Quote Originally Posted by Glacier
My vet, who is not a fan of age specific diets, told me that he doesn't know of any food that actually has a therapeutic level of joint supplements in it. You'd probably get better results by putting her on a supplement, like glucosmine. I have several seniors who are getting stiff. I feed them regular kibble (Acana Premium) and give them a glucosmine supplement plus antler. (My father in law is an antler carver so he saves all the dust & chunks for me). Seems to work. Preacher & Sleet are both at least 12 now and can both get up on the couch without assistance.
I have to agree here, Bear get's fed R/D science diet to control his weight (not the best when it comes to joint help) and gets a glucosomine/chondroitin suppliment and does well on it it. The vet put him on it when we first adopted him at 5. He could barely get up his back joints were so bad. He'll never be able to jump like the other dogs, the damage was to severe by the time we got him, but the suppliment has helped him to be able to move around much more freely and with a lot less stiffness. He's now almost 9 and has been doing well on it.