[Puppy_love_122]

Right now the dogs are on Canidae Platinum, but I'm gonna be switching them after this bag is over because I don't want the new formula. I'm gonna switch them to TOTW, but it doesn't have glucosamine in it like their food now does. Do you think that when I switch I should add it in? Or is it too low on the ingredient list to do any good? though if that is the case I probably should anyway then. Belle gets 3 cups a day and Shadow gets 1 cup a day, if I did give it to them do you know how much I'd have to give for it to be the same amount they get now from their food? Or should I just get it and follow whatever it says to give? Also, any recommendations on a good brand...that's not incredibly pricey.
Here's the Canidae ingredient list, I highlighted the glucosamine in red...

All Natural Ingredients
Chicken Meal, Turkey Meal, Brown Rice, White Rice, Chicken Fat, (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Sunflower Oil, (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Chicken, Lamb Meal, Herring Meal, Flax Seed, Psyllium Seed Husk, Sun Cured Alfalfa Meal, Norwegian Kelp, Lecithin, Cranberries, Monosodium Phosphate, Choline Chloride, Rosemary Extract, Sage Extract, Riboflavin (Source of Vitamin B2), Dried Enterococcus Faecium Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus Acidophilus Fermentation Product, Dried Aspergillus Oryzae Fermentation Extract, Dried Bacillus Subtilis Fermentation Extract, Inulin (from Chicory Root), Dried Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Fermentation Solubles, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Zinc Amino Acid Chelate, Manganese Amino Acid Chelate, Copper Amino Acid Chelate, Cobalt Amino Acid Chelate, Iron Amino Acid Chelate, Vitamin A Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin E Supplement, Ascorbic Acid (Source of Vitamin C), L-Carnitine, Choline Chloride, Calcium Pantothenate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6), Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B1), Niacin, Beta Carotene, D-Biotin, Glucosamine Hydrochloride, Chondroitin Sulfate, Calcium Iodate, Folic Acid, Sodium Selenite, Papaya, Pineapple, Vitamin B12 Supplement.

I don't know Ideas?

[briteday]

My vet says that any food containing glucosamine and chondroitin have it in such low amounts that it is insignificant. When we had larger breeds he gave me the correct daily dosage for g/c and we bought it at Costco, a vitamin shop, and Walmart.

[rosemaryninja]

In order to provide your dog with the amount of glucosamine and chondroitin required to actually have any effect, you would have to overfeed by something like two fold. Kibble that advertises having glucosamine in it is usually just a gimmick. The amounts in it are really negligible.

In other words, if you want to give your dogs glucosamine, don't rely on your kibble for it. Buy a separate supplement pill.