salmopet

Re: salmopet

Suze — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 18:36:05 GMT

My dog recently went onto arthti-aid and knew straight away it was in her food and wouldnt eat it.......

The rep gave me Arthri - aid chews which are like treats and she loves them. She only gets a half a day but she will sit and beg for it!

Re: salmopet

Susan Jackson — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 13:44:16 GMT

I assume the salmo food is basicly high in amega 3 and amega 6 oils. If so and at levels that are good should be better than ordinary food. I just find that some foods are nicely packaged to look like they're great but don't contain enough that will significantly help and are a waste of money. Glucosamine and chondroitin are again as important.

If she didn't like the easyflex, then I would try synoquin, cosequin or seraquin. All these I know of clients having good response, they always seem to come back for more. There is another called 'yumove' not sure what its like and good for people on a budget.

The other things I would recommend is the hills JD or RCW mobility. both of which have the glucosamin and chondroitin with the increase of omega 3 and 6 oil (in the right balance). They don't have any data for prevention but both are proven to reduce inflamm and slow damage caused by inflammed joints. No need to suppliment with this food. It works out for little dogs about 80p to £1.20 a day.

Hope this helps and I'm glad to see your still letting your dog enjoy life and not banishing her from enjoyable work.

Re: salmopet

miss jack rat — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 10:20:32 GMT

thanks for the replies evryone.

i think some of you may have got the wrong end of the stick. it does not luxate constantly and in her 4 years of life it has done it about three times.she has had countless xrays and scans on the joint to be sure she is not in harms way and all vets agree she is fine. her images have even gone to refferal and again they agreed she is fine to be as active as she wants. she has been doing flyball and agility for 3 years. plus very long walks in between as im sure you'll know a terrier never tires! i would never go against the vets advise and like all my animals her health comes first.

thanks again for the replies

Re: salmopet

Selena Carnell — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 09:15:19 GMT

doing agility is going to be putting extra stress on her joints, I would be worried about the possible risk of a full luxation which could then cause a cruciate injury. Sorry never heard of salmopet so cannot help with that.

Re: salmopet

Vicky RVN — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 07:43:07 GMT

I did HWTM with Jack...haha not easy with a staffie!

Re: salmopet

Katie Mansfield — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 07:30:04 GMT

Personally I wouldn't risk agility with her. There's other stuff you could do - have you tried Heelwork to Music? It's not all Border Collies - my Beagle does it

K x