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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