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Good times and great causes! ⛳️

Had the best time sharing a tent with our friends from @kineticdogfood at yesterday’s annual @pawsofhonor charity golf tournament at @trumpgolfdc.

Shoutout to all the golfers who made it onto the fairway and walked away with a bag of @kineticdogfood Hurricane Bites—congratulations!

Already looking forward to next year.

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Jingle’s transformation is truly remarkable! 🐾

We’re excited to share an updated look at his before-and-after journey with @synovetinoa.

Just one treatment can provide up to one full year of arthritis pain relief, helping dogs like Jingle get back to doing more of what they love.

Special thanks to @drbrunke and @vra_vet for helping make it possible. @singhallady3

#SynovetinOA #CanineArthritis #Osteoarthritis #VeterinaryMedicine #caninehealth

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This past week marked a major milestone: 6 years since the launch of K9 Hurricane’s Heroes! 🇺🇸

We are incredibly grateful to everyone who supports our mission to care for our nation’s retired working dog heroes. We could not have come this far without our amazing community of volunteers, donors, and supporters. Thank you for being part of this journey.

We have shared so many incredible memories already, and there are many more to come! 🐾🐾

#K9HurricanesHeroes #ForTheDogs #RetiredWorkingDogs #ThankYou #legendsneverdie

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This past weekend, the weather was perfect and the turnout was incredible for our 6th Annual Fundraiser at the VFW in Sea Isle City, NJ!

Because of your unbelievable support, HH has officially raised $200,000 since our August 2025 event! We were honored to present this check to Paws of Honor and their Veterinary Care Program to cover medical bills for our sponsored retired working dog heroes.

7 retired working dogs were in attendance. We also took time to honor and remember those heroes we lost this past year.

A massive thank you to our special guests:
🐾 Ret. Max L – Atlantic City Sheriff’s Office
🐾 Ret. Argos – Local Agency @ret.k9argos
🐾 Ret. Briar – OCNJ PD
🐾 Ret. Chewy – Pleasantville PD
🐾 Ret. Rook – New Castle County PD @retired_k9_rook
🐾 Ret. Brie – Customs Border Protection-DHS
🐾 Ret. Aki – TSA

🇺🇸 Congressman Jeff Van Drew – A true champion for working dogs
✍️ Sgt. Albert Brenner – For signing copies of “Surviving with Grief” and donating 100% of the proceeds!

We also want to recognize the incredible handlers present as we honored their partners:
🎗️ Ret. K9 Jäger EOW 2.27.26 - Haverford Township PD
🎗️ Ret. K9 Pano EOW 4.18.26 – US Secret Service
🎗️ Ret. K9 Drago EOW 5.11.25 – Bristol Township PD @btpd_k9_drago
🎗️ RMWD Kkrusty EOW 5.15.26 – US Air Force
🎗️ Ret. K9 Rocky EOW 1.8.26 - Radnor PD
🎗️ Ret. K9 BAK EOW 5.21.26 - TSA @k9_bak_n_congo

Finally, we remember our good friend William J. Feeney Jr., whose dedication helped organize this event and grow it into the massive success it is today.

Thank you to everyone who came out, donated, and helped us protect the dogs who protected us! 🇺🇸

Massive thank you to the VFW who allows us to host our event here for 4 years now and donates on top of that!

👉 Check out our stories/link in bio to see how you can keep supporting our mission!

Photos by Erik Larson @osaki022

#PawsOfHonor #K9Heroes #WorkingDogs #SeaIsleCity #charity

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ROLL CALL for the 6th Annual Charity Fundraiser: Support Our Retired K9 Heroes! 🇺🇸

Come hang out with Rook, Brie, Chewy, Argos, Briar & Max 🐾

🗓️ When: Saturday, August 1st | 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
📍 Where: VFW Auxiliary Post 1963
(301 John F Kennedy Blvd, Sea Isle City, NJ 08243)
🎟️ Admission: FREE! All ages are welcome. No ticket required.
🎶 Entertainment: Live music by Seamus McGroary

What to Expect:
Meet and greet with retired working dogs
Exciting raffles
Great food and drinks
100% of proceeds benefit retired working dogs!

