How much glucosamine should I give my dog?
My 9 year old dog has arthritis. I’m going to start giving her glucosamine to help. She’s about 104 pounds and the glucosamine I have is Glucosamine HCl, 1500 mg per tablet. My vet said one per day would be fine, but I also read that doubling the dose for the first 1-2 weeks helps. So would it be okay to give her 2 tablets per day instead of 1? Or would that hurt her?
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I think I would go with the Vet’s instructions and just give her 1 tablet per day. 1500 mg. is quite a high dose and if you double it up you could be causing more harm than good.
My older Retrievers have 2 x 400 mg. Glucosamine with Chondroitin tablets per day.
Retriever who is 101 pounds and she get 1 1/2 pills twice a day with her meals
My westie is 22lbs. and gets 1000 mg. daily.