Arthritis Food

[MrPotatoHead]

Is there any arthritis food out there, all I see is some that are for hip and joints but it's a weight management food and my dog is skinny as is.

[Doberman's]

Hello and welcome to Dogforum.org. :)

First, get your dog on a excellent holitistic dog food. Next add colostrum on top of that food everyday. Colostrum can be bought at any agricultural store that services the cattle industry or at a large animal vet's office. Colostrum is made from cow's milk, it is what calf ( or any baby animal ) will drink when it first starts life, it is the first milk from it's mother and carries anti-bodies and other nutrients to start life out properly. It helps dogs boost their immunity and also combats problems with joints etc. Depending on the size of your dpg I would feed 1 tablespoon for a 80lb dog less for a smaller dog.

It works wonders.

You can also add glucosamine and condrotin to you dogs diet. One pill once a day. You cna crush that and put on top of food or you can just give the pill whole. You can buy tis at amy phramacy with the herbs or any helath food store. :)

Hope that helps you.

[MrPotatoHead]

thanks for the welcome, about the holistic food, what's the name of the dog food? And preferably I want something that I can buy like at petsmart or petco.

[Doberman's]

I feed RAW but I do know that eagle pack makes good holistic food

http://www.eaglepack.com/index.html


and Canidae---- http://www.canidae.com/

[pittiegirl]

The best foods available at Petsmart and/or Petco are

Natural Balance
Solid Gold
Castor & Pollux
Blue Buffalo
Sensible Choice

Go here to learn about what to look for in a dog food www.dogfoodproject.com

Salmon oil like www.grizzlysalmonoil.com is also excellent for an arthritic dog. A good food will help, but the most relief from arthritis will come from supplements.