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Vitamin c or similar supplements
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I recently posted on this NG about my dog Dougie and his slight hip dysplasia, I mistakenly at first posted it to RPDB by mistake but got a lot of good advice. What I would like to know is many people have recommended vitamin c supplement, can anyone give me any further info on this. Do I get it from my vet or is it the same as human take and if so what dosage compared to dog weight? Is there any other supplements etc I can give him as a preventative measure to slow the process of what's inevitable as he gets older? At the moment at 16 moths old Doug's hip causes him no pain that I am aware of and I have only seen him a touch stiff legged on a few occasions. He is a 16 month old Border Collie. Any info / advice would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks Michelle |
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"Mark/Shell" wrote in message ... Hi, I recently posted on this NG about my dog Dougie and his slight hip dysplasia, I mistakenly at first posted it to RPDB by mistake but got a lot of good advice. What I would like to know is many people have recommended vitamin c supplement, can anyone give me any further info on this. Do I get it from my vet or is it the same as human take and if so what dosage compared to dog weight? Is there any other supplements etc I can give him as a preventative measure to slow the process of what's inevitable as he gets older? At the moment at 16 moths old Doug's hip causes him no pain that I am aware of and I have only seen him a touch stiff legged on a few occasions. He is a 16 month old Border Collie. Any info / advice would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks Michelle If you want vitamin C info, Dr. Wendell Belfield is the one to go to. Here's his book: http://www.dogwise.com/ItemDetails.cfm?ID=DN120 and his website: http://www.belfield.com/article5.html and an article he wrote some time ago: http://www.filadog.com/hip_dysplasia.htm Go to the bottom of the page and click on the articles shown there. I give my Roxy a vitamin C powder (crystals) I purchased from http://www.puritans.com (yes, people grade). They have excellent products and great sales (buy 1 get 2 free right now) although they can be very slow in delivering. Vitamin C is water soluble and so does not build up to toxic levels in the tissues. In the raw feeding circles, many start with a low dose of vitamin C and slowly increase the amount over many days until the dog experiences diarrhea. At this point you just back off to a level that did not produce diarrhea. There are people that do not believe in supplementing with vitamin C, so do some research to make sure this is what you want to do. Dr. Belfield starts supplementing when the pups are 2 hours old! I believe C is very important and so I supplement. I read somewhere that vitamin C supplements helped dogs who already have HD to have less pain, but x-rays did not show any difference. Go figure. If the dog is happier, I say go for it! René |
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"Mark/Shell" wrote in message ... Hi, I recently posted on this NG about my dog Dougie and his slight hip dysplasia, I mistakenly at first posted it to RPDB by mistake but got a lot of good advice. What I would like to know is many people have recommended vitamin c supplement, can anyone give me any further info on this. Do I get it from my vet or is it the same as human take and if so what dosage compared to dog weight? Is there any other supplements etc I can give him as a preventative measure to slow the process of what's inevitable as he gets older? At the moment at 16 moths old Doug's hip causes him no pain that I am aware of and I have only seen him a touch stiff legged on a few occasions. He is a 16 month old Border Collie. Any info / advice would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks Michelle If you want vitamin C info, Dr. Wendell Belfield is the one to go to. Here's his book: http://www.dogwise.com/ItemDetails.cfm?ID=DN120 and his website: http://www.belfield.com/article5.html and an article he wrote some time ago: http://www.filadog.com/hip_dysplasia.htm Go to the bottom of the page and click on the articles shown there. I give my Roxy a vitamin C powder (crystals) I purchased from http://www.puritans.com (yes, people grade). They have excellent products and great sales (buy 1 get 2 free right now) although they can be very slow in delivering. Vitamin C is water soluble and so does not build up to toxic levels in the tissues. In the raw feeding circles, many start with a low dose of vitamin C and slowly increase the amount over many days until the dog experiences diarrhea. At this point you just back off to a level that did not produce diarrhea. There are people that do not believe in supplementing with vitamin C, so do some research to make sure this is what you want to do. Dr. Belfield starts supplementing when the pups are 2 hours old! I believe C is very important and so I supplement. I read somewhere that vitamin C supplements helped dogs who already have HD to have less pain, but x-rays did not show any difference. Go figure. If the dog is happier, I say go for it! René |
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