I was running in the spring and my hips started to kill me. My mom bought me glucosamine and it helped. ALOT. my only problem was the pills are huge and hard to swallow, so i was inclined to just skip it. (only to regret not taking the pills later when my hips were burning again)

long story short, i recommend it for my skin friends AND my fur friends

I know this thread is older but I just wanted to throw in my 2 cents. I have both of my dogs on a human grade glucosamine hydrochloride pill that I get at Costco. The brand is Westcoast naturals and it's made in BC so I'm not sure if you can get it where you are. I was told by a pharmacist that they have to bond the glucosamine to something to make it stable, it can't be straight gluco. Check your bottle again, if it's the sulfate you don't want them on that, I don't think they can digest it as easily.

My dogs are 14 yo and 6 yo mutts, the 14 yo was active in agility all of her life and still acts like a much younger dog. I'm 100% positive the gluco has helped her, I stopped giving it to them for a while and she was just so much stiffer when trying to get up. After puting her back on it I've seen a huge improvement in her movements.

I may try the salmon oil also now... heh.