VetriScience Extra Strength Healthy Heart Chews, Vetri Cardio Supplement for Dogs, Heart Support Supplement with Taurine, Carnitine, CoQ10, Hawthorn and Berberine, Chicken, 60 Count

I have a 14 year old pomeranian that weighs 8.5lbs. She was recently diagnosed as early stages CHF. The vet put her on Vetmedin 1.25mg chews. They just cost too much. 50 chews is over $50. I started searching for an alternative and found these. For her small size I cut one chew in half. Then I cut the half in half. I gave her one of those pieces this morning with a small piece of cheese. She ate it fine. I'll give her the other half tonight.As long as she shows no signs of side effects from these and her cough does not return, I am hoping these will be a good alternative to the more expensive prescription medication. If these do not work, I will update this review.EDIT: Been using these for almost a month now. No coughing. The chews are hard and they don't smell great. But again, I cut them into quarter pieces and place a small piece of cheese on each piece before giving to her. She eats it fine but she's also trained to eat her medicine before she gets a proper treat. Show her the treat, take it away and give her the medicine and then the treat. Even the most stubborn dog will take their medicine this way. Put a bit of sliced cheese or get that squirty can cheese to coat the medicine. I'm definitely ordering more of these when I run out. They work as well as the prescription chews and cost much less.2nd Edit: Still loving these chews! I've started splitting the contents of the bag when it arrives. I place half in a zip lock bag and the other half in another zip log bag. I keep both inside the original bag. This keeps the chews softer over time. My Pomeranian is now 15 years old. She'll eat these chews without cheese now as she's so use to the routine of 1/4 chew in the morning and 1/4 chew in the evening. No coughing or heavy panting and she still loves to play chase!

My dog weighs 7lb, and he has CHF. I just got these in the mail on Saturday, so no results to speak of yet. I will update my review when I have something to share. I will say I give him half a treat twice a day. He loves them.I was devistated when I went to the vet and she told me that Uzi's heart was so enlarged that it was putting pressure on his trachea. My 5 star review is based on the hope this product has given me. If he improves in the slightest bit from these vitamins, I will be so happy. I'm very hopeful. At the very least, he thinks they are delicious.UPDATE:He loves these chews. It has been a week, and he is coughing less, and sleeping through the night which is great for both of us!The cats chewed a hole in the bag, and the chews have hardened, and he's less likely to eat them willingly now. They must taste yucky when they are stale.UPDATE AS OF 9/14: My dog seems to be doing better and better. He had been coughing because of the CHF multiple times daily, and at night. I haven't heard him cough in a couple of days- so he must be coughing very little. I read on several heart health websites that COQ10 increases the effectiveness of Enalapril, and he just had his dosages increased a month ago. He's had his medications increased here and there over the past 2 years, and never responded to the increase like he has this time, so I feel like this supplement is doing what it is supposed to be doing. He had a check-up this past Thursday and the doctor was surprised by how well he is doing. She said his lungs sounded clear, and she even admitted to me that she previously thought he had very little time left- but now she's very optimistic. I will continue to give him this product. He seems like his old self. He's perky and he is definitely comfortable.

My doggy suffers from arrhythmia and has been taking this supplement for about 3 weeks. I’m giving less than the daily dose recommended due to his weight. (less than 10 pounds) Since, appears in a better mood. Doggy loves our evening walks and I have seen improvement handling longer ones. So, I do recommend trying this supplement.

It's a supplement so who really knows if it's working but all of my dogs have a hard time chewing it. It's entirely too hard. My German Shepherd and Pitbull will eat them ok but my Doberman absolutely hates them. She tries to chew it and spits it out because it is not chewable. I have to buy pill pockets, break the supplement in half, break the pill pocket in half, and cover each half with a pill pocket so she'll swallow it. Not cool.

Please approach this product carefully, I now have an $800 Vet bill with one dog, and the other that is now refusing to eat as well. This has been the only change to their diet, the dog food is still the same bag as before starting this supplement, the can lots are the same lots as before and all other supplements are still the same as previously were being fed prior to starting this supplement (I have not opened any of the replacement supplements yet since I was not out of the original packages).The littlest one refused to eat, vomited bile, demonstrated an elevated pancreas value in her blood, and had totally liquid stools. This occurred within 6 days of starting this supplement, which I was cutting in half due to the small sizes of my dogs. I had spoken to the manufacturer regarding the dose and it was agreed that 1/2 of the bone shaped treat would be appropriate for their size. I suspect that the product is intrinsically fine, but somehow or another the ingredients that they are currently using in the batch that I received have been compromised somehow. The recent reviews seem to support that premise as well.Regardless, my advice is to think twice prior to using this product to deal with an existing cardio issue or to supplement Taurine in the grain free diets that are currently under duress due to the reports to the FDA.