Joint Supplements

We have a 2-1/2 year old female that was born with extrodactile. When she was young we brought her to many different vets to have her evaluated for everything from therapy to surgery to amputation. She tripods most of the time, however, when she is running and playing with her siblings or is turning into the deformed paw she does put it down for balance. We decided not to amputate and leave her as is, she seems happy, energetic and does not seem to be in any pain or discomfort with it. I would go as far as saying that she does not know she is handicapped and neither does her brother or sister. (we kept 3 out of the litter).

We have kept her lean and healthy, well fed, but lean. I thought she would be less prone to joint problems if she was lean, and she is well exercised.

When she was young the therapy vet at the rehabilitation clinic told us to let her be for the time being and when she gets older and starts to show signs to start her on a joint supplement for the arthritis that she would more than likley develop.

Now that she is 2-1/2 we were thinking of starting her on a joint supplement before she shows any signs to maybe prolong the inevidable.

My question is does anyone out there use joint supplements, if so what do you use, and do you see results.