CATEGORY: Dog Products STOCK #: PLUS10, PLUS20, PLUS40, PLUS200, PLUS520 PRODUCT: Senior PLUS (Adult Canine Formula) SIZE: 10 Pounds, 20 Pounds, 40 Pounds, 200 Pounds, 520 Pounds INGREDIENTS: [Ingredients]

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Senior PLUS Kibble Dog Food
Your older dog has different needs from a young, active puppy or young adult dog, and Flint River Ranch has developed a formula to address them! Flint River Ranch Senior PLUS Dog Food is formulated with a wholesome and rich source of Glucosamine and Chondrotin Sulfate that helps maintain healthy joint cartilage in older, mature dogs. Designed to help stimulate your dog's body to produce more glycosaminoglycans (GAGs), Senior PLUS formula may help with the hydration of joints because of the polyanionic characteristics, providing the lubrication needed in joints for proper function.

	Help to lubricate joints Provide mechanism for nutrient absorption Support anti-inflammatory effects on joints Help regulate activity on cartilage Inhibit enzymes that break down cartilage

Senior PLUS Dog Food

With a patented process, our Flint River Ranch Senior and Mature Adult Oven-baked Kibble has been formulated with a wholesome and rich source of Glucosamine and Chondroitin Sulfate that helps maintain healthy joint cartilage in older, mature dogs.

This is a functional food, rather than the traditional oral pill form, that may serve to inhibit cartilage degradation by helping to stimulate the body's ability to produce more GAG'S (glycosaminoglycans). The cartilage make up of the Senior PLUS formula may help with the hydration of joints because of the polyanionic characteristics, thus the lubrication needed in joints for proper function. It is not a substitute for professional treatment, but a supportive means to assist with canine discomfort.

Nutrients should be part of a complete care program for adult dogs supervised by your veterinarian. Nutrients are not recognized as essential by AAFCO Dog Nutrient Profiles.

Our statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Senior PLUS is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

FEEDING GUIDE

Because the Kibble is high density, you feed 20% - 25% less than other foods. Each serving delivers miximum nutrition without fillers, so you'll also notice a lower stool volume and less clean-up.

Feed Your dog once or twice a day. Food requirements vary depending on climate, breed of dog and excrsise activity. Feed an amout that will maintain your dog's weight.

Always have plenty of fresh water available.

CHONDROITIN SULFATE A & C - GLUCOSAMINE

The most common problems dogs encounter as they age include osteoarhritis, rheumatism, schleroderma and arthritic diseases. Genetic disorders include Elbow Dysplaysia, Herniated Disc, Myasthenia Gravis, Degenerative Myelopathy, Osteochondritis Dissecans, Panosteitis and Leg-CalvePerthes Disease. Signs include pain, lameness, reluctance to climb stairs, stiffness, joint distortion, wobbly and uncoordinated gait.

Different practitioners favor different combinations of treatment from herbs, homeopathic preparations, nutrition, acupuncture, chiropractic therapy, surgery and medication to help manage the pain and inflammation. Emphasis should be on a good, diagnostic work-up before initiating any treatment. Check with your Veterinarian.

Management of the patient's pain and stiffness is essentially management of the arthritis, as nothing can be done to correct the underlying problems of joint laxity or to reverse the degeneration of the bones. On the other hand, alleviating the inflammation and pain of arthritis without negative side effects is often enough to restore function to the joint and a meaningful quality of life.

Cartilage-derived mucopolysaccharides as glucosamine and chondroitin sulfates A and C have been found helpful in relieving inflammation and may even reverse the degenerative process in some dogs. It does this by nourishing the cartilage and increasing viscosity of the synovial fluid - the joint's lubricating system - thereby reducing friction and pain. Glucosamine and chondroitin sulfates attract fluid into the joint's cartilage system and help the body repair damaged joints while keeping the cartilage destroying enzymes under control - equal or better results than anti-inflammatory drugs. Mucopolysaccharides are being prescribed increasingly by conventional as well as holistic veterinarians. In tablet form of 150 mg - 100 tablets can be extremely expensive.

Along this line - Flint River Ranch has been active in research on a natural source of Chondroitin Sulfate and Glucosamine (patient pending) - that stimulate the immune system and acts as an angiogenesis inhibitor - may help improve joint flexibility and increase mobility and support of healthy joints.

Currently, Flint River Ranch offers Chondroitin Sulfate and Glucosamine products in two forms:

• Jubilee Wafer: An oven-baked dog health treat in wafer biscuit shape with 150 mg per biscuit. (about 750 mg per cup).
• Senior Plus: An oven-baked dog health food formulated with a wholesome and rich source of Glucosamine and Chondroitin (250 mg/cup Glucos~mine and 100 mg/cup Chondroitin).

**Statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Jubilee Wafers are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.