All dogs run on healthy joints.- Helps control tartar for cleaner fresher breath
- Grain free treat low in calories, fat, and sodium
- Naturally formulated with higher levels of glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate
- Formulated from natural cartilage
- No synthetic compounds
Breeder's Choice Wants Every Dog To Have As Many Good Years As Possible
Breeder's Choice was started by the family more than 50 years ago and is still family owned and operated. Because they're dog lovers and experienced dog owners, they have seen first hand and many times how even well-cared-for dogs can have their happiest years brought to a painful and premature end because of degenerating joints. They created Active Care chews, biscuits, and food with natural bovine cartilage, trachea, and connective tissue, with the highest levels of unprocessed chondroitin and glucosamine, to develop, maintain, and repair joints. It's for all breeds at all ages, naturally formulated with skin and coat conditioners, and makes taking good care of your dog's joints absolutely effortless. Make Active Care part of your dog's daily diet and give him all the happy, carefree years he deserves.
Your Dog's Joints--To Know Them Is To Love Them
Your dog's body includes dozens of joints, all protected and fitting together perfectly because of the vital spongy cartilage that coats each moving part. The cartilage provides lubrication, acts as the joint's shock absorbers, and prevents the bones' hard rough surfaces from coming into contact. It's the smooth function of your dog's joints that allow the thousands of movements, large and small, that get them through the day.
Which Ages First, Your Dog Or His Joints?
It's actually the cartilage that ages, to devastating effect. Even while your dog seems quite young and vital, the cells in its joints that make substances called GAGs have already begun to fail. Chondroitin sulfate, glucosamine, and hyaluronic acid are some of the GAGs that provide the cartilage with its basic structural materials. Ironically, your dog's heart, lungs, and muscles are all perfectly healthy from their years of running around. But without chondroitin sulfate, their cartilage erodes, and their joints begin to feel every movement. Physical activity loses its appeal. Your dog becomes more sedentary. Eventually, the good health the rest of their body enjoyed deteriorates along with their ability to move.
What Makes Active Care Different?
What makes the Active Care system different is natural bovine cartilage and the patented method of obtaining it. Many dog foods have taken an easy leap onto the healthy joint bandwagon by adding varying amounts of synthetic forms of chondroitin and glucosamine then claiming to promote good joint health. Natural bovine cartilage provides the all-important GAGs in an all-natural stable form so there are no chemical side effects. With natural bovine cartilage, Active Care was specifically created to maintain good joint health.
It's Never Too Soon. Never Too Late.
Puppies: Get your puppy's joints started right by providing complete, natural nutrition while they form and grow.
Adults: Adulthood can mean the slow silent beginning of joint problems. Good joint nutrition can delay their onset for years.
Seniors: Your dog will be moving more comfortably, with greater ease and less pain. Some see results in just a few weeks.
Feeding Suggestions
Best if fed twice a day. These treats are made with natural bovine cartilage and should be fed with confidence. If your dog weighs 40 lbs., feed one biscuit in the morning and one biscuit in the evening.
For smaller dogs you can crumble or moisten each biscuit and mix in with regular food or feed whole as a treat.
Daily Requirements
Small dog (under 20 lbs.): 1 - 2 biscuits
chondroitin sulfate: 555 mg - 1110 mg
glucosamine: 120 mg - 240 mg
Medium dog (20 - 60 lbs.): 3 biscuits
chondroitin sulfate: 1665 mg
glucosamine: 360 mg
Large dog (60 - 90 lbs.): 4 biscuits
chondroitin sulfate: 2220 mg
glucosamine: 480 mg
X-Large dog (over 90 lbs.): 6 biscuits
chondroitin sulfate: 3330 mg
glucosamine: 720 mg
Caloric Content (calculated)
3875 kcal/kg
93 kcal/biscuit
Made in USA.
Ingredients
Wheat flour, bovine cartilage, bovine trachea, bovine connective tissue, lamb meal, ground rice, rice flour, chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols and ascorbic acid), oat meal, ground wheat, dried whole egg, lecithin, salt, fish meal, dried whey, wheat germ meal, grapeseed oil, dehydrated alfalfa meal, flax seed, potassium chloride, monosodium phosphate, choline chloride, ferrous sulfate, dl-alpha tocopheryl acetate (source of vitamin E), zinc oxide, sodium selenite, manganous oxide, riboflavin supplement (vitamin B2), copper sulfate, amino acid chelates of zinc, iron, manganese, copper and cobalt, niacin, ascorbic acid (source of vitamin C), vitamin B12 supplement, vitamin A supplement, calcium pantothenate, d-biotin supplement, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), calcium iodate, thiamine mononitrate, folic acid, vitamin D3 supplement.
Guaranteed Analysis
Crude protein (min.) 15%, crude fat (min.) 5%, crude fiber (max.) 3.5%, moisture (max.) 10%, chondroitin sulfate*: 555 mg per biscuit, glucosamine*: 120 mg per biscuit.
*Not recognized as an essential nutrient by the AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profiles.
Manufacturer's Guarantee: 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed. If for any reason you are dissatisfied with this product, return the unused portion along with the information contained within the dotted panel on the bag to your Active Care retailer.