[Barb and Raven]

The info in this article is very infomative.

Raven was diagnosed with FCP at the age of three. She is 7 now. She had surgery in the elbow and a spur was removed. For the first year after the surgery she showed no signs of any limping. When I picked her up from the clinic after the surgery I was told to limit her activities and that she would develop arthritis later. After the first year, she started to limp after excessive activity. She is a very active dog so it is hard to limit the activities yet now that she is older she does lay around more. I feel like I would be depriving her of having fun. I have been giving her the glucosamine/chondroiton supplements daily for a long time but it seems that they do not really help. If anyone has any other suggestions on good working supplements for her I would appreciate knowing what they use.