My 9 month old German Shepherd puppy was diagnosed with Hip Displacia about 3 months ago. From what the Veterinarians tell me, he was practically born with it and there was nothing we could do to prevent it. I have him on Cosequin Glucosamine tablets, which help but I’m trying to find a dry dog food that I can feed him that will give him a double boost of good vitamins and minerals to delay the inevitable hip surgery. I don’t want to give him the surgery until he at least a couple years old because I’ve been told by many Vets it only is guarenteed to last 4-5 years tops. So I figure if I do the surgery to young, he won’t live past 5 and that breaks our hearts. Plus the surgery is extremely expensive and I need to save some major $$$. So I’m looking for a good dry dog food that will also help improve his health so we can give this dog the best quality of life. I am up for anything at this point. If anyone knows of any better pills either, that would be helpful! I’m stationed in Germany right now and the Veterinarians either don’t speak good English, or are unqualified American Veterinarians that don’t know anything about prevention and treatment for this disease. So I’m stuck! Thanks for any info! It would be great if there were people out there who are Veterinarians who could answer this question so at least I know I’m not going to hurt my dog. Any answer I get I will follow up with my puppy’s regular Vet, just in case. Thanks!

What is a safe dose? I went to petco and petsmart and near all the bottles for this mixture of medicine says either 1/2 tablet to 1 tablet per 40lbs of weight.

My dog is a Pomeranian at 7lbs. I’ve been told it would be a good idea to put him on glucosamine and chondroitin for the prevention of arthritis.
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The MG’s were glucosamine 500 and chondroitin 400 on most of the labels.

I had a gout attack nine months ago. I started taking four Gout Care tablets a day for prevention. Then I started taking three extra strength Glucosamine Chondroitin pills a day because of arthritis in my knee. Two weeks later, and quite unexpectedly, I had a gout attack. My diet, although, not perfect was good. I drank enough water each day. I drank no beer nor ate any seafood. I wonder if it’s the Glucosamine Chondroitin pills. The ingredients contains four kinds of shell-fish.