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How do you tell which joint supplement is doing your dog any good?

You can't tell from the front of the jar. What's in it, whether your dog will eat it, who made it, and what happens if it doesn't work — all of it checkable in about ninety seconds.

Read the label.

Three ingredients you can pronounce.

Glucosamine HCL, Chondroitin Sulfate, MSM. Three actives, all of them on the label, none of them requiring a chemistry degree. Not twelve lines where the last eight are there to make the panel look full. Glucosamine HCL is shellfish-derived — check that against your dog's allergies before you start. Together they help maintain healthy joints and mobility and help reduce inflammation. We formulate at real doses, not the trace amounts that let a cheap tub print the same three names on the front.

It only works if the dog eats it.

Free Range is a powder. It mixes into food and disappears — nothing to pick around, nothing left in the bowl, no standing there while your dog eats the kibble and leaves the chew. It's flavored with real beef liver powder, which is why most dogs treat it as a topper rather than a chore. This is the one check on this list you can run at the next meal.

We make it ourselves, in Wisconsin.

Alpha Dog is family-owned. We formulate Free Range and we manufacture it, in our own facility in Wisconsin. Nobody makes it for us and puts our name on the lid. That isn't a claim about how well it works. It's a claim about who you'd be calling if it didn't.

60 days to make up your mind.

Joint supplements are slow. Anything in this category that does something does it gradually, and the first few weeks tell you almost nothing. Give it 60 days before you judge it. That's the same window as the guarantee, on purpose — try Free Range risk-free for 60 days, and if you've watched for two months and seen nothing, ask for your money back.

Free Range Joint Supplement

Joint support for hard-working dogs. Helps maintain healthy joints and mobility.

Three named actives
Powder — mixes into food
Real beef liver powder
45 scoops per bottle
60-day money-back guarantee
Made in Wisconsin
No fillers — every ingredient has a purpose

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In their words, not ours.

"I originally purchased this product to help my 10-year-old lab with his mobility issues. … I showed the vet the ingredients and the nutritional facts, and she was very pleased that I found this product. She is going to begin recommending it as well. …"

Verified buyer

"My five year old chocolate lab … is a true weekend warrior which is hard on his body. I should have started him on a glucosamine treatment earlier, but this year I noticed a slower bounce back and some limping after especially long weekends swimming. … I love the ingredients and that he is feeling better judging by his movement. …"

Verified buyer

"I purchased free range as a preventative supplement,for my younger lab and also for joint care of my older lab. My older lab has had both crucial ligament repaired bought it just to keep him healthy, my younger lab 16 months old was showing some signs of limping on her left side appeared to be her hip, so gave it to her just to prevent any more issues. …"

Verified buyer

You don't have to take our word for any of it.

Alpha Dog is family-owned. We'd rather do a few things at a real dose than a lot of things at a trace. Everything above is either on the label, in the guarantee, or in somebody else's review — go and check whichever one you like.