Joint Health
Cosequin Review: Months of Daily Use with an Older Yellow Lab
A retired teacher's notebook, a label read line by line, and what changed with Hank over close to two years. No promises, no shortcuts.
Two years of crushing tablets into wet food, and the chewable tablet that finally ended it.
A retired teacher's notebook, a label read line by line, and what changed with Hank over close to two years. No promises, no shortcuts.
One is a chewable with three joint ingredients and a named specification on the label. The other is a single ingredient tablet you may end up crushing into wet food. Here is how the two played out in a house with an 11 year old Lab and a picky beagle mix.
Ten plain reasons a chewable glucosamine and chondroitin tablet earns its place in the kitchen cabinet, from a house with an eleven year old Lab and a picky beagle mix.
Two years of crushing tablets into wet food, and the chewable tablet that finally ended it.
A retired teacher's plain routine for a stiff older Lab, from the vet visit to the breakfast chew to the notebook in the cabinet.
Two years, one yellow Labrador, and a spiral notebook taped inside a kitchen cabinet. What the label lists, what the listing claims, and the tablet problem nobody mentions.
Two tubs, eight months, and one beagle mix who would not swallow a tablet to save her life. What the label says, what I actually noticed, and who it suits.
One of our two dogs will take a tablet from your fingers. The other one has an excellent nose for medication. That difference decided which supplement went in which bowl.
Ten plain reasons a soft chew gets into a dog who spits tablets, from the kitchen where Daisy turns her nose up at everything else.
Daisy has opinions about pills. This is the story of the one soft chew she never argued with, and what I would tell you before you buy it.
A retired teacher's kitchen counter method for the dog who spits out everything else, plus what the label actually says and why the vet call comes before the first chew.
Eight months, two tubs, one picky beagle, and the one line on the label I would want a vet to read before I bought a third.
Ten months of daily soft chews with Daisy, the beagle mix who spits out everything else. What the label says, what I watched for, and what I honestly cannot tell you.
One dog on a mussel chew, one on a glucosamine tablet, and a spiral notebook full of labels. A plain comparison from a house with two older dogs.
A retired teacher's notebook notes on green lipped mussel chews, one picky beagle mix, and the ten things that actually made me keep buying them.
One dog takes a tablet like it is a favor. The other spits pills out for sport. Here is how a green lipped mussel soft chew became the easiest minute of our morning.
Five plain steps, one spiral notebook, and a reminder that your vet gets a vote before anything goes in the bowl.
A retired teacher reads the label on her picky beagle's daily chew, line by line, and tells you what actually happened over ten months.
A retired teacher's notebook look at a liquid joint supplement, the six weeks her Labrador used it, and the questions to ask a vet.
A retired teacher's honest comparison of a liquid joint supplement and a soft chew, based on two older dogs and a lot of label reading.
Ten plain reasons a liquid joint supplement fits a house with one dog who spits out tablets, one older Lab who does not, and a spiral notebook full of notes.
A back tooth, a vet who said soft food only, and the sixteen ounce bottle that sat on our counter for six weeks.
Five steps that worked in our house when Hank had to go soft food for six weeks, plus the two things I got wrong first.
A liquid glucosamine review written a year later, not a week later: what the label actually lists, what the salmon smell is really like in a kitchen, and the one situation where I would buy this bottle again without thinking twice.
A retired teacher's notebook entry on 180 unflavored fish oil softgels, what the label actually says, and the six weeks Hank was on soft food.
One is a softgel you count and one is a liquid you pour. What the two labels actually say, what my husband can manage at seven in the morning, and which dog each one honestly fits.
Ten plain-spoken reasons a fish oil softgel earned a permanent spot in our kitchen cabinet, written by somebody who reads the label before she believes it.
A retired teacher's notebook entry on adding a fish oil softgel to an eleven-year-old Lab's evening routine, and the parts she will not claim.
A retired teacher's plain account of adding fish oil to an older Lab's dinner: the vet call first, then the label, the cheese, and the notebook.
A retired teacher's plain account of twenty months of fish oil softgels, one stiff Labrador, and the parts of the bottle nobody mentions in the listing.
A retired teacher's notebook, a label read line by line, and what changed with Hank over close to two years. No promises, no shortcuts.
Two years, one yellow Labrador, and a spiral notebook taped inside a kitchen cabinet. What the label lists, what the listing claims, and the tablet problem nobody mentions.
Two tubs, eight months, and one beagle mix who would not swallow a tablet to save her life. What the label says, what I actually noticed, and who it suits.
Eight months, two tubs, one picky beagle, and the one line on the label I would want a vet to read before I bought a third.
Ten months of daily soft chews with Daisy, the beagle mix who spits out everything else. What the label says, what I watched for, and what I honestly cannot tell you.
A retired teacher reads the label on her picky beagle's daily chew, line by line, and tells you what actually happened over ten months.
A retired teacher's notebook look at a liquid joint supplement, the six weeks her Labrador used it, and the questions to ask a vet.
A liquid glucosamine review written a year later, not a week later: what the label actually lists, what the salmon smell is really like in a kitchen, and the one situation where I would buy this bottle again without thinking twice.
A retired teacher's notebook entry on 180 unflavored fish oil softgels, what the label actually says, and the six weeks Hank was on soft food.
A retired teacher's plain account of twenty months of fish oil softgels, one stiff Labrador, and the parts of the bottle nobody mentions in the listing.