About the Cause:
When a military or law enforcement dog retires—often due to age, injury, or illness—all veterinary costs suddenly fall on their handler. K9 Hurricane’s Heroes is a 100% volunteer-run, federally recognized 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to removing that financial burden.

These courageous retired working dogs spent their lives keeping us safe, and now it’s our turn to protect them. This event marks our final push to renew sponsorships for just over 50 retired K9s by September 1st. While we’ve proudly supported 197 heroes since 2020, we are relying on our community to help us maintain our 91 active sponsorships this year.

Come out, enjoy the music, and help us carry on Hurricane’s mission for his K9 brothers and sisters!

More event announcements coming this week. Stay tuned.

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As we gear up for this year’s annual fundraiser, let’s take a look back at last year’s incredible turnout! 📸
We can’t wait to see you all on August 1st at the VFW in Sea Isle, NJ!

Your support is needed now more than ever. With nearly 60 retired K9s counting on us for another year of sponsorship this September, this event is critical to meeting our goals. 🐾

To date, K9HH has 89 active sponsorships and has proudly supported 197 retired working dog heroes nationwide since launching in 2020! 🇺🇸

Want to help? 🎟️ If you would like to donate a raffle item, please send us a DM or email us at info@k9hurricanesheroes.org for details.

See you there! Link in bio

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I actually teared up in the exam room

Today the vet measured the muscle mass in Maxine’s front legs, the exact spot where her arthritis hit hardest. And after a year of hard work and rehab, she’s regained significant muscle mass due to increased mobility.

A few years ago, her vet told us Maxine’s osteoarthritis had become severe. We’d already done years of rehab, supplements, everything. So I audited it all…what was working, what wasn’t. We added more strength training, hydrotherapy and laser therapy. Then I cut the supplements that I discovered weren’t actually doing anything and I started working with some of the best vets in the world to formulate better joint supplements, built on real science, that could help not just my dog, but any dog dealing with joint discomfort.

Every single week since, we’ve fought to reduce Maxine’s joint pain and inflammation with rigorous weight management, at-home strength exercises, hydrotherapy, red light therapy, PEMF, and the new joint supplement regimen we formulated. Some weeks were good. Some broke my heart.

But now we have proof. Real, measurable proof that what we’re doing is working. We’re slowing the degeneration of her joints. Maxine has less pain, more mobility, more muscle, and more comfort than she had a year ago.

If you’re in the thick of it with your own senior pup, this is your sign to keep going.

Keep showing up. Keep asking questions. Advocate for your baby.

To the veterinarians and scientists who have taken the best care of Maxine, and who taught me how to take better care of her myself, this joy belongs to you too.

Love,
Maxine’s Dad

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Bedinvetmab e a Osteoartrite Rapidamente Progressiva (RPOA) em Cães.

Este estudo recente publicado no JAVMA (junho/2026) levanta questões cruciais sobre a segurança do bedinvetmab (Librela/Beransa), um anticorpo monoclonal anti-fator de crescimento nervoso amplamente utilizado para o manejo da dor da osteoartrite (OA) canina.
O artigo descreve um paradoxo clínico: enquanto cerca de 90% dos veterinários relatam alta satisfação com a eficácia analgésica do fármaco, emergem sinais de segurança graves relacionados à Osteoartrite Rapidamente Progressiva (RPOA). A RPOA caracteriza-se por uma destruição articular acelerada, lise óssea e colapso estrutural catastrófico que pode ocorrer em poucos meses.

Pontos-chave para a prática clínica:
• Mecanismo de Risco: O Fator de Crescimento Nervoso (NGF) é essencial para a homeostase do osso e da cartilagem. O seu bloqueio sistêmico pode prejudicar a resposta adaptativa da articulação e mascarar a deterioração estrutural precoce devido ao potente efeito analgésico.
• Precedente Humano: Complicações semelhantes de RPOA levaram as agências reguladoras (FDA e EMA) a rejeitar a aprovação de aNGFmAbs para uso humano em 2021.
• Vigilância e Monitoramento: O estudo ressalta que os testes pré-aprovação em cães foram curtos (26 semanas) e realizados em animais jovens e saudáveis, o que pode ter dificultado a detecção da RPOA, que costuma ser uma patologia latente e tardia.
• Recomendação Profissional: É imperativo que os clínicos adotem protocolos de monitoramento rigorosos, incluindo exames físicos frequentes e radiografias de acompanhamento. Além disso, a obtenção de um consentimento informado por escrito dos tutores é essencial para garantir a transparência sobre os riscos potenciais.
A segurança a longo prazo desta nova classe terapêutica depende da farmacovigilância ativa e da notificação diligente de eventos adversos por parte da comunidade veterinária.
Consulte o artigo completo para diretrizes detalhadas sobre diagnóstico e reporte de casos.

