My 45 lb senior dog had no problem eating these, however, I started with one and he had diarrhea the next day. I waited a day to give him another, and he was fine. Tried one again, and he was sick. Repeated this and went to half a chew. His tummy clearly does not like something in these. But they may work fine for other people. There was some coating that looked like sugar on each chew. I don't know if that was supposed to be there, or if I got a bad batch. None of these hip/joint supplements work any magic, but even some relief is helpful. I'll be trying other vitamins for my guy. I used the regular VETIQ vitamins, and my dogs were fine with half a dosage. I'd be leery of the company telling you to give several. Sounds more like marketing to me.

These supplements truly seem to be the holy grail for my male Golden Retrievers! My oldest, almost 9 years old, is mildly dysplastic... and it was getting hard for him to stand up after lying on wood floors, or jump onto a bed. He seems to feel much better after a few months with these treats! He prances around with toys like a puppy! My younger GR is equally as frisky. (Wait - is this really a good thing? Ha.) I don't even give the full dosage for their size; only give one or two per day vs. the recommended 4 for larger dogs. I'll swear by them! If you own a dog prone to hip dysplasia, GRAB a bag - bet you won't regret it! (**FYI, pretty sure they cause some, ehem, flatulence with my boys - but I'm happy to suffer it since they appear to benefit so greatly from these VetIQ supplements.) ;)

We have been giving Synovial Flex to our senior dog for years. A few months ago Synovial Flex started getting difficult to find and the price was getting ridiculous. On a whim, while walking past VETIQ joint supplements at SAMs I decided to give them a try. After about a week we started to see some amazing results! Our vet was always impressed at how well our 13 year old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel was moving - but he stopped going on the couch about 3 years ago. Even with stairs he wouldn’t go on the couch. Until now! With VETIQ he now confidently climbs those stairs and lays on the couch! I wish I had tried VETIQ sooner but I’m SO happy that VETIQ has restored the mobility he lost!

MY hopes are up and that is why I give it 4 stars only. Our 13 year old female Toy Poodle has joint issue which limits her movement and has pain after laying for awhile. She weighs about 12 lbs and we are giving her one of these every other day as per directions for dogs 5-15 lbs. So far it shows positive recults and she is able to move without pain and able to jump up on the couch which she was unable to in the past. We will cotinue to monitor if she has any side effects.

I give my labs 4 of these a piece every morning!!!

Very good. My dogs like them.

These are definitely not soft chews. My old little dog can't even chew them.

My dogs will actually eat these!

After about a month on these my dog started throwing up and became very lethargic. I stopped giving her them and she recovered.

These are much harder than I thought. You can tell my dogs have to really chew down on them. But overall, they seem to enjoy them and it seems to be helping both my dogs.