Joint Guard

Joint Guard is a vet recommended supplement to support joint health. They are Australia’s leading specialists in the science of joint health and mobility in pets. Every pet deserves to keep moving and enjoy life. Joint Guard’s mission is to make that possible for every pet.

Joint Guard:

- Provides essential components required for joint cartilage repair and maintenance
- Regular daily administration for a protective effect
- Aids production of normal healthy cartilage matrix and of synovial (joint) fluid

Joint Guard helps prevent cartilage degeneration by supplying all critical components on a daily basis. This is a chondroprotective (joint protective) effect.

It is formulated for regular, in-feed administration. Research trials on combinations of Glucosamine, Chondroitin, Manganese and Vitamin C report a significant synergy between these components, and a chondroprotective effect, as well as a mild anti-inflammatory effect following regular administration.

The essential components in Joint Guard serve to both reduce cartilage degeneration, and stimulate production of healthy cartilage matrix.

Glucosamine hydrochloride - stimulates formation of both synovial (joint) fluid and the cartilage matrix, Chondroitin sulfate - provides protection from the enzymes which break down cartilage, and is the major component in cartilage

Manganese and Vitamin C - are essential in the pathways to manufacture cartilage

MSM - is used during soft connective tissue synthesis e.g. in the joint capsule.

• Ingredients
• Daily Recommendation 

• Each 2.5 grams of JOINT GUARD Powder for dogs contains:
  
  Glucosamine Hydrochloride 500 mg
  Purified Sodium Chondroitin Sulphate 400 mg
  
  Also contains MSM, manganese gluconate, calcium ascorbate (Vit C), zinc, copper, vitamin E

• Joint Guard for Dogs is given daily with each meal, dosed according to weight. It can be given to young animals at a low daily maintenance dose for a regular protective effect, or at a higher daily dose for animals experiencing existing cartilage damage:

  Animal Weight	Joint Guard® Dose
  Initial 4 - 6 weeks		Maintenance
  Powder	Chews	Powder	Chews
  5 - 10 kg	½ Scoop daily	2 chews daily	¼ scoop daily	1 chew daily
  11 - 22kg	1 scoop daily	4 chews daily	½ Scoop daily	2 chews daily
  23 - 44kg	1 ½ scoops daily	6 chews daily	1 scoop daily	4 chews daily
  Over 45kg	2 scoops daily	8 chews daily	1 ½ scoops daily	6 chews daily

  * One scoop = 5 g