3 Key Benefits of Glucosamine for Pets

What Are the Benefits of Glucosamine For Joint Health?

Diseases that affect the bone and joint health of humans also can affect our pets such as osteoporosis, arthritis, and hip dysplasia. Glucosamine is a naturally occurring compound found within the bones and joints. The issue is as animals age, the body stops producing the same amount of glucosamine they once did, causing pain and discomfort. Below we’ll explore the three key ways that adding glucosamine to your pets’ diet can help to benefit them in the long-term. We’ll also take a look at the benefits of glucosamine in horses, dogs, and cats individually. 

1. Eases Symptoms of Arthritis

Arthritis is a degenerative condition due to bone deterioration and causes our animals pain. By adding glucosamine to their diets the painful effects of arthritis can be managed, maintained, and improve the quality of your pet’s lives. Read more about arthritis in dogs and cats specifically here. 

2. Rebuilds Bone and Joint Cartilage

Glucosamine helps to rebuild any deterioration caused by arthritis and aging. By adding this natural compound in a form of supplement to your pets’ diets, you can help to relieve their pain and rebuild the cartilage in their joints. 

3. Improves Bone Function in Animals

When the bone function isn’t optimal in our cats, dogs, horses, or any other animals, the physical symptoms exhibited let us know that our loved ones are in pain. Glucosamine supplements reduce the pain caused and are a suitable long-term treatment for bone diseases such as osteoporosis and arthritis in animals. 

Benefits of Glucosamine for Horses

Horses are high-activity animals that rely heavily on their joints’ optimal health to maintain their active lifestyle. Not only is it important for horses to get regular exercise, but their joints must be properly taken care of alongside their exercise regimen. As horses age, like humans, their bones and joints begin to deteriorate with age. You’ll be able to see a telltale sign of this when your horse’s gait becomes abnormal, and their movements become stiff. 

Glucosamine helps to repair your horse’s cartilage and to reduce the swelling of the joints. It also eases the painful symptoms that come along with arthritis in horses. 

Benefits of Glucosamine for Dogs

Like horses, when dogs age their bones and joints also age and begin to deteriorate and become weakened. The natural production of glucosamine begins to slow down relatively early in dogs. For many dogs, this decline often starts around 4-5 years of age, although breed and individuality may lead to earlier or later onset of this lack of production. From a preventative standpoint, supplementing glucosamine in a dog’s diet can add to dietary completeness and compensate for this decline. This can delay the effects of degeneration as the animal ages. For older dogs or if there is an injury or concern, the therapeutic value can slow the progression of the injury and expedite the healing process. Larger breeds of dogs are typically more prone to hip dysplasia like Bull Mastiffs, Retrievers, and Rottweilers. 

Some symptoms of hip dysplasia in dogs can be so mild that they can go unnoticed. However, common signs of hip dysplasia can include an unwillingness to play, pain when standing, or a limp in posture. Glucosamine can help your dog ease the pain in their joints, by rebuilding and repairing the cartilage in their joints. 

Benefits of Glucosamine for Cats

Cats suffer from these bone and joint disorders such as arthritis and osteoporosis. However, due to their nature, it is more difficult to notice these symptoms in cats since they are primarily more sedentary creatures. When our cats age they become less adept as they once were and will spend much even more time than usual laying down or sleeping if they’re in pain. 

Adding glucosamine to your cat’s diet can help to ease the pain that they may not be showing outwardly, and improve the function of their bones and joints so that they can enjoy their normal life functions and improve their activity. 

Why Choose Tri-Acta Supplements?

Our Tri-Acta formula works so well because we’ve paired the two essential glucosamine supplement types with chondroitin, MSM, and hyaluronic acid. TRI-ACTA products have the unique advantage of using two types of glucosamine. About half the products on the market use the sulfate form, while the other half use the hydrochloride (HCl) form. Both types work to repair cartilage, however, they have unique advantages and benefits. For example, the HCl form absorbs more readily and is more bioavailable. While not as bioavailable, the sulfate form contributes to the production of collagen. Collagen is one of three pillars that make up cartilage and is extremely important for the joint structures to work properly. The TRI-ACTA formula ensures all of the benefits of glucosamine are made available. It is highly bioavailable and contributes to the production of collagen! This provides your animals with the best possible supplements to optimize their bone and joint health. With the worldwide ramifications of COVID-19, our pets may not be receiving the exercise they have been used to, and decreased flexibility on their joints may occur. Learn more about the two types of glucosamine and what makes Tri-Acta the first choice for maintaining your pets’ joint health here!