Guest verthib Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 (edited) My husband bought a bottle of Glucosamine with Chondroitin for our 7 year old hound. She tends to get up a little slower especially when it's cold and overall seems achy sometimes. A lot of dog foods have it in their formula but not the food they're on. The bottle dosing (for adult humans) is one tablespoon which is 1000 mg. Should I just half it? ETA: When I googled it I got conflicting info. One site said 600 mg and another said 1000 mg. Edited January 30, 2012 by verthib Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Timo Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 I currently give Timo 750mg twice daily. The vet said that was a good amount. But, for the first three months I started giving it to him, I did 1500mg twice daily for the initial load up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest verthib Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 I currently give Timo 750mg twice daily. The vet said that was a good amount. But, for the first three months I started giving it to him, I did 1500mg twice daily for the initial load up. Wow, the sites I found said 600-1000 once per day. If you are giving that much with vet advice, I'm not going to worry about the 1000 mg teaspoon once a day then. I'll add it to her food. Once the liquid is done I'm going to try to find capsules. Thanks for your input! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kronckew Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 (edited) glucosamine is a food stuff, not a medicine, so the dosage is not too critical. i use "equine america" glucosamine & MSM powder, comes in a 900 gm. (about 2lb.) container, about 1/2 tsp is roughly 1 gm (1000mg). 1 tub lasts a couple years for me i take it myself mixed in foods, it dissolves & has no taste i can make out. me & millie do tend to eat grass on occasion tho, and i like oats (without raisins). p.s. - it's a LOT cheaper than most sources. the 2lb container was £15 or about $24. as the tub has about 900 doses, thats 24/900 or 2.6 cents US per dose. Edited January 30, 2012 by kronckew Quote Regards, Wayne KronckeCAVE CANEM RADIX LECTI ET SEMPER PARATUSVegetarians: My food poops on your food. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlackandTan Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 We use glyco flex I believe it is 600 mg twice daily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remolacha Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 for a greyhound size dog, maintenance dose should be 1200-1500 mg a day. also consider combining it with chondroitin and MSM. the powdered form (of all these) is much cheaper, but I am lazy and use tablets don't worry if the dosage isn't exact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BrianRke Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 I use the GNC pets Senior Dog #3 chewable tablets and my 10yo runs around the house like a puppy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest verthib Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 So the bottle DH bought has Glucosamine plus Chondroitin plus MSM. (what is MSM?) It also has some vitamin C, Iron, Boron, and a few others. Don't have the bottle with me. Should I just not use that? Maybe there's too many ingredients? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiggysMom Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 I think you can go quite high with the quantity of glucosamine/condroitin; however, with the liquid version I would check the label first to make sure it doesn't have xylitol. If it does, the dogs shouldn't get it. (But I'm sure it will still do the humans good ) Quote Wendy with Twiggy, fosterless while Twiggy's fighting the good fight, and Donnie & Aiden the kitties Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Eyeblaura Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 (edited) The info my vet gave me was for 500mg Glucosamine 400mg Chondroitin tabs and for a dog weighing 51-100 lbs she recommends a 6 week loading dose of 2 tabs am, 1 tab pm so a total of 1500mg Glucosamine and 1200 Chondroitin a day, then dropping down to 1-2 tabs a day maintenance dose. I just bought some for Enzo to see if it helps with his stiff shoulder. Edited February 3, 2012 by Eyeblaura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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