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Originally Posted by Ellie May  It does seem a bit odd that your vet didn't say anything about glucosamine.
I'd put both of them on Cosequin and strongly consider talking to an ortho surgeon about Sugar. Grade 3's and 4's generally do require surgery.
They may have some stomach upset on the Cosequin but most do just fine.
We use the capsules here and break them open on food.
As far as I know, it cannot reverse the damage and things may or may not get worse. It should help strengthen the joint though. |
It's interesting to see you mentioned glucosamine. I mentioned glucosamine to my vet thinking it would help Bella because she is a grade 2 lp. My vet said that glucosamine builds cartlidge, and the problem with lp is the canal for the cartlidge is not big enough so building cartledge would exaserbate the problem. In lp sugery what they are doing is digging out the canal to make it larger for the tendons. Bella's lp actually improved after she built muscle mass around her hips and knees. She's always run like a jack rabbit, and never been bothered by the lp at all. Just my vet's perspective. Made sense to me.