Dog Gone Pain ( DGP ) for Canine Arthritis
When the standard remedies, glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate and related substances don’t help your pet, another high priority dog alternative to try is DGP (Dog-Gone Pain), developed out of Australia.
Australian vets and pet owners have found this product can benefit an extremely high proportion of the animals suffering from joint instability, hip dysplasia, spondylosis and joint inflammation.
Dr. C.D. McKellar of Melbourne Australia, a veterinarian, has worked for years to develop DGP to help dogs who have hip dysplasia and arthritis. It contains a variety of herbs – mostly native Australian plant species – and additionally shark cartilage, which is a rich source of GAGs. A variety of human studies have shown that shark cartilage, bovine cartilage and even chicken cartilage are highly helpful for arthritis and help rebuild arthritic joints.
DGP also contains a mixture of enzymes and anti-inflammatory ingredients that are helpful for arthritis and connective tissues. The list of ingredients, which are mostly anti-inflammatory herbs, include:
- Wild rosella (Hibicus sabdariffa)
- Aniseed myrtle (Backhousia anisata)
- Mountain pepper (Tasmannia lanceolata)
- Feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium)
- Celery seed (Apium graveolens)
- Boswella (Boswellia serrata) – well known to help inflammation
- Bromelain (Ananas cosmosus) – another famous anti-inflammatory
- Papain (Crica papaya)
- Corydalia root (Cordydalis turtschaninovii)
- Cayenne (Capsicum frutescens)
- Wheat grass (Triticum aestivum)
- Tumeric (Curcuma longa)
- Shark cartilage
In an Australian test, racing hounds (which are often “retired” after developing severe joint problems), were able to race and function much longer than usual when on the DGP formula. They experienced far fewer bone fractures and healed quicker. Even retired racing dogs were able to return to the track or simply live a normal life without pain after their racing days were over.
The same thing was observed for a variety of other working dogs, including “cow dogs,” police, and military hounds. Remember that thousands of dollars are spent to find and train these beautiful creatures, and DGP helps to both remove their pain and extend their working life span. These dogs actually love being active and DGP gives them a new lease on life.
Unlike glucosamine sulfate, DGP seems to work much quicker, and individuals often notice changes within 1-2 weeks after its use. In other words, you can sometimes see dramatic changes within days and weeks sooner than other supplements like glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate.
But once again, the result is not for certain. It depends on the animal.
It’s reported that giving a dog DGP is like giving them an anti-aging supplement because the dogs become more active and “seem happier.” Probably because a number of these herbs help remove pain and inflammation, I cannot see why animals would be any different from humans in appearing more happy, calm, energetic and relaxed should their chronic pains go away. After all, pain relief is like getting a second lease on life and enables the animals to do what they are meant to do, which is run and play.
Just as with glucosamine sulfate, it takes some time for DGP to truly help rebuild the cartilage of joints, and therefore the product is something your pet will need to take on a continuous basis. Once animals go off DGP, the dog’s pain, inflammation and other arthritic conditions seem to return most rapidly but the longer an animal stays on the product, the longer the tail-off or residual effect until the arthritic condition once again seems to “kick in.”
DGP is in many ways similar to human enzyme cocktails like Wobenzyme and because of the similar ingredients it would not be surprising to expect the same results. For Wobenzyme, those include less inflammation, faster healing rates, less arthritic pain, more mobility and a quicker return to normal functioning. Presumably the same results are happening in dogs.
We don’t know of any product for pets that works 100% of the time, but this is one of our top alternatives when glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate combos fail to produce much progress for the condition.
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