Dog Health Insider Editorial Team

The Dog Health Insider editorial team researches and writes evidence-based dog health and wellness guides, citing veterinary and scientific sources.

Dasuquin Advanced for Dogs: Label, Evidence, and How It Differs From Regular Dasuquin

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Dasuquin Advanced is Nutramax’s veterinarian-exclusive version of Dasuquin: it keeps the same glucosamine hydrochloride, sodium chondroitin sulfate and avocado/soybean unsaponifiables (ASU) base, then adds MSM, manganese ascorbate, omega-3s, and a proprietary blend of Boswellia serrata extract, Curcuma longa (turmeric) extract, green tea extract (EGCG) and alpha-lipoic acid. A second version, Dasuquin Advanced with ESM, adds … Read more

PetLab Co Dental Powder: An Evidence-Based Look at ProBright

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PetLab Co dental powder (sold as ProBright and ProBright Advanced) is a flavored powder you sprinkle on food; its main actives are brown algae (Ascophyllum nodosum), an oral probiotic blend, sodium hexametaphosphate, rosemary leaf extract and decaffeinated green tea. The ingredient class it belongs to — kelp-based passive home dental care — does have published, … Read more

VetIQ Hip and Joint: An Honest Look at What’s Inside and What It Can Do

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VetIQ Hip & Joint is a low-cost, chicken-flavored soft chew sold mainly through Walmart, Chewy and Sam’s Club. PetIQ’s own product page describes it as built on “glucosamine, omegas, and MSM,” and — importantly — publishes no per-serving amounts for any of them. Whether the product helps your dog depends far less on the brand … Read more

Wuffes Joint Supplement Reviewed: What the Label Says and What the Research Supports

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The Wuffes joint supplement is a pork-liver-flavored soft chew sold by Wuffes, a US direct-to-consumer pet brand, built around glucosamine HCl, MSM, chondroitin sulfate and green-lipped mussel, with smaller amounts of vitamin C, hyaluronic acid, pollock-oil omega-3 and yucca schidigera. Whether it is worth buying depends almost entirely on which size version you are looking … Read more

ProDenta for Dogs: What It Is, What’s in It, and Does It Actually Work?

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ProDenta is a powdered dental supplement for dogs sold by Pup Labs, sprinkled onto food or added to water rather than brushed onto teeth. Its published ingredient panel is built around spirulina, oregano, peppermint, pumpkin and “flavonoid superfoods,” and the brand markets it for plaque, tartar and breath. Checked against the live VOHC Accepted Products … Read more