"Whip CrEam_n_ Macar0ni_n_ ChEEzE" wrote

there's going to be a price to pay. Look on
the web for http://www.glycoflex.com/home.php. No I don't work for them
or anything like that. I'm just trying to save you & Sasha from alot of
grief down the road. Check things out online. Don't take my word for it
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Thanks for the heads up on Metacam. I know Rimadyl works very well for HD
pain, from all I've read. But as with other meds, it has a downside, bad on
the liver.
I guess when it gets to the point that it WILL help your dog, and none of
the other stuff does, it's worth it. Rudy will be 14 on Valentine's Day,
(hence the name, Rudy Valentino g), but he's been x-rayed a few times, no
HD at all, but he is developing arthritis. And since I know myself,
firsthand, what it's like to feel that pain, I do want to help my fave
little, (golden retreiver), buddy feel his best.

Right now, and for the past 5 or more years he's been on Gluco-C, from
Foster's and Smith or any other brand.
I do NOTNOTNOT pay extra for the chondroitin, never have........never will,
as I've tried it, with absolutely no help. Neither did many others who have
arthritis, when it was first touted.
ALL, (about 7-8 orthopaedics, and 4 primary care docs..had so many because
of moves around the country), they ALL say don't bother with the
chondroitin, it is worth nothing in availing your pets, or ppl, with
arthritis, and it makes the cost of the glucosamine, if mixed, much higher.


I know I may be in a place in the next few years to have to make the
decision with Rudy, on whether or not to send him on.
However, some wise person on the dog groups here on USENET wrote this a long
time ago, and I do know it helped when we had to put down our little mix,
Haggie, 9 yo (we think, we rescued her.)
"Euthanasia is the greatest gift you can give your beloved companion when
the time comes. You take away their pain and make it you own."

I also have an 8 yo lab gal that her x-rays have shown *literally* NO balls
on the ends of her femurs to fit in her hip sockets!! Every vet that has
seen her x-rays have all told me that if they didn't know it was her x-rays,
they would swear she could not walk, and would haave to drag her rear legs
behind her. She only shows pain once in a great while, and maybe then it's a
couple of aspirin for a day or two, max, and she's fine. I have to try and
keep her from overdoing things, all the time. Except for swimming which she
is quite happy to oblige.
She flies everywhere she goes, and now that I'm thinking about it, she
hasn't needed aspirin for over a year now. I know it will cause her pain as
she ages, but as long as I keep them on glucosamine, they are fine, happy
playful dogs.
I know it is definitely the glucosamine as I've run out for perhaps a month
at a time, over the years and they showed pain, but a month back on the
gluccosamine, again WITHOUT the chondroitin, ever, ond they're back to
themselves again. So far all I've used is that and the occasional aspirin
for any evident pain.

Good luck with your gal )

MaryBeth, Rudy, Ceilidh, Zack and the kitties, Hannah and Piper~