Real Letters 2011 Combo Richart S

Dear Springtime,

Attached is a picture of Chowder, a Sheltie that I adopted almost three years ago. He is eight or nine years old. In January of this year, Chowder got up one morning and was very lame on his front left leg, with a badly swollen wrist. He could not walk without crying out in pain.

I took him to the vet who found that he had two tick-borne diseases. We treated him with a month's worth of anti-inflammatory and antibiotics. Unfortunately, about 10 days after we stopped the medication, he was again lame on the same left front leg.

X-rays determined that not only was his wrist swollen, but that he also had an issue in the left shoulder. He went back on the anti-inflammatory for about 10 days, but once again he came up lame soon after finishing it.

Our vet then decided to put him on the anti-inflammatory for six months to determine if we could stave off surgery.

Soon after, I took Chowder to be groomed and the groomer told me about Springtime's Joint Health Chewables. I immediately ordered two bottles (together with two bottles of Fresh Factors). After Chowder finished the first bottle of Joint Health Chewables (in 45 days as I was doubling the dose), I took him off the anti-inflammatory to see what would happen. That was close to three weeks ago and the limp has NOT returned.

I'm thrilled and so is our vet, who only very reluctantly ordered the six months of anti-inflammatory for Chowder. Chowder, however, is not thrilled, because now he has to go for a walk every day. We have some more weight to get off of him so he's back to walking again. (Chowder weighed approximately 55 lbs. when I got him and he's now down to about 40 lbs., with 5 more to be taken off.)

Thanks for this great product.
Susan Richart, New Jersey