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Creatine is a hell of a drug.
I stopped taking creatine a while back because it didn't match my goals at the time, but now I'm back to bulking and lifting heavy. And I got back on Creatine and, poof, in a week my muscles have inflated a good ten pounds. My understanding is that is more like water weight than it is like muscle fiber, and it will mostly disappear when I hop off creatine again in the spring, leaving behind whatever real gains I've made in the meantime. But man is it weird how well it works. My mirror selfie has changed completely in a month. I don't have good numbers to track its fitness impacts, I'm in kind of a chaotic place right now.
It's amazing how when something works, it works.
I'm also frustrated that they don't make Cosequin for humans. My dog has completely turned around since I put her on it.
It, uh -- doesn't look like it has anything in it that would hurt humans, and it says that the chews are tasty?
I want my glucosamine Beef flavored, but the corporations just won't do that for me! I want a glossy smooth coat just like my hound!
Seriously, her joint problems have disappeared, her coat is softer and glossier, she's regrowing hair on her stomach that's been bald for years, and she's shedding much less. It's WILD.
I mean they must have some way of confirming that it's tasty, right? They can't just say that!
I will caution that what's tasty to humans and what's tasty to dogs (or, worse, cats) are very separate fields. There's an ongoing joke/bet/trial thing in the furry fandom where people will try to eat dog treats, there's some that are 'just not great' and there's others that are 'I hope you have a barf bag nearby'. No idea where this would fall.
We got into the Milkbones as kids once -- as you might expect they are pretty dry, but more bland than anything else. Maybe with some dip?
I think once dogs get the idea that something is a treat they will consider it to be so whether it's truly 'tasty' or not.
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My dog considers it a treat, but she's so stupid that she'll eat pills directly out of my hand. My father is constantly worried he'll drop one of his medications and she'll eat it.
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