I try to feed both the shark cartilage and Omega-3 fish oils. So right now I feed the treats with both shark cartilage and Omega 3 fish oils (cold water fish oil), to my dogs in the morning, after their breakfast. I utilize the treats to do a quick agility command before I walk out the door.

As far as shark cartilage: I am not an expert on al the glucosamine-chondroitin products, but I personally KNOW people who saw a big difference in their dogs movement when those dogs had either HD problems, arthritis, or other similar things. One I am thinking of this moment, an elderly Springer Spaniel, had dog go from not being able to even go on/off the couch, or up the stairs, without huge effort, to happily doing those activities again. She swears by shark cartilage (the owner, I imagine the dog would too if she knew why she felt better).

My Ista girl is now 8 years old, and Marcus is 7. Anything I can do like this that can keep their joints healthy, I will do. We are still doing agility, and I want to see my dogs enjoying that, so good health and prevention of disease is of course part of that.

And the Omega 3 fish oils, well that's another story. I can see IMMEDIATE improvement in their coats on the fish oil product. Over the winter, I just flat out ran out of money, and there were some weeks where I just could not afford these supplements. Somewhere in between the Christmas shopping and the tax refund, it was not good. So they were not on the fish oil either. Then I got the shark cartilage and fish oil, and within like 2 DAYS, their good coats got even better, NOTICEABLY better right away. Certainly picked up some shine that was missing, and thickened up.

And also? We have NOT had the "big shed" for springtime that some folks are talking about
recently. We did last year (they were not on the Omega 3 at the time). Maybe they've lost some coat transitioning to their summer coats, but it wasn't like dumped all at once. Heck, I'm wondering if they lost ENOUGH coat for the hot weather! So that part I can see right away.

Barbara R. 

New Hartford, CT