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Vegetarian Glucosamine for dogs?

supabeastsupabeast Registered User regular
edited March 2007 in Help / Advice Forum
I have an arthritic dog and my vet wants him to be on a glucosamine supplement. But the only ones I can find are shellfish-based and they my dog horrible diarhhea, even if I give it to him in tiny quantities. I know that there are now vegetarian glucosamine supplements for humans, but I can't find one formulated for dogs. Does anyone where I can get a vegetarian supplement for pets, or has anyone out there used the vegetarian human supplements with a dog?

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  • ffordefforde Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    I don't know about vegetarian glucosamine, but I have given human glucosamine supplements to one of my dogs (at the advisement of my vet) for joint problems. I think it was 1000mg a day. You should probably talk to your vet before giving anything you are unsure about to your dog though.

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