Tia
Well-Known Member
I know some of you are probably fed up with me harping on about using NZ Green Lipped Mussels for the relief of arthritis but it really does work for some dogs.
My dog started to become debilitated with arthritis some years ago and I went to the vet's and bought the drug which was supposed to help.....well it didn't help my dog in the slightest.
At about the same time, my husband saw an article on BBC News one morning which was talking about feeding arthritic dogs extract of Green Lipped Mussels. I researched it, discussed it with my vet (who incidentally hadn't heard of this at that time) and then found out that Waltham, the manufacturers of Pedigree Dog Foods had also done some research on this and were in fact planning to put extract of them in one type of their dog foods.
This all seemed like something I wanted to learn more about as I am very very loathe to feed my dogs drugs and chemicals.....no I'm not a bunny hugger, just a sceptical human, with my beloved dog's interests at heart.
So I went down my own route of research and found that the mussels appeared to have many scientific followers, this was good enough for me so from then I fed my dog 1 raw NZ Green Lipped Mussel twice a day to begin with and within a week or so, dropped the dose to 1 per day. You can't feed them cooked otherwise they lose their properties. My dog's turnaround was totally amazing. I wasn't alone in noticing either and this was why a number of my friends also put their dogs onto them.
A number of years on and I only ever have to feed my dog NZGL Mussels once in a while, generally in the winter just to keep her mobility. The rest of the year, she seems totally unaffected now.......although those of you who may remember that she was run over by my truck might think along the same lines as I sometimes think.....perhaps the truck cured her!
Anyway, getting back to my point. My dog was, without question, helped by feeding these. She is now 13 years old and yes occasionally she falls over but that has to be expected with a giant black bouncy-dog lolling all over her most of the time, PLUS she is still an old dog with arthritis, nothing can repair the damage totally......but she does now run with her body straight, when for years she always used to run with her body in a sort of "S" shape.
Here is one link, although there are many if you choose to do some of your own research. It may not work for your dog, but it definitely did for mine and for £5 a 1kg box of frozen NZGL Mussels from Waitrose or Tesco's, is it really worth NOT trying? Start off with 2 a day, 1 x am and 1 x pm.
Right I'll stop blabbing now, here's a link to get you started:
NZ Green Lipped Mussels
My dog started to become debilitated with arthritis some years ago and I went to the vet's and bought the drug which was supposed to help.....well it didn't help my dog in the slightest.
At about the same time, my husband saw an article on BBC News one morning which was talking about feeding arthritic dogs extract of Green Lipped Mussels. I researched it, discussed it with my vet (who incidentally hadn't heard of this at that time) and then found out that Waltham, the manufacturers of Pedigree Dog Foods had also done some research on this and were in fact planning to put extract of them in one type of their dog foods.
This all seemed like something I wanted to learn more about as I am very very loathe to feed my dogs drugs and chemicals.....no I'm not a bunny hugger, just a sceptical human, with my beloved dog's interests at heart.
So I went down my own route of research and found that the mussels appeared to have many scientific followers, this was good enough for me so from then I fed my dog 1 raw NZ Green Lipped Mussel twice a day to begin with and within a week or so, dropped the dose to 1 per day. You can't feed them cooked otherwise they lose their properties. My dog's turnaround was totally amazing. I wasn't alone in noticing either and this was why a number of my friends also put their dogs onto them.
A number of years on and I only ever have to feed my dog NZGL Mussels once in a while, generally in the winter just to keep her mobility. The rest of the year, she seems totally unaffected now.......although those of you who may remember that she was run over by my truck might think along the same lines as I sometimes think.....perhaps the truck cured her!
Anyway, getting back to my point. My dog was, without question, helped by feeding these. She is now 13 years old and yes occasionally she falls over but that has to be expected with a giant black bouncy-dog lolling all over her most of the time, PLUS she is still an old dog with arthritis, nothing can repair the damage totally......but she does now run with her body straight, when for years she always used to run with her body in a sort of "S" shape.
Here is one link, although there are many if you choose to do some of your own research. It may not work for your dog, but it definitely did for mine and for £5 a 1kg box of frozen NZGL Mussels from Waitrose or Tesco's, is it really worth NOT trying? Start off with 2 a day, 1 x am and 1 x pm.
Right I'll stop blabbing now, here's a link to get you started:
NZ Green Lipped Mussels
