What are the key elements in a healthy dog’s joints?
A dog's joint capsule is a fluid-filled sac enclosing a joint, and the inner layer of the joint capsule secretes synovial fluid which delivers nutrients including hyaluronic acid, the glycoprotein lubricin, and blood plasma nutrients like sugars, proteins and electrolytes to the joint’s cartilage.
We know that to maintain healthy joints, a dog’s body needs collagen, proteoglycans, and structural minerals like sulphur. By providing the right elements in a nutritional supplement we can provide our dogs with all the building blocks and repair essentials for joint resilience and comfort.
What to look for in Canine Joint Care Supplements
When creating Canine Joint Plus™ we worked closely with a renowned Australian vet to collaborate on a joint care formulation that we believe hits all the bases for supporting great joint health in dogs of all ages.
Glucosamine and Chondroitin are both widely recognised for helping to ease joint pain both in people and in dogs, reducing the friction in degraded joints that makes movement difficult and often painful for dogs with joint issues – unfortunately, levels of both naturally decline in the body with age.
Glucosamine is a fundamental building block of cartilage repair and proteoglycan synthesis, and also helps protect the ends of bones, allowing them to move smoothly together.
Chondroitin has similar properties to glucosamine, also playing a crucial structural role in proteoglycan synthesis and cartilage condition, helping water retention, elasticity, and shock absorption for cartilage and joints.
Hyaluronic Acid is an essential nutrient in joint capsules used for lubricating the joint and thickening the synovial fluid for higher viscoelasticity, supporting shock absorption, and supporting the dog’s joint composition.
MSM is a sulfur compound that blocks pain impulses from passing through nerve fibers. This makes it helpful in alleviating arthritis pain in dogs, and it is also a powerful antioxidant and a natural anti-inflammatory.
Vitamin C plays a crucial role in collagen synthesis and repair, has been found to lessen the effects of joint disease, hip dysplasia, and spinal disorders.
Choose high quality, natural ingredients.
A joint care product like Canine Joint Plus™ with natural or nature-identical ingredients can help ease joint pain and stiffness while having less impact on your dog than long term use of pharmaceutical anti-inflammatories or steroids.
We also chose to use only human-grade ingredients in our joint supplements and did not add any fillers or grain-based ingredients.
We also created a canine joint supplement that tastes delicious to dogs and is a very fine powder so it’s easy to feed by sprinkling straight onto their daily feed.
Go Australian.
Aussie Joint Care’s joint care supplements for dogs are manufactured in an AMPVA and GMP accredited facility, so you can be sure that Canine Joint Plus™ is made to a high standard.
Aussie Joint Care also makes an equine joint care product, and a feline joint care product – we’re a specialist animal joint care company and we’re deeply motivated to make life better for dogs, horses and cats.
