Nutramax Cosequin for Dogs Joint Health Supplement, Contains Glucosamine for Dogs, Plus Chondroitin, Supports Healthy Joints, Chewable Tablets, 250 Count

I love this product!! Here is why: I got my first German Shepherd puppy about a 1-1/2 years ago, and didn't realize the importance of checking into the soundness of her parents' hips and joints. Before she was even one year old, she had back-to-back incidents where she hurt herself playing with our other dog, and exhibited lameness in her back leg. She was in so much pain I had to help her up the outside steps, getting behind her with hands under her belly to hold her back legs up so she could climb up with her front legs. When it happened the 2nd time, we took her to the local vet, who felt her back joints, and said they felt "mushy", like they were not solid at all. She said we'd gotten a "lemon". She recommended we take our GS to a Vet who specializes in orthopedic surgery to check her out. The ortho vet took X-rays and did numerous other tests, and told us our GS had two bad back ACLs, as well as hip dysplasia. He recommended she get both knees operated on, one after the other. She would have to be on restricted activity during the lengthy recovery time of 3-6 months per knee. In addition, each operation would cost a couple thousand dollars! We were upset to think of our energetic, fun loving young dog getting laid-up for so long. We knew she'd hate it. And I was shocked at the estimated cost; it might not have seemed like much to the Vet, but it was a lot of money to me. I could come up with the money if I had to. But it would mean taking money from something else (like work on our house that needed to be done, such as buying a new furnace). And on top of that, I was concerned about whether this was really the right thing to do, especially since it had been a few weeks since she'd exhibited lameness. So I needed to think about it. In talking about the situation with a friend, he told me about Cosequin DS, and I looked it up immediately, I was impressed by the positive reviews, and ordered some immediately. We started our GS on the "initial dosage" right away. So what happened? Our GS has been injury-free ever since she's been on Cosequin (several months now). She runs and plays with our other dog, dashing and darting around our yard like any normal, healthy young dog. She is happy, active and enjoying her life. She does not exhibit any symptoms of being in distress, even thought the ortho Vet said she would be in constant pain without the operations. Will she someday need to have the knee operations? I don't know. I do believe that the vet saw knee and hip problems. But my gut tells me, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it", at least not as long as her quality of life is so good. So yes, I LOVE this product, and highly recommend it to others. I don't know if your results will be as good as ours, but I hope so, and it is certainly worth a try!

We have a 110 pound Great Pyrenees that we got from a rescue about 4 years ago. When we got her we knew that she had a hip problem and after seeing our veterinarian we started her on Cosequin DS. After about a month, we started to notice an improvement in her mobility and activity level. She has been on the Cosequin ever since except for the time she got really sick from eating something she shouldn’t (as dogs do sometimes). She was off of the Cosequin for about six week and there was a noticeable difference. About a month after she started taking it again she was back to her more active self. For us, the Cosequin DS does help our dog . Other than the transition period when she first started taking it we really did not observe any ill affects over the past four years. I do have the following observations that may be helpful to people starting their dog on Cosequin DS. The manufacturer’s recommended dosing for our dog based on size is 4 pills a day initially and two pills a day after the first six weeks. We found that if we gave her 2 pills the first part of the day and 2 pills the second part of the day (4 per day total) it gave her diarrhea because she was not accustomed to the pills. It is a lot like changing your dog’s food abruptly. We found that if we increase the initial dose gradually over a couple of weeks she had no tummy trouble at all. Basically, we would give her ½ pill twice a day for about three days and then increase that by ½ pill every 2-3 days until she reached the recommended dose of 4 pills per day. To be honest I really figured this out because I use the people version of this product, Cosamin DS and if I started the initial dose of 3 pills a day all at once without doing it gradually like described above I had similar tummy trouble. From the dog’s perspective – I know that these pills are supposed to be flavored but our dog will not run anybody down to eat them. We give her the pills with her morning and evening dry food meals and most days she eats the pills with her food. About one day a month, she may leave one in her bowl so I am thinking the flavor is ok but not great. If it ever got to the point that she would not eat them, I am sure a little peanut butter or cheese would change her opinion. Every dog is different so your dog may have a different opinion on flavor.

