Caring for your dog’s joints is essential for their mobility and overall health. Our easy, proactive tips are ideal for pet parents.
Here are our top tips for pet owners to help be proactive with their dog’s joint health:
Ensure a Balanced Diet
- Proper diet is massively important when it comes to supporting your dog’s joints. We can’t stress enough the value of a species-appropriate diet here – the protein, the amino acids, and the essential vitamins and minerals all dogs need for healthy joints.
Consider a Joint Supplement
- Consider using a joint specific supplement, like Arthri Aid Omega, that contains Glucosamine, Chondroitin and MSM. All these are natural components of cartilage and synovial fluid as well as playing a role in cartilage repair.
Proper Exercise is Crucial
- All dogs need exercise to keep those joints (and all the connective tissues) strong and mobile. It also plays a major role in helping your animal maintain a healthy weight. For senior dogs, exercise keeps older joints and muscles limber and flexible.
Maintain a Healthy Weight
- Your dog’s weight can play a role in the development of joint issues over time, so it’s important to keep an eye on it and work to maintain a healthy weight. This is particularly important as our dogs get older – more weight on the body means more stress on the joints.
Support the Muscles
- When it comes to proactive joint health for dogs, remember your pet’s muscles. It is important that joint supplements not just support the joints but the muscles too. Vitamins B, C, and D all contribute to healthy muscle tissue and should be included in your pet’s diet or supplement.
With some thought and dedication, pet parents can ensure they protect not only their dog’s joint health but overall health in general.
