| Just like people, many dogs suffer from arthritis, | | | | humans, when a dog injures itself, pet arthritic |
| specifically osteoarthritis. Unbelievably, up to thirty | | | | conditions often develop within weeks. Older dogs |
| percent of family pets have arthritis. They | | | | are more prone to arthritis as their cartilage |
| experience pain, swelling and stiffness the same as | | | | deteriorates, especially in the larger breeds. There is |
| humans do. Some people refer to it as degenerative | | | | more stress put on the joints from their weight and |
| joint disease and it has the ability to change your | | | | this worsens over time. Some of the types of |
| dog, from very playful and energetic, to pain ridden | | | | arthritis in dogs are osteoarthritis, degenerative joint |
| and listless. Arthritis is the breakdown of protective | | | | disease, hip dysplasia, elbow dysplasia, knee dysplasia, |
| cartilage, which covers and protects the bone joints. | | | | and Osteochondritis, hypertrophy and shoulder |
| By nature, many dogs are extremely active and | | | | degeneration. |
| because of this, subject their joints to trauma. Unlike | | | | |