-absorbed glucosamine as a combo.
However there is evidence that these two supplements are not what many portend them to be. Here is a link to a study from a group that does not sell supplements that may be of interest. http://www.orthosupersite.com/view.asp?rID=32431 Therefore IMO is safe to say no definitive scientific conclusion exist as to whether there is improvement or if there is how much or length of time necessary to sustain those improvements if quantified.
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Yes, the GAIT study has been posted a few times here.
You are certainly correct that more research is needed.
One aspect of the findings of this large study of knee arthritis was that the largest group of patients had only mild OA pain.
The small subset of patients with moderate-to-severe OA pain, however, had statistically significant pain relief.
The subset of patients with mild pain did not have statistically significant pain relief from the supplements.
So now studies are in the works to test a much larger group of patients with moderate to severe OA pain. I hope too that studies will not be limited to knee OA and not limited to the age group of the GAIT study (average age 59).
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