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6th Annual Charity Fundraiser: Support Our Retired K9 Heroes! 🐾

Join us for a fun-filled afternoon to celebrate and support the incredible four-legged heroes who kept us safe. Come hang out with retired working dogs and help fund their medical bills in their well-deserved retirements!

🗓️ When: Saturday, August 1st | 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
📍 Where: VFW Auxiliary Post 1963
(301 John F Kennedy Blvd, Sea Isle City, NJ 08243)
🎟️ Admission: FREE! All ages are welcome.
🎶 Entertainment: Live music by Seamus McGroary

What to Expect:
Meet and greet with retired working dogs
Exciting raffles
Great food and drinks
100% of proceeds benefit retired working dogs!

About the Cause:
When a military or law enforcement dog retires—often due to age, injury, or illness—all veterinary costs suddenly fall on their handler. K9 Hurricane’s Heroes is a 100% volunteer-run, federally recognized 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to removing that financial burden.

These courageous retired working dogs spent their lives keeping us safe, and now it’s our turn to protect them. This event marks our final push to renew sponsorships for just over 50 retired K9s by September 1st. While we’ve proudly supported 197 heroes since 2020, we are relying on our community to help us maintain our 91 active sponsorships this year.

Come out, enjoy the music, and help us carry on Hurricane’s mission for his K9 brothers and sisters!

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Her limping broke my heart

In 2019, Maxine got diagnosed with osteoarthritis. She was just four years old. I didn’t sleep for days.

I didn’t want to accept it. I wanted to understand it, and figure out what I could do to help Maxine. We met some brilliant veterinary specialists , and through their expertise, we discovered the science-backed therapies that genuinely changed Maxine’s life.

Then her joint discomfort got more severe, and I dug deeper.

I started looking into the ingredients of the supplements we’d been giving her. The “trusted” brands, the household names. And what I found genuinely upset me. Glucosamine and Chondroitin, the key ingredients in many top joint supplements, including what I was giving Maxine, had been walked back by recently published peer-reviewed science. One peer-reviewed meta-analysis found a “very marked non-effect” of chondroitin-glucosamine nutraceuticals and concluded these products should no longer be recommended for joint pain management in dogs.

Great. The supplements I was giving Maxine weren’t doing anything and neither were a lot of the other supplements in the market.

So I gathered a few of those brilliant veterinary specialists I had met over the years to help formulate a better joint supplement steeped in ingredients backed by modern science.

Every ingredient in Hip & Joint 2.0 has published clinical evidence behind it. No legacy formulas, no borrowed credibility.

We didn’t just want to make a supplement. We wanted to share what we learned along the way. Because if you’re where I was, trying to figure out what’s actually going on with your dog, or how to be proactive with your dog’s health, this information matters. You shouldn’t have to spend years piecing it together like I did.

If you wanna check out our joint supplement, read the science and see genuine reviews of how this has helped a lot of other dogs, the link is in our bio.

Thanks for your support and for trusting us with your pets.

❤️Bryan

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Don’t miss this insightful article in @vetpracticenews 🐾 *link in bio*
@drbrunke highlights why early intervention is so important in managing canine osteoarthritis and why the conversation is shifting beyond simply masking pain.

Innovative options like @synovetinoa are helping support a more proactive approach by targeting inflammation at its source and addressing the underlying disease process to promote long-term mobility, comfort, and quality of life in dogs.

Exciting to see continued innovation shaping the future of OA management in veterinary medicine!
#synovetinoa #osteoarthritis #veterinaryinnovation #pethealth

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Hurricane would’ve hit the big 17 today. Happy Birthday to my best friend. Miss you every single day buddy. #legendsneverdie

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