A friend has a dog suffering Arthritis.
SASHAS BLEND is said to be effective (Is it?)
In any case, it's Costly, & Cotstlier at Vet's!
She wants to find places to buy the Blend (powder) at the lowest price.
Ideally, an online vendor w/Free Shipping OR
an Adelaide-based shop has it cheap, so she
can put her dog ASAP, but with low-price BLEND
Can you tell us Where It's Cheap…? :-)
PS Has anyone tried to use the (published)
Ingredients list (& ratios) to make a Clone?
Results?
yes its very effective. arthritis injections also work, but sashas blend - 60% green lipped mussel powder 20% shark cartilage 20% abalone powder
i imported these ingrediants and made my own. the synthetic mades glucosamine (msm and chondroitin) tastes awful but works the same.
there are cheaper alternatives to sashas. i think joint guard and perenese powder etc are all the same but i never used them.
how old is the dog - how bad is the arthritis now?
From memory, maybe 14 years…
She still gets around, but with obvious difficulty,
eg, stopping after just a few meters (for a sitting
rest) when on an outdoor walk.
I'd need more than one "it works" after hearing an
(honest) pet store staffer admit that Sashas Blend
has had very little evidence-based research on its
effectiveness.
I've heard (and this is, by no means, evidence-
based report) that Pet Medicines tend NOT to be
effective, due to lack of such reseach.
We need a guy (like Dr Ben Goldacre is, in human
med's) to dig into ev.based, peer-reviewed pub-
lished papers from scientific R&D on pet med's.
With good fish markets nearby, some - if not all of the
(known) - ingredients should be available locally.
It's always been a point of wonder that some med's seem
to require a locally available "natural" ingredient, &
I'd guess that some local industrial development board
helps promotion of such claims, ie, rather than evidence
from as much R&D as the supporting funds might pay for.
(My guess, only; we all have to earn a living, & look-
ing for & mixing together what we have at hand can be
attractive for someone looking to launch a product.
Consider at least -some- of the "earth-shaking" concoc-
tions that folks take to the "Dragons" on TV programs
like "Dragons' Den" - for funding for their ventures.
It might take only the lucky experience of an old, but
wealthy person - whose pet "came good" - to win the
local "inventor" seed funding for their venture…
Of course, such potions wouldn't (& shouldn't continue
to) sell if at least some/most buyers didn't see some
results to attribute to it…
"HOLD THE PRESSES" Someone's memory of what worked for his dog
A neighbor popped in - as I was writing the above -
who knows a dog which had a similar problem. The dog's
owner says a mix of 3 things improved his condition:
Pills [available ONLY] from a Vet:
"Mobic & Capriv" (disclaimer: name came via phone)
Glucosimine (again, via word of mouth)
Fish Oil
To top it off, one or more of the above
was/were described as "Non-Steroidal"
"Anti-Inflamatory" med's
So, add this to the list of "what may work"
(in at least one case).
The guy was massaging his dog's limbs, and
now doesn't need to do that. (Dunno how ef-
fective all that massage was, but he tried)
I'd need more than one "it works" after hearing an (honest) pet store staffer admit that Sashas Blend has had very little evidence-based research on its effectiveness.
that seems like a very condescending thing for you to say. I am not here to argue with you, Its your problem not mine and I have no obligation to prove anything to you. go google the reviews yourself and don't waste our time asking if your just going to be rude in return
@kima:
I didn't intend to cast any rudeness at you.
I'm just evidence-based, like, eg, Ben Goldacre
(cf any of his 2 or 3 talks on TED.com, for
examples of "Bad Science" that has lead to harm
to users of pharmaceuticals).
Your reply suggests some over-sensitivity
to feedback, IMO.
PS It's not my dog or problem; I posted at the
insistence of someone who isn't online, but
who cares very much about her elderly dog.
That's just the kind of folks, who get hurt
or - in this case - buy useless drugs, etc.,
that 1 or 2 others may have "raved about"…
I'm trying to save her a costly, disappointing
experience, in case there's anything better,
that's been tested "Scientifically" & shown
to be effective (as well as possibly costly).
Cheers
I can't comment on how effective it is, with my dog I'm honestly not sure. But compared to something like Rosehip Vital it works out so much cheaper because the serves are a lot smaller.
"250g is sufficient to treat a 20kg dog for 145 days".
Let me be skeptical here:
In any case, it's not telling us anything about
any R&D, on which its concoction might be based.
Cheaper prices have been found (but NOT for Sasha's Blend) at:
Disclaimer: We haven't tried any of their products.
Makers seem pretty open about the…
"Ingredients
Sashas Blend™ is 100% pure and natural with no additives or fillers. It contains Stabilised Green Lipped Mussel, Abalone and Marine Cartilage.
This unique combination of marine concentrates contains a wide range of nutrients that may be beneficial in the relief of arthritic symptoms in dogs. The actives in Sashas BlendÔ are very delicate.
Harvesting times and methods of processing are very crucial to the final formulation.
Analysis per 2 gram:
Crude protein 1.29g, Carbohydrate 0.23g, Total fat 0.11g, Ash 0.34g, Moisture 0.04g, Energy 29.8kj, Energy 7.1kcal
Trace Elements:
Boron 22µg, Calcium 60mg, Copper 18µg , Iron 2.6mg, Magnesium 6.2mg, Manganese 32µg , Phosphorus 38mg, Potassium 14mg, Selenium 3µg, Sodium 28mg, Zinc 149µg
Total Essential Fatty Acids:
Omega-3 32.3mg (EPA 8.9mg DHA 10.4mg), Polyunsaturated 35.6mg, Monounsaturated 23.6mg
Contains:
Taurine 1.9%, Glycosaminoglycans 14% - predominant GAG - Chondroitin Sulphate
Source of Ingredients
We at Interpath are concerned about conservation and the environment, which is why our products have a certificate of export (CITES certificate) from the New Zealand Department of Conservation.
All ingredients are sourced from non-endangered species. Molluscs are harvested from commercial farms our marine cartilage is harvested from prolific breeding non-endangered species under a quota system. All ingredients meet strict international conservation requirements."