Peggy Dunning, retired school transportation dispatcher, on two years of a spiral notebook, one joint chew, and the four things she added afterward that make it impossible to give any single product all the credit.
Two years of daily soft chews, one spiral notebook on the kitchen counter, and a plain answer about what changed for an eleven-year-old Lab mix with arthritis in both hips.
Two bags, one aisle, one dog who has only ever taken one of them. What the labels actually say, what two years of daily notes show, and the honest reason I never switched.
Peggy Dunning kept a daily notebook on Otis for two years. Here are ten plain reasons the glucosamine and chondroitin soft chews suited her old dog, and what she would skip.
Peggy Dunning, retired school transportation dispatcher, on two years of a spiral notebook, one joint chew, and the four things she added afterward that make it impossible to give any single product all the credit.
Five steps I actually followed with an eleven-year-old Lab mix, in the order I followed them, including the notebook that told me whether any of it worked.
Two years, one spiral notebook, and a plain answer about what a daily joint chew did and did not do for an eleven-year-old Lab mix.
Two chews a day since May 2025, one line in a spiral notebook every morning. Here is what actually changed for Otis, and the three things that did not.
One is a chicken flavored chew you count out by hand. The other is a tub of single ingredient powder you measure with a scoop. Peggy Dunning on which one actually got into her dog, and which one she would still argue is the cleaner label.
Peggy Dunning is not a vet. She is the woman with the spiral notebook, one line a day, and a Lab mix named Otis who is eleven. Here is why the mussel chew stayed on the shelf when other things came and went.
Peggy Dunning on the third thing she added to Otis's breakfast, why she waited months between additions, and what her notebook actually showed.
Five plain steps I would take again, from a woman who wrote down every one of them.
I gave Otis these mussel chews for a year and a half and wrote down one line a day. Here is what changed, what did not, and what I would ask your vet before you buy.
Twenty-one months of one bottle in the refrigerator door, a spiral notebook on the kitchen counter, and the one result I can actually point to.
One bottle tells you the EPA and DHA. The other is on the shelf at the farm store. Neither one touches arthritis, and that is the part worth knowing before you give up two months hoping.
Peggy Dunning on the second supplement she added to Otis's routine, what eight weeks actually showed in the spiral notebook, and what it did not.
A notebook, an 11 year old Lab mix, and the fish oil that changed his coat but not his hips.
Peggy Dunning has been pouring fish oil over Otis's breakfast since February 2025. Here is the order she would do it in if she were starting over, including the parts she got wrong.
Twenty-one months, one bottle in the refrigerator door, and a notebook with exactly one line that changed.
Nine months of one line a day in a spiral notebook, and a plain count of what changed for an eleven year old Lab mix and what did not.
I give Otis both, but not at the same time of day. Here is how I tell which one is doing what, and why the glucosamine came first.
Peggy Dunning gave Otis turmeric for nine months. Here is what she would want to know before the first tablet, including the part where you call your own vet.
Peggy Dunning on nine months of a turmeric tablet, one spiral notebook, and a vet who reads every label before the bottle gets opened.
Peggy Dunning on the five steps she actually took before, during and after adding a turmeric tablet to an 11-year-old Lab mix's dinner, and the one line in her notebook she is willing to stand behind.
Nine months, one tablet a day, and a spiral notebook on the kitchen counter. Peggy Dunning on what turmeric did for Otis, what it did not, and the one number on the bottle nobody mentions.
Fourteen months of a clear liquid poured over breakfast, and the one line in the notebook that made me keep buying it.
Two clear liquids, two bottles that look almost alike on the shelf. Here is what I found reading both labels, and what 14 months of pouring one of them over Otis's breakfast actually looked like.
Peggy Dunning on why a clear, slightly sweet liquid ended up in Otis's breakfast bowl, and what the notebook actually showed.
I kept a notebook on the kitchen counter for two years. Here is what the fourth bottle actually changed, and what it did not.
Peggy Dunning on pouring, measuring, and getting a clear liquid into an 11-year-old Lab without a fight, plus the notebook habit that tells you whether it is doing anything at all.
Fourteen months, one spiral notebook, and the fourth bottle I almost did not buy.
Two years of daily soft chews, one spiral notebook on the kitchen counter, and a plain answer about what changed for an eleven-year-old Lab mix with arthritis in both hips.
Two years, one spiral notebook, and a plain answer about what a daily joint chew did and did not do for an eleven-year-old Lab mix.
Two chews a day since May 2025, one line in a spiral notebook every morning. Here is what actually changed for Otis, and the three things that did not.
I gave Otis these mussel chews for a year and a half and wrote down one line a day. Here is what changed, what did not, and what I would ask your vet before you buy.
Twenty-one months of one bottle in the refrigerator door, a spiral notebook on the kitchen counter, and the one result I can actually point to.
Twenty-one months, one bottle in the refrigerator door, and a notebook with exactly one line that changed.
Nine months of one line a day in a spiral notebook, and a plain count of what changed for an eleven year old Lab mix and what did not.
Nine months, one tablet a day, and a spiral notebook on the kitchen counter. Peggy Dunning on what turmeric did for Otis, what it did not, and the one number on the bottle nobody mentions.
Fourteen months of a clear liquid poured over breakfast, and the one line in the notebook that made me keep buying it.
Fourteen months, one spiral notebook, and the fourth bottle I almost did not buy.
