September is Animal Pain Awareness Month.
Every year, 3.3 million dogs enter shelters throughout the U.S., with older dogs, or those with mobility problems, much less likely to be adopted. Shelters are overcrowded, and especially challenging for senior dogs or dogs with stiff joints and restricted movements.
When choosing a dog to adopt, owners consider age and playfulness as key determining factors.* This puts older and less mobile dogs at a disadvantage.
As part of its mission to keep pets ‘active for life,’ YuMOVE launched its national GET MOVING campaign designed to help aging and less mobile shelter dogs be more comfortable, active and enjoy a better quality of life. YuMOVE is the UK’s #1 dog joint supplement,**which recently launched in America.
YuMOVE has already donated to over 400 shelters across America, each housing dozens of dogs, from NYC to Los Angeles, offering its clinically-proven*** joint supplement YuMOVE to help ease stiff joints and improve mobility within 6 weeks.
And there were improvements, coast to coast. Among those enjoying the benefits are:
Celebrity pet trainer Ted Hoff of Cottonwood Ranch & Kennel near Aspen, CO, notes that Cabela, their oldest dog who is now 16 years old, slowly stopped accompanying him on evening treks due to increasing mobility problems, and would just “wait for us to return.” But a couple of months ago, the Hoff’s heard about the nationwide GET MOVING campaign. “We were told it would take six weeks before we might observe improvements in his joints,” Ted remembers, “but after just a week, the change in Cabela was beyond noticeable.” Hoff recounts that Cabela “would run up and down our wood stairs and jump up on the bed. He had not done that for at least 3 years!”
Elfie Rodriguez of Tampa Florida's Elfie Rodriguez, the founder of Elfie’s Refuge in Tampa, Florida, gave it to Lizzo, her senior Terrier mix, who was almost lame. Elfie says, “Lizzo could barely walk when I started him on the YuMOVE product, and in just 2-to-3 weeks he was like a puppy again.”
Karen Cole, Executive Director and Founder of Lizzy’s Animal Hospice in Austin, Texas, started Harley, a three-year-old Terrier mix, on the product after a devastating car accident left him with a fractured pelvis, damaged hips and no chance of surgery. He recovered on his own by putting more weight on his front legs, but according to Cole, “the YuMOVE product has helped Harley improve little by little, day by day.”
To learn more about YuMOVE and their GET MOVING campaign, and to nominate a local shelter for inclusion, visit www.yumove.com/getmoving.
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*Weiss E, Miller K, Mohan-Gibbons H, Vela C. Why Did You Choose This Pet?: Adopters and Pet Selection Preferences in Five Animal Shelters in the United States. Animals (Basel). 2012;2(2):144-159. Published 2012 Apr 10. doi:10.3390/ani2020144 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4494324/
**Kynetec VetTrak sales through UK veterinary wholesalers. 52 weeks to June 2020.
***Study conducted by the Royal Veterinary College of London, UK.
Contact DetailsWendy Gordon
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