In August, I went out of town and made the mistake of taking my 14-yr-old Llasa to a kennel that has the connotation of a heavenly pet resort (referred by groomer), but was the worst nightmare. After just 3 days, my poor dog was bleeding in one paw, almost blinded, and walked as though he was crippled. Yes, he already had poor eyesight but had no signs of bleeding or trouble w/ walking before going to the kennel. If it was not for Amazon and the customer reviews, I don't know how I would have nursed him back to health. I immediately took him for a bath, faithfully cleaned his eyes and used iDrops, and gave him Nutramax Cosequin DS daily. Soon, he no longer bumped into the piano or kitchen cabinet and he was walking better. After 4 weeks, he now just jumped over the threshold after being in the backyard. The hardwood floor is still hard for him to negotiate; he slips now and then, esp. when excited. But he is no longer sagging at the hips as though he was in pain. I could see the improvement after feeding him the Cosequin 2-3 weeks. Too bad it took several days for me to find Cosequin and for it to get here. But it was well worth the wait. Even though I took him to the vet immediately upon my return, they just said he was old and there was nothing they can do. How sad that they do not even know about the wonderful products on Amazon. At first, a couple of people even told me to put him down so he will not suffer the (leg) pain. I was horrified and saddened, and of course could not do it without trying everything I can. SOOOOOOOOOO glad I found Nutramax. With proper care, I think he still has a few good years left. And, please!!!, check out kennels thoroughly before you put your pets there. They are helpless against abusive or indifferent caretakers. It's sad to say that the neighborhood it's in also can be a factor--I should have trusted my gut instinct instead of relying on a referral. Just want to say thank you to Nutramax and Amazon and its customer reviewers. I would give this 100 stars. That good.

Give to our 14 year old German shepherd. Can't imagine how he would get around or up from his bed if he wasn't taking them.

I highly recommend this product for dogs experiencing joint issues/stiffness. Before using it, one of our dogs often needed help getting up and would wince if you touched his hind leg muscles. Now that we give him 3 pills a day, we see a major improvement in how he gets up from the a laying/sitting position and he shows less physical pain in general. This is a fairly inexpensive way to help your dog without heavy drugs that leave them lethargic. However be aware this is not a permanent fix, it is the way to alleviate some pain/discomfort.

This product is just magical. After suffering repeated bouts of lameness in one/occasionally both hind knees caused by chasing critters in the back yard, our vet recommended that we take our 4 year old dog to see an orthopedic veterinary surgeon. Just like the old saw - to a man with a hammer everything looks like a nail - to a veterinary surgeon.... Oh yeah... Before he even examined the dog he was telling us all about the torn cranial cruciate ligaments and the Tibial Plateau Leveling Osteotomy (TPLO), which to me looks about as rough as a full knee replacement. The more I questioned him about the procedure, the more obvious it became that it was: A) Too radical for my dog B) At about $2800 per knee, much too expensive unless there was NO other option. Don't get me wrong, we love our dog and he gets whatever he needs but this procedure in addition to cost required lengthly confinement and rehab. I just couldn't see how it would work. About this time I asked if he shouldn't examine the dog first. A quick wiggle of the hind leg and he was convinced that was the problem. He would have to anesthetize to fully confirm the diagnosis but he was certain that we were dealing with torn cruciate ligaments. If we wanted he could do the surgery while the dog was out. Nice.... but no thanks. After 30 minutes or so he comes back and tells us that the ligament is partially torn so he has given our dog a shot of cortisone in the joint. " Might help but I still think he will need surgery". Next day he is getting around without much of a limp. This is probably just the temporary anti-inflammatory effect of the shot. A week or two latter we return to our regular vet for one of the annual vaccinations. He asks how he's doing with the knee and I tell him much better but that we are being very careful to keep him from running hard and re-injuring the knee. Good he says and suggests that we also give him Cosequin DS. That was about 3 years ago. We continue to discourage too much running but he still races around the yard, plays Frisbie catch, and has a great time. Gets one pill a day every day and is doing very well. Now on those rare occasions that he overdoes it and gets a little gimpy I'll give him a second tablet immediately. By the next day he's as good as new. I wish I could find a human version that worked as well.............. By the way, Amazon's price is less than half what the Vet charges and it is available without a prescription. Highly recommended.

We had a boxer named Sonny years ago who started limping when he was around a year old. Our no-nonsense country vet took X-rays and showed us how bad his hip was, and it was terrible. Malformed ball-joint about half the size it should have been and the other hip was almost as bad. I thought we'd have to put him down but the vet told us to give him this Nutramax Cosequin stuff and see. (He also told us to give him a dog food which had added cosequin, which a lot of them do, especially for larger breeds.) Within a couple months he stopped limping completely. He lived a healthy active life with zero hip problems and passed when he was almost twelve. My vet told me that whenever he had to tell owners of other dogs that their hips were bad, he'd put up two X-rays... their dog and Sonny's. He tell them, "This is your dog. And this is another dog that's been a patient here for years. Look how much worse his hips are." And they were always worse, because the vet said Sonny's hips were some of the worst he'd ever seen. "This dog is healthy and running around without any trouble at all. So try this stuff and let's see what happens." Sonny's brother Hank, btw, had "normally" bad hips, so we put him on this too and he never had a problem either. You may not get the same results. And Nutramax makes a newer version. But every boxer we've had since then has been on this, and none of them have had problems, so we're sticking with it.

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