Joint supplement recommendations?

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My 7 month old Labrador puppy has been diagnosed with elbow dysplasia and went in for an arthroscopy yesterday to clear out the fragmented bone in his joint.
The op went well but the surgeon explained his joint will never fit properly and he will continue to have slight problems. He has however agreed that puppy will have a good quality of life and should do well if looked after properly.
So in order to help him I’m keen to put him on a joint supplement. He's currently on Glucosamine and cod liver oil but I was wondering if there's a great all singing all dancing supplement out there that would be even better.....
Any ideas much appreciated
 
My 18 month old dog was diagnosed with the same thing not long ago. he is currently still on metacam from the vets. I also have him on devils claw root, which is a herbal anti-inflammatory. tried canine cortaflex and haven't been that impressed, so might try synoquin - that has been recommended to me by people on here. I think you just have to try things and see what works best. Good luck though, I know its horrible when they are so young.
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I started giving Feedmark's Agility to our border terrier when he became quite stiff at age 11. It helped him no end and now, 3 years later, he is still hardly stiff at all and is able to run round the garden chasing imaginary cats. I've also got a really big dog (Newfie x) and I give it to her as a preventative. Agility contains Glucosamine and Devils claw (along with other ingredients). They've always got offers on at Feedmark, so well worth asking about.
 
I have my oldish RR and my 2 year old Rottie and 3 year old Rottie (I have some demicky dogs!) on Glycoflex. It comes in different strengths and they do quite well on it. It is ion tablet form so easy to give. The 3 yr old rottie has mild elbow dysplasia. I think you have to get this from your vets.
 
Thank you - it's so difficult trying not to blame myself. He's so little to have been in so much pain and gone through so much. But hopefully he's on the road to recovery now. Fingers crossed for your doggie too
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Supplements have been to some help, but this far I have had 3 dogs and 1 cat treated with acupuncture and I really think it beats all remedys.

And they all got it for different reasons, the dogs : 1 because of HD-problem, 1 because of one obliquely hindleg and 1 because some of her vertebras was worn-out. And the cat has three grown together vertebras in her loin, croup area.

If you really want a chance of some singing-and-dancing-magic, try acupuncture. My cat (now 14 years old, the backproblem started late in 2006) went from not wanting to jump anything higher than the lenght of her legs, after the second session, she climbed our floor-to-roof cattree, all the way up, 2 meters and 58 centimeter. For comparison, in Sweden a Shirehorse could be up to 1 meter and 80 centimeter.
And the dogs, allways behaved almost like puppies again, for example wanted to play much more and sleept in much more relaxed positions.

If you can't do acupuncture, besides giving supplements you could try massage and stretching, or maybe Shiatsu.
My dog with the obliquely hindleg was around 7 months old, when it started growing wrong. I was told that I should only count on her being able to live with it, until she was 5 to 7 years old. But with acupuncture, massage, stretching, shiatsu, occasionaly some supplements and a well keept weight, she lived to be 13 years.
And when she was 12, "my" vets had got a new nurse, the nurse spot the hindleg while my dog was on the scale, and obviously didn't quite believed me when I said she was 12, because she made the vet check her age in the journal and when the vet confirmed my dogs age, she said "What, she's that old with such an hindleg?!" And turned around and looked at my dog, who started doing some weird sort of happy-piaffe on the examinationtable, sensing everyone in the room was focusing on her.

I'm sorry your pup isn't well, and owning a lab, certainly doesn't make it easier to hear that you have to watch your dogs weight like a hawk (because one gram to much for the problemarea to carry around does make big difference), but I hope you and your pup have a happy life.


from Sweden.
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One of my dogs is on Cortaflex, has been for 3 years and it really works for him
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another of mine is on Cosequin, and that seems quite good too. Both these are covered by my insurance so its worth checking what your insurance will cover for as it saves a lot of money over the years
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Hope your dog isn't feeling too sorry for himself and gets better soon
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