The Missing Link Hip & Joint Probiotics Superfood Supplement Powder for Dogs – Omegas 3&6, Fiber, Glucosamine, Chondroitin, MSM, HA – Cartilage & Bone Health, Joint Mobility & Flexibility – 1lb

Perfect product
This supplement enormously helps my elderly dogs maintain joint mobility. It’s a terrific product!!

Worth it!
When I first started sprinkling this on the dogs’ kibs, they turned their noses up at it, tried to eat around it, or just stared at me, as if to say, “What am I s’posed to do with that?” Course these same dogs think dirt and what they theive from the kitty litter bin is a delicacy, so…After a few servings of it (drizzled with extra virgin olive oil for their coats), they went crazy for it. Just had to convince them to see it in a new light, so to speak. I no longer have to bribe them with healthy oils, they officially LOVE this vitamin supplement now and bounce and go all cross-eyed, they get so focused on the crinkling of the bag now.I bought this for my 12 yr old German Shepherd/Malamute rescue (who lived a wild and crazy life and whose arthritic joints like to remind him of his earlier bad decisions) and my 7 yr old GSD/Husky with true hip dysplasia from a young age. :’-( The shorthair just gets jealous of anything the pointy-eared siblings get, so she gets a sprinkle too. So far, I can’t say I’ve seen a major difference, but…*** In my experience, supplements like this are subtle and gradual, so you don’t really notice unless its a major, distinctive signal or you remove the supplement and they then go downhill (or – hopefully not – improve). By a “signal” I mean, if your dog had been dragging his nails on the pavement on your way home from your daily walk and now he’s pushing you to go further and further, and prancing up to the house after. Or suddenly she is jumping into the car on her own again, etcetera. By the latter, I mean that because you are so close to them, you don’t notice the little changes, until you do. If one day you looked in the mirror and realized you had grey hair. Then imagine if you stopped drinking coffee and your hair returned to its natural color (sadly that would never work and was a terrible metaphor, but hopefully it made enough sense). You would realize the coffee had been giving you grey hair. With pets, you don’t often notice those little changes, either improvement or deterioration, until they become BIG changes. But if you reverse the cause, you may well notice the reversed result. Does that make sense?The moral of that is that you probably will NOT see some magical, overnight return to puppyhood in your dog. In fact, you may not even notice a difference at all, but it could absolutely BE THERE. Watch those subtilties in your dog. Do they walk a little longer? Want to chase that ball a few more times? Jump in the truck without a boost again? Stand up a little quicker? Not groan so much when they lay down?THAT is my goal giving my dogs this supplement. And while this is only my 2nd bag, I believe these guys are feeling a bit younger and happier. The eldest is obnoxious about squeaking his toys again (bless his youthfully annoying heart) and the youngest is jumping in the car by herself. Is it the supplement? I don’t know, but I’m sure not going to stop giving it to them now. This product is $$$, but all the ones that are safe and truly have the potential to do what they claim are $$$. I won’t even try anything questionable on these guys. Read the ingredients on the back. The protein and flaxseed and breakdown of goodness in this. Its much better than many comparable products. That is why I bought another bag. I want my dogs to have quality of life straight thru their entire lives. If that means coercing them a bit to eat healthier food and spending more to get it, so be it. They are worth it.

Our old dog seems to have a lot more life and mobility since taking this. On that basis alone it looks like a worthwhile product. As the dog of course cannot confirm this for herself we have to infer this is a benefit since nothing else has changed. A bit surprised to learn it needs to be refrigerated but no real hardship – will be re-ordering.

This is the first time that I have bought this product through Amazon. Previously I had gotten it at a local pet food store that discontinued it. I was happy to find that I could buy a five pound bag for $150.00 vs the $40/1 lb bag. This stuff is a miracle for my dog, it has given him energy and excellent mobility. He is eight and previously had a TPLO in his right knee. After using this he is no longer limping and the left leg looks solid so no more operations in his future. It has also helped to clear up the dry crusty nose that was a symptom of his lupus. He acts and looks like a much younger dog and this is because of this supplement.