Not only do senior dogs need more, they also absorb less from their gastrointestinal tract. So although
a good high quality diet is essential, nutritional supplementation is just as important. Older dogs need
five major supplements: Vitamins, AntiOxidants, Essential Fatty Acids, Condroprotective Agents, and
Enymes. We recommend the following schedule… and the following products. They can all be
purchased at any of our hospitals or we can certainly mail you anything you wish to purchase.
(Just call the hospital nearest you).

NOTE: The supplements listed below are only some of the good quality brands we may recommend.
However, there are also many many products on the market that are worthless. Please take a look at
our newsletter about Pet Supplements (just click on this paragraph) for more details, and why
you must be careful when you buy supplements.

Small / Medium Dogs (39lbs and under)
At 8 years old

Double the normal dose of vitamins
Chondro-protective Agent
Essential Fatty Acids

At 12 years old All of the above PLUS

Antioxidants
Probiotics
Digestive Enzymes
Chondro-protective and Restorative Agent

Large Dogs (40lbs and over)
At 5 years old

Double the normal dose of vitamins
Chondro-protective Agent
Essential Fatty Acids

At 8 years old All of the above PLUS

Antioxidants
Probiotics
Digestive Enzymes
Chondro-protective and Restorative Agent

AntiOxidants (click on the image to enlarge it)	MultiVitamins (click on the image to enlarge it)	Essential Fatty Acids (click on the image to enlarge it)

VETSnyc Canine & Feline AntiOxidant Nexus	VETSnyc Canine MultiVitamin Nexus	VETSnyc Omega 3 FA Nexus


VetriScience Cell Advance	VetriScience Canine Plus Multi Vitamin	Nordic Naturals Omega-3 Pet

CondroProtective and Restorative Agents		Digestive Enzymes

VETSnyc JointFlex NEXUS	VETSnyc CoJoint NEXUS

Nutramax DaSuquin	NutraMax Cosequin

VetriScience GlycoFlex 1, 2 & 3	SynoviG3 Soft Chews

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