I started like you Synflex, MSM, there are active forums on Yahoo to check too.

This is what I do now

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I can relate about carrying the dog, ours hate to be picked up, but after he hurt his leg badly a week ago, he realized it and we could carry him outside and he did not complain.

here's the article I was referring to--
Taken from Vitamin C Forum:


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Do you own a cat or a dog? If so,
then you may be surprised to learn
that your pet almost surely needs
some extra vitamin C added to its
diet -- especially if its an older
animal.

Why? If you read my 3 month-old post
on the vitamin C forum, "Mega-Doses
of Vitamin C," then you may recall
that there are only FOUR animal species out of a million or so, which don't produce (synthesize)
their own vitamin C within their
bodies. Those four are fruit bats,
guinea pigs, human beings, and the
other primates (monkeys, apes, etc.)

I weigh 140 lbs. A goat my size will
produce about 13 grams (13,000 mg)
of vitamin C every day. That's enough to keep him healthy in most
circumstances. But if he's wounded
or suffers a massive infection, the
goat -- and virtually all other WILD ANIMALS, can synthesize as much
as 100,000 additional milligrams of
vitamin C to get him through the
crisis.

You and I can't do that. And since
few people take 13 grams of vitamin
C each day, we get sick in staggering numbers. It breaks my
heart to think of how many vitamin
C-depleted human beings are spending
most of their LIVES trying to cope
with chronic diseases, that are
EASILY cured by the proper daily
dosage of vitamin C.

And the same is true of countless dogs and cats. For unfortunately,
our domestic pets produce MUCH LESS
vitamin C in their bodies than wild
animals. Dr. Thomas Levy, in his book, VITAMIN C, INFECTIOUS DISEASES, & TOXINS, says, "All wild
animals tested had a four-fold
GREATER rate of vitamin C production, compared to dogs or
cats...so the pets are more easily
stressed into a state of vitamin C
deficiency."

This becomes a big problem as cats
and dogs get older. And when you
factor in the truly awful food that
so many pets are fed, it's no wonder
that vets are staying busy, treating
their four-footed patients for the
same diseases that afflict their
owners.

Doctor Levy explains it like this:
"Dogs and cats are generally healthier than people; but their
limited vitamin C-synthesizing abiity is eventually overwhelmed as
they grow older and face greater,
cumulative, toxic stresses, resulting in more disease than is
seen in wild animals. Even the rabbit, which can produce roughly
five times as much vitamin C
internally, as the dog or cat, can be malnourished to the point of
eventually dying from what appears to be a metabolic condition closely
akin to scurvey."

Scurvey! There's a word you remember
from your high school history class.
Scurvey killed tens of thousands of
sailors in the 1600's and 1700's. It
wasn't until 1753 that a young
British doctor, James Lind, made the
connection between lack of fresh
fruit and scurvey. And then it took
another 40 years before the Admiralty ordered the crews of
seagoing ships to let lemons and limes with every meal. Scurvey was
eradicated. It was the vitamin C in
those citrus fruits that saved so
many lives.

So if you have a pet -- especially
one that's not doing well -- I strongly suggest you add powdered
vitamin C crystals to its food. How
much? Well, if a 140 lb goat produces 13 grams of vitamin C daily, then a 14 lb dog would need
1.3 grams (1300 mg) of vitamin C as
a maintenance dose. If he's sick,
the dog is going to need more. Read
my former post to learn about bowel
tolerances.

As to what form of vitamin C, my
choice would be sodium ascorbate
crystals. They're non-acidic, so they won't give your pet (or you)
acidosis. I don't have any pets, but
I think it would be easy to mix the
powdery, white crystals into its food.

Final thought: if some of you DO
supplement your pet's food with
additional vitamin C -- and you
notice an improvemnt in its health -- please give us some feedback on
this forum.

Blessings,

Owen