Dr. Mercola Bark & Whiskers Bone & Joint Bites, 6.34 Oz. (180 g), 1 Bag, Supports Joint Comfort and Mobility, Veterinatrian Formulated, Non-GMO

I have a 10-year-old chocolate lab that weighs 95lbs and is the biggest sweet, stocky goof ball! He insists on sleeping on the concrete porch majority of the time even though he has multiple orthopedic beds, raised cots and squishy grass to lay on. he has recently been starting to show his age and we really wanted to treat his joints before they become a problem m and he get crippled up. He really loves them and normally we have to hide things in his food or wrap them in something, but he sits and waits for me to give these to him nightly before dinner. So far, his mobility has really improved. Best of all they are soft chews and are not super strong scented and don't make him have bad breath of smelly BM's. He plays with the other dogs like he used to. I'll continue to keep him on these.

I opened the bag and took a big sniff, as I always do when trying new supplements or treats. It doesn't smell like cheese. It does have cheese powder in the ingredients, but it's near the end. More prominent is the "Natural Flavors", and that's probably the weird smell I'm detecting.The bites are very soft and easy to crumble. Great for older dogs with missing teeth.I then presented one to each of my three dogs. Here's how that went:PICKY DOG 1 - "Uh, no thanks."PICKY DOG 2 - "What are you trying to push at me this time?"PICKY DOG 1 - "I said no. I'm leaving now."PICKY DOG 2 - "Why don't YOU eat it?"VORACIOUS YOUNG DOG - *sniff sniff sniff* "Uhh... I don't know about this..." *lick* *more sniffing* *tentative bite* "I guess it's okay. Fine, I'll eat it, but only because I didn't have breakfast this morning."

Was really hoping my dogs would like these treats. They have all the good stuff to help with joint pain. But my 2 picky eaters refused them. I even tried crumbling them up in their food.Mercola Bark & Whiskers Bone & Joint Bites, 6.34 Oz. (180 g), 1 Bag, Supports Joint Comfort and Mobility, Veterinatrian Formulated, Non-GMO

Perhaps this will work better on dogs, but neither of my two cats will even try it. They take one sniff and walk away.

My dogs ate these joint supplements like they were treats! It's always nice when making sure they get their nutrients is this easy.

So Bark and Whiskers is a Mercola Brand so I have no doubt that the ingredients are good and they are in a formulation that is good for my dogs joints and bones. The active ingredients are Glucosamine, Hyaluronic Acid , PEA, and Boswellia Serrata.To be fair my dog is super picky when it comes to supplements, but his favorite thing in the world is cheese. I was hopeful these would work because they were cheese flavored, but he did not care for these, and just left them in his dish.I really need him to be on a joint supplement, so I added a little cheese powder(not parmesan cheese). I put cheese powder in the bag and shook it up and he is eating them when I drop in his dish with his dinner.

The media could not be loaded.  I tried giving to two of my dogs. One is 15yrs old and the other is around 4yrs old and I wanted to see if they would eat it to start. So they loved it. They started sniffing when I opened the package. They smelled it before I did. I couldn’t smell anything until I got it closer to my nose. It smells like apple cider vinegar or something like that. It didn’t have a weird odor and didn’t have a chemical odor. The description mentions it’s non chemical and pretty much healthy stuff. I’ve heard of Dr Becker online and I trust her stuff. I don’t think it’s pricey because most natural supplements are quite pricey. But if this works then it’s all worth it for my pups. I’m not sure if it helps with their joints or bones but so far my senior runs, jumps, eats, and play so I’m happy with it.

Our dog loved these treats when we first gave them to him even though they did smell bad. We gave this supplement to him after his dinner. Later that evening he woke us up and threw up. We did the same thing for the next three nights with the same results. The next night we didn't give him these supplements and he slept the whole night and every night after. So we concluded that these treats were what was making him throw up.