Cushioning arthritis

[Michael Romanos]

Arthritis is a big problem and painful disability among Corgis. Overweight is a real serious reason why so many Corgis are affected or worse affected.

Here are a few ways to help 'cushion' the affects of arthritis:

Slip-free flooring such as carpets and rugs over slippery surfaces.

Regular massages increase flexibility, circulation, calmbess and wellness.

Weight control to reduce the workload on bones and joints.

Dietry therapy eg Hills Prescription Diet which is supplemented with Omega3, fatty acids, glucosamine, chondroitin sulfate and L-carritine to help maintain weight, reduce pain and improve mobility.

A soft bed for resting, sleeping such as waterbeds, hammock beds and beds with plenty of extra cushioning.

[Peggy]

Originally Posted by Michael Romanos

Arthritis is a big problem and painful disability among Corgis. Overweight is a real serious reason why so many Corgis are affected or worse affected.

Here are a few ways to help 'cushion' the affects of arthritis:

Slip-free flooring such as carpets and rugs over slippery surfaces.

Regular massages increase flexibility, circulation, calmbess and wellness.

Weight control to reduce the workload on bones and joints.

Dietry therapy eg Hills Prescription Diet which is supplemented with Omega3, fatty acids, glucosamine, chondroitin sulfate and L-carritine to help maintain weight, reduce pain and improve mobility.

A soft bed for resting, sleeping such as waterbeds, hammock beds and beds with plenty of extra cushioning.

For those of you who don't care for SD foods you could just add a Salmon oil capsule, Glucosomine and MSM to your dogs food each day.

Also, it is my understanding that most foods that have glucosomine, etc. added to them as supplements for joint healh do not have enough in them to really benefit the dogs. You might check with your vet before relying on a dog food for the sole sorce of these supplements.

JMO.
Peggy

[Michael Romanos]

Peggy - I think a special diet for arthritis available only by prescription from a vet, should have sufficient quantities of the items mentioned to be effective or very effective.

[glencorgi]

Glucosamine Hydrochloride and Chondroitin Sulfate are not recognized as esssential nutrients by the AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profile. FWIW.

Debbie

[Michael Romanos]

Debbie are you choking or joking - most or all of the additives mentioned to help control/ease arthritis have nothing to do with AAFCO standards of minerals, vitamins and nutrients because they are specifically for a purpose that is not a normal situation.

[glencorgi]

Debbie are you choking or joking

Neither, just reporting.

Debbie

[Peggy]

Originally Posted by Michael Romanos

Peggy - I think a special diet for arthritis available only by prescription from a vet, should have sufficient quantities of the items mentioned to be effective or very effective.

Maybe, maybe not.

However, since I don't care for the SD foods personaly, I'd rather feed a food I feel is a better quality and add the supplements myself.

I was just offering it as an option to those who don't like SD foods. And I did say "most" foods, and I did say there is a place for perscription foods.

Peggy

[Michael Romanos]

Ha Peggy. Got you at last. I did say eg (for example) to Hills in my original post at the start of this thred

[Michael Romanos]

Ha, Peggy. Got you. I did say eg (for example) to Hills in my original post at the start of this thread.

[Michael Romanos]

Here are some further ways to cushion the affects of arthritis on your Corgi:

Ramps and cubes instead of steps and the need to jump.

Modest daily exercise.

Don't rush a dog with arthritis.

[fogebotom]

Actually, it's better to have those types of supplements added to the dog's diet rather then depending on the amounts in the commercially produced kibble. Regardless of the brand. The cooking process lessons the effectiveness of many of the minerals, vitamins and supplements. Best advise from the animal nutritionist Dr is to topdress their food with it. Glucosamine, Chondrotin, MSM, Ester C are the best items to use along with a good cold pressed salmon oil.

[Michael Romanos]

Cindy - thats the eternal problem. There are very few dog owners who successfully can, or are capable of, compiling every necessary vitamin, mineral and nutritiant in a balanced way taking into account minimum and maximum quantities, to a dog's daily meal. That task is made easy by the dog food producers who comply and surpass standards set by AAFCO. Easy - not as in convenience, but easy as in containment. Sure, a little ultimate goodness is lost but the benefits vastly outweigh any loss in this regard.

I can still feel very safe in saying that a typical and normal Corgi is easy to raise and train and care for, and is far easier and less challenging than a typical, normal vastly popular Labrador.

[Bailey's driver]

Originally Posted by Michael Romanos

Arthritis is a big problem and painful disability among Corgis. Overweight is a real serious reason why so many Corgis are affected or worse affected.

Here are a few ways to help 'cushion' the affects of arthritis:

Slip-free flooring such as carpets and rugs over slippery surfaces.

Regular massages increase flexibility, circulation, calmbess and wellness.

Weight control to reduce the workload on bones and joints.

Dietry therapy eg Hills Prescription Diet which is supplemented with Omega3, fatty acids, glucosamine, chondroitin sulfate and L-carritine to help maintain weight