Hi there,

I have an older German Shepherd/Husky mix, she’s 10 years old, and she’s having a tough time with her back legs, has trouble getting up and down, is really stiff. I know that’s normal, but when I give her things with glucosamine in them, she has a lot less trouble, she very obviously gets around much easier. Her vet even reccomended I give her some. I found this stuff, at 1800 Pet Meds, called "Joint Enhancer". Here’s what it says about the product:

"1-800-PetMeds Joint Enhancer is a natural daily dietary supplement to ease joint pain and improve joint function. Active ingredients 300 mg chondroitin, 250 mg glucosamine, and 2 mg manganese improve flexibility and mobility as a part of the joint rebuilding formula. Joint Enhancer comes in a bone shaped beef & pork flavor tablet dogs love."

For the dog experts–would this be okay to give to give my dog? And if not, do you know of another product I could buy? She’s young at heart but with achy hips. lol

today my dog was diagnosed with cronial cruciate ligament disease arthritis of the hips , the vet also said he had twisted his back whilst struggling to stand , which i knew he wernt right and thats why i took him to the vet , bear was given an antinflamitory injection and i was told to give him cod liver oil and glucosamine tablets anything else i can do to help or make him more comfortable ?
hes a 4 n half yr old gsd , hes had many problems threw bad breeding , he had juvenile catarax and he has many intollerences also n a skin condition , so yer any tips or help would b great thanks
the ligament disease is in his knees n arthritis in his hips

I’ve had problems with my knees for many years [not by injury, just grown a funny way] but often lately the pain in my knees is quite bad. I’ve also often had pain in my ankles. And recently also in my hips. And it’s mostly on the left side of my body. Left knee all the time. Left hip, but will move to right hip when i start putting more weight on it to take away from left hip! And left ankle more than right ankle.
It doesn’t ALWAYS hurt, the knee pain is always there but kind of used to it and its in the background a bit. But when all 3 knee, ankle, and hip start to hurt its horrible [usually starts as bad knee pain, then other parts start to hurt]
I’ve taken glucosamine and condrioton tablets, and it helps slightly.
But I’d prefer something more effective, and also would like an explanation as to why this is happening!
Although I know very little about it, arthritis has been a thought. But the thing is, I’m only a teenager!!
Is it common for a teenager to get arthritis? If so, any important specific symptoms other than joint pain that I should look out for?
Is it worth going to a doctor?
Or just any other advice for treating the pain, etc, would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.

My GSD puppy is almost 9 months old – and I’ve had two vets look at her hips (just standard vet, nothing special. No X-Ray yet, just touch). Both say that she seems fine – she’s large (almost 70 pounds) but she’s skinny for her size (vet and breeder recommendation). I bought her from a well known, and respected breeder with no known hip problems, but I don’t want to chance my baby being in any pain. Is X-Raying the only way to know if I’ll have problems down the road? I feed her large puppy brand food with high Glucosamine product, as well as Glucosamine supplement tablets.

My only concern with her recently, is she stretches her back and hips a lot. She doesn’t have trouble getting up, walking, or jumping into my small car’s back seat. But she does stretch quite a bit more than I thought would be normal. Vets say she’s fine.. am I just being paranoid?
Well, for her bloodlines, I know the most of them were VA and V for Schutzhund(hope I spelled that right). I asked about her half and full relatives from previous litters, and said nothing has come up to their knowledge.

One of the vets said to X-Ray her at 8-12 months, because they could do a new surgery to fix her hips (if needed) so she wouldn’t get HD later on in her life – or if she did, it’d be minor.