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My Dog Stopped Climbing The Stairs. Turns Out He Wasn't Just “Slowing Down” With Age
BY SARAH LATHAM 18 minutes ago
My dog Milo is nine now, and it happened so gradually I almost didn't notice.
He stopped racing to greet me at the door. He started pausing at the bottom of the stairs, before deciding if it was worth it or not. He took longer getting up from his bed in the mornings - and always looked a bit stiff-legged.
At first, I just assumed he was finally “slowing down.” That age had come for him as it does for us all. Everyone told me it was normal.
Still, I put him on a basic glucosamine supplement. Then a “senior dog” food with built-in joint support… but neither did much good. Nothing changed the bigger picture.
Then I read an eye-opening story on a forum - and my vet confirmed it:
“Most joint supplements only give your dog one piece of the puzzle,” he told me.
“Often just glucosamine… sometimes chondroitin. But your dog's joints, tendons and ligaments rely on a lot more than that - collagen for cartilage, natural inflammatories for pain relief, and even special compounds to support their joint fluid.”
“So if you're only supplementing part of the system, you're leaving the rest to chance.”
In other words, Milo wasn't just getting old! His joints were simply under-supported.
As dogs age, they naturally make less collagen - the protein that makes up cartilage, tendons and ligaments. Less collagen means less cushioning, and that's what shows up as stiffness, slower starts, or hesitance on the stairs.
So if it's always “he's just getting older,” or “it's probably nothing,” it might be worth looking at what joint support your dog's actually getting - and not just once they're already struggling.
