Arthritis is the most common source of joint pain vets treat, and one in five dogs will develop it. It is also one of the problems we hear about most, and the one where families most often tell us their dog is "playing like a two-year-old again."
Arthritis is a degenerative joint condition: pain and discomfort in one or more joints. Research shows one in five dogs will develop it over a lifetime, some breeds much younger than others, and it is the most common source of joint pain veterinarians treat each year. When you first notice your dog's movement changing, it usually traces back to an injury, recent or old; in dogs where poor nutrition was a factor, growth problems like Pano, HOD, or OCD can be involved too.
Many cases are directly tied to inflammation, and one of the biggest sources of inflammation is commercial pet food: cooked until nothing in it is alive, built on starchy carbohydrates that convert to sugar in the body. So we start with the food, using our recommended foods guide, and add the live-food nutrition of Antioxidant Treats or Sprouted Granules. Enzymes work at the cellular level; antioxidants help cleanse the synovial fluid that lubricates and cushions each joint. Read the arthritis guide first, then the families below.
What arthritis is, where the inflammation comes from, and what changing the bowl and adding live nutrition has done for the dogs on this shelf.
Stiff, sore, slowing down is one of five. If your dog's trouble reads more like one of these, start there instead: hips · back legs giving out · wobblers · growing pups. Or go back to the Mobility shelf.
The two products Nzymes was built on, together: Antioxidant Treats and Sprouted Granules, live-food nutrition the body uses to lower inflammation and cushion the joints. The Core Foundation page covers the daily routine, the food changes, and honest expectations week by week, and links our recommended foods list.
Already on a pain medication, or not sure whether this is arthritis or something else? Book a free consultation and tell us what you are seeing. Diet is the first thing we go through, and many of the families we work with do both as they gradually step down.
