Vet’s Best Aches + Pains Dog Supplement - Vet Formulated for Dog Occasional Discomfort and Hip and Joint Support - 50 Chewable Tablets(Pack of 1)

I am currently only giving my elderly dog vitamins and olive oil. I noticed she began having pains which caused concern because of her age. I’ve purchased items in the past of this brand so I began doing some research. Didn’t want to spend a whole lot of money if I could avoid it,but definitely had to get her in a better state. Amazon is my “go to” for basically everything,so here I am. As far as the signs I noticed with her,she started whining and limping. I noticed she couldn’t get comfortable on her bed and as she was trying to she fell over. She’s never been a whiner and I’ve had her since a baby,she’s almost 20 now. She’s completely blind,slight hearing problem and toothless. Age has taken a toll on her,but outside of that she still gets a clean bill of health from the Vet. I wouldn’t dare put her down unless she was in pain and have given up on eating . She has a great appetite,she know what she does and doesn’t want from sniffing her food and treats. She’ll still roll over and play when she hear me pull her toys out. She’s still very alert. She has learned how to get around the house without any issues,the other pets in the house respect her space. I have her 8 year old son too and she’s never been too social with any of the other pets in the house. Even when she could see. She’s just always been up under me ❤️. So now about these pills!!!! PEOPLE they are AMAZING!!! Yes,they work!!!! I am so happy!! Today is day 3 and honestly yesterday I noticed her limp was gone. She’s back to her usual self and I’m so so happy that she is! I am very hands on with her because of her age and other things. She doesn’t even have a slight limp. They are huge as well as hard and she’s a cocker-pug mix with no teeth so I had to smash it and sprinkle it in her food. I have a cold right now so I don’t know if they have a strong odor ,but she did not eat her food after I put the pill in it. I had to add just a small bit of a topper on top of the already crushed pill to cover the smell if there is one. I’m assuming so because initially she sniffed and didn’t touch it. She only has her smell to go off of. That worked and she cleaned her bowl per usual which means the pill was successfully digested as well! The results definitely showed! The pills came same day delivery and very good price for the bottle. They were sealed and appeared to be fresh. Just keep in mind that they are hard and rather big. I can’t see any dog just wanting to chew it by itself,but I’m not certain. Find a way because they are great pills!! Fyi….she is under 50 lbs and so I gave her one pill a day. I’ll continue for about two more days then stop until there comes a point where she’ll need them again. Also,it did not change her poop at all. I am a very happy customer,apologies for the long review.

Our old, old (don't know how old as he adopted us as a stray) black lab takes two of these in the morning and two in the evening with meals (he doesn't like how they taste so we crumble them in his food) and they make a big difference in how he feels. If he gets them, he moves pretty well, if he doesn't get them, he just sits or lays around and moans. I showed them to our vet and she approves.We also give them to our two 5-year-old GSDs - one each at dinner - as a preventative measure for joint health and protection.

My aging spaniel-setter has definitely started getting creaky in her last year or so, and as such we have been trying out a number of supplements to help her hips and shoulder - which have bothered her the most that we can tell.This product is mild, but when taken regularly (2-4 pills a day) seems to make a difference in that we get less protesting about daily activities - getting up to go potty, get on the bed, etc. - and less groaning when she lies there, feeling not so good. Now she isn't constantly groaning in pain, if she were we would look to professional methods, but she has good and bad days sometimes according to something like a rainstorm or cold night.Something I would like to note is that we have been giving her these for over a year now, and at one point I had bought a bulk supply to have on hand, since the price was right. Our dog gobbled those up like they were liver snaps. She came to look excited to hear the rattle of the bottle (same as most dogs do with the crinkle of a wrapper) and would crunch and then swallow these treats.The last batch we got had a slightly different bottle, and the pill was slightly more contoured (I think), and well, she heard the rattle, sat down excitedly, took the pill in her mouth and promptly spat it out. My dog is not terribly picky. Never has been. So I got out another to see if that one was "bad" and she spat that one out, too. Since I had gotten a couple bottles I thought, "Maybe I got a bad one..." and popped open the second one, handed her one of the pills and PATOOEY! She spit it out.I don't have the old bottle to compare what difference they made to these pills as to make them less palatable, if anything. I mean, perhaps my dog decided they were suddenly gross, since it isn't as though I can ask her, "Hey, lady, you just tired of these now?". At any rate, we have a workaround that allows us to feed these to her for the pain reduction, and it is to crunch one or two up with each of her two daily meals. Since her meals are regular, and also have good kibble, a smooshed liver snap treat and water - basically to make sure she ALWAYS wants to eat as she has diabetes and needs to eat so she can have shots at certain intervals - she basically gobbles it all right up with this method.So, again, I don't know what the manufacturer did recently to possibly make these less palatable, but it was enough to make me create this review and to deduct a single star. That said, if your dog is okay with these, or you can also get around the taste being bad by adding them to other treats or meals, this is a good product to help manage old dog creaks and pains.UPDATE 07/27/2016: We just resupplied and inexplicably our pooch will eat these by hand again. I still find it convenient to leave the bottle by our "din-din" area with all her supplements and I just mash it up and she eats it along with her kibble, pumpkin/cranberry concoction, glucosamine/chondroitin and vitamin C. Also wanted to add, this stuff works. It especially works if fed like a supplement - a small but regular dose every day. When we don't give her this for awhile, we notice she will eventually get creaky and grunty again. Add it back to the mix and within a week or so she is right as rain again. I like that it is a bit more natural/gentle than getting a synthetic pain pill from the vet.

Really great product. I highly recommend. One of our dogs, who’s a senior, somehow hurt herself in their play area, started holding one of her paws up and was having trouble walking, yelping and crying out for a few days. We started giving her these and a senior multi-v chew and within just a few days she was better. She seems even better now than she did before she hurt herself.She definitely doesn’t like eating these and she’ll keep spitting them out when I put them in her mouth but when I get them between her teeth, she’ll start chewing. So maybe the little treat pockets or some other way to disguise them would help other picky dogs.

I liked that this product contains white willow bark to alleviate pain, as well as glucosamine and MSM. But it also has a hefty amount of bromelain. Given to my 16# dog per directions (1/2 tab per day), it gave her quite a stomach ache. Even though it was given with a full meal. I think the amount of bromelain is too much.