What is the Best Joint Supplement for Dogs?
The best joint supplements, like Joint Aid for Dogs, should support your dog's overall movement as well as the joints. They will usually contain glucosamine for dogs as well as chondroitin or hyaluronic acid and some natural anti-inflammatory support. These supplements can support your dog’s joints alongside a healthy lifestyle and any care they are getting from your vet.
What Ingredients Are in the Best Dog Joint Supplements?
Not all supplements are equal. A proper range of nutrients as well as some key active ingredients is what separates the best dog joint supplements from other simpler supplements. By comparison, Joint Aid for Dogs includes 32 high quality active ingredients all specifically chosen for the role they play in supporting your dog's joints and muscles.
Should I Use a Different Joint Supplement for My Senior Dog or My Puppy?
Although your dog's nutritional needs will change as they age, nutritional supplements can provide support at any stage of life. We know that growing joints work in exactly the same way as active and ageing joints. That's why our supplements for dogs are designed to support your dog through all their life stages.
What Do The Best Joint Supplements for Dogs Include?
When you are looking for a joint supplement for your dog, the best supplements on the market will include natural anti-inflammatory support, anti-oxidants, a blend of building blocks and actives and a formulation that encourages a high absorption rate in the digestive tract.
- Support for Dogs
Your vet may want to prescribe Non Steriodal Anti-Inflammatories (NSAID's) to help your dog with joint pain and there are also some good natural options that can support your dog's own anti-inflammatory processes. Look out for omega 3 fatty acids as well as turmeric extract in conjunction with vitamins C & E and selenium..
- Glucosamine
Glucosamine provides the building blocks to help maintain smooth and resilient cartilage in your dog’s joints.
- Hyaluronic Acid or Chondroitin
Hyaluronic acid provides the building blocks of chondroitin, which works together with glucosamine in the structural formation of cartilage. It also helps to cushion and lubricate the joints.
- Omega-3 Fatty Acids
Important for helping to maintain the natural anti-inflammatory actions of the metabolism. Hemp and linseed oils are probably the best sources found in the plant world and provides a unique combination that allows the animal’s body to make essential Omega-3 fats normally only found in fish.
- MSM
Methylsulfonylmethane is a source of sulphur which is used by your dog’s body to produce and maintain connective tissues like tendons, ligaments and cartilage.
- Turmeric
The active ingredient of this spice is curcumin, a potent antioxidant that mops up potentially damaging free radicals produced during exercise.
- Piperine Black Pepper Extract
This helps with the retention of poorly accepted nutraceuticals like curcumin.
- Good Bio-Availability of the Active Ingredients
We've carefully created our formulations with Oatinol® so that your dog can utilise as much as possible of the active nutraceuticals in our products. The amounts we use in each one reflects what your dog should need to properly support their health from the inside out.
Oatinol® is unique to GWF Nutrition and is a key part of Joint Aid for Dogs and many of our other supplements. It’s so important as it helps to maintain a high rate of absorption in the digestive tract giving your dog more of the benefits of the nutrients used. The effectiveness of Oatinol® also means there is no need for a loading period with our supplements.
