Cranberry D-Mannose Urinary Tract Supplement for Dogs & Cats – Bladder & UTI Health Support – Cranberry Extract, D-Mannose & Vitamin C–Promotes Urinary Wellness & Kidney Function – 60 Chewable Tablets

My only complaint with this tablet was that it disintegrated into small pieces and powder when I attempted to cut it for my small dog. I read a review that said they break it with their fingers. That did the trick! Clean break. My dog thinks it is a treat.

Prior to using this one of my cats suffered from urinary cystitis. The poor baby would cry in pain and strain to go potty. Often we would see blood in her urine. While a trip to the vet for some antibiotics would take care of the cysts, I wanted to prevent them to begin with! So, we turned to a few OTC supplements to try and help her.We tried this (the most expensive), one by Vet's Best (super cheap and also contains slippery elm - which helps with passing hairballs), and a third one that was a drop (I think it was called UTI Remedy?) that you add to the water dish. She would avoid the water dish with the drop in it, even though it was supposed to be odorless and tasteless. So that was out. She wouldn't touch the Vet's Best supplements. So that was out - luckily the dog loves them! And then there is this pill - she comes running (and I mean a full on sprint!) when we jostle the pill bottle. Highly palatable AND it works! She hasn't had observable difficulties in over 6 months. She is more playful than ever and is super loving. We give 1/2 tablet a day to both of our cats (even though only one really needs it). It is a little challenging to split them - we usually just do so with our hands. When it does crumble, both of our cats scramble to lick up all the "dust." I'll call that a win - I don't want them to change the formula to make it less crumbly if it means my baby doesn't have problems. I don't know what I'd do without this product. If you're getting this for a singular cat, know that it's technically 120 servings (4 months worth) since you split each pill in half - so please use that to put your mind at ease if you're concerned about the price.

UPDATE JAN 2020: Coming back here to update. Been nearly five years since I used this product. I didn't have to reorder it as an the symptoms of the UTIs went away and she stopped licking down there excessively. The antibiotics didn't work as well as this, which is why I went this route. No problems since then for her. I do first recommend getting a pee sample to your vet and making sure the dog has an UTI and working with those and others and then using this to stave them off.I REALLY LOVE THIS, AND MY DOG DOES TOO! (photos included)I remember when she was about a year old and she went into get spayed. They foundout she had an UTI right BEFORE her spay operation. Usually they occur after they're spayed because a female dog's urinary tract gets shorter I believe. Anyways, that was two years ago and she has on and off UTIs.I tried some other UTI treatments outside of antibiotics. It involved cranberry powders and giving her more water and so on, none of it worked. I gave her these, and about a week or so in, I noticed a HUGE improvement. Mainly, the number of times she goes out and the length of time she takes to urinate. She goes out a lot less and with shorter periods. Before it was 1, 2, 3 hours between. Now she goes 6 hours+ with no problems. As for going pee, it is a lot longer now too! By that, I mean she would usually go for 5-10 seconds, and now it is closer to about 20+ seconds! She tends to herself down there a lot less, and she seems happy. She is a GSD/lab/somethingelsepossibly mix and about ~55 pounds and 3 years. She gets only 1 a day.Quick note on how it works: I guess the cranberry acdifies her urine, and the d-mannose allows for infections that are stuck to the uterine wall to be "scaped off" and not stick anymore? IDK. All I know is that it works and humans can use it too.Check out the pics for bottle and pill info.

My dogs liked the flavor making it easy to administer. The price was affordable and the dogs loved eating it.

My rescue dog had bladder stones, the fact that she was rescue is pertinent because we don't know how long it took her to create them or any nutritional history which could affect her medical history. The stones were surgically removed through open cystotomy and sent to a lab. They were struvite stones. The good and bad news about that is that struvite crystals can be nutritionally managed in many cases. My dog is on prescription C/D food, a very strict diet that we cannot stray from. If we do, her urinary pH goes straight down the tubes, very alkaline. That increases the risk of infection and that's bad because infection clumps the crystals she manufacturers in her urine into solid stones. Exactly what we don't want. While the C/D food does help to raise her pH, it wasn't quite where we wanted it for optimal urinary health for her. How do I know? My vet taught me to catch urine samples and dip a pH strip to gauge it. If your dog has had stones or is prone to urinary infection, I really recommend doing that, the pH strips are sold here on Amazon, too (and they're not expensive). This brings me to these supplements.With my vet's permission, I bought these supplements. After three days on them, and I only give her one a day (she's 35 lbs), her pH was finally acidic enough to naturally fight infection. Her optimal pH is between 6.5 and 7.5. Other than one infection when we relaxed some of our dietary restrictions, she has been UTI and stone free for one year post-op. Her x-ray is clear. I give at least partial credit to these supplements, because they are what finally put us into the healthy pH we were seeking.I know this is long, but I also know there are other dog families out there like us who have special diet needs. Please never stop making these. She eats them like a treat, and she is allowed no other variance from her diet.

I use this every three days for my cats urinary track health