Dasuquin

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Weimdogman

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One of my dog has been favoring a front leg off and on for about 4 months. I took him to my old school vet who handled up on him pretty good and the diagnosis was probably arthritis as the dog is almost 9.

I took him to my other vet and had him xrayed. They said only thing we see is a little arthritis. They explained some dogs are bothered more by it then others. His is a mild case but seems to bother him.

I went back to the old school vet and bought Dasuquin. Dog has been on it for a month. 1 week in he hunted about 90 minutes in heavy cover and came up real lame. Now 3 weeks later he hunted 1 hour in thick cover and no lameness.

I believe in the stuff all my dogs are on it. Have a friend who says he has been using it for 2 years and he swears by it.
 
I started by black lab on Dasuquin a couple of weeks ago and the results so far have been amazing. He's around 90# and in good shape, but would be very stiff and sore after several hours of hunting.
We went out for about 3 hours last Friday thru some pretty heavy stuff and he showed very little signs of stiffness that evening or the next day. It's really a night and day difference. I decided to give it to my Springer too, even though she doesn't ever show signs of fatigue or soreness. It can't hurt.
 
My 8-year-old has been on it almost 3 weeks twice a day. Hunted 2.5 hours day before yesterday. Still limps pretty bad afterwards. Fingers crossed.
 
Products like Dasuquin generally take several weeks and even a few months before they start having any effect. I doubt a dog that has only been on it for a couple weeks would show any benefits.
 
Almost 30 years ago now ... I started my Brittany on a Foster & Smith version that had all the right homeopathic ingredients. She had a tough fall ... she had a separate medical emergency that required x-rays of her stomach. The University vet noted that one of her rear hips was arthritic. I started her on the F&S chewable pills. I believe it significantly helped her after just a couple of weeks. It worked amazingly well for another couple of years.

Occasionally she would be pretty sore in that rear hip and I would give her prescription Rimadyl, but just that one evening or that next morning.
 
This stuff might not work for all injuries. Or at all ages. Pepper is pushing 9 and a hard driver for feathers and fur. I know that one success does not equal a long study. But for Pepper in worked great. I went from considering taking her to some kind of specialist to now wishing she would slow down some. She limped on a front leg for well over a year. Sometimes, just around the house, it was slight. But always pretty bad after a run. To the point that last season I was considering retiring her. I really have no choice but to believe it was this stuff. It just seems like too much of a coincident that she would improve like this randomly after that long. I followed the directions. After about 3 months I noticed that she was no longer limping around the house. This year she was running wood lines out the 300 yards +. Not that I like this because when she's near a woods her mind goes from birds to opossums.
 
My male who has the arthritis was limping around the other afternoon a day after a little 2 hour hunt the previous day. Shot the first bird and that gimp disappeared and he hunted 3.5 hours no problems. Wasn't lame afterwards either.


I am not going to tell anyone the dog is just like he was 5 years ago but this has made a huge difference in his life. As i have lightened his field load i have needed to lessen his food intake.
 
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Librela for treating symptoms of arthritic pain, adequarr or chondrio protect basically injectable chondritin type of deal) for treating the problem itself… I’ll double check the spelling… 9 yo GSP responded well to librela to finish season before TPLO surgery coming in March. The adequarr has kept her going for 3 years on bad joints.. no experience with the trade name above suspect it’s similar to those mentioned above.
The librela is amazing in stopping nerve growth to affected area and reducing pain. Of course discuss with vet…
 
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