Ok folks I could do with some suggestions, advice, help, anything really.
Scott couldn't hold his bladder again this morning despite me getting up at 4.30am which I've been doing since the middle of May !!!
I'll try and keep this as short as pos. Around about the middle of May just when the warm weather started Scott had two accidents early morning indoors like he suddenly couldn't hold his bladder. If it had been just one would've put it down to too much water the night before but because I've been paranoid about their bladders since all the trouble they had as pups two accidents was too much of a coincidence. I took a sample to the vet on the Sunday morning. Rang at lunch before they shut. Test had been done but no vet available to give me the results so would ring me the next day. Three days later and only because I rang them a vet rang to tell me blood in his urine !!! I wasn't impressed at having to wait to be told something was wrong. The sample was also not concentrated properly which could suggest a problem with his kidney function. I took him the next day so they could look at him in the back of my car, no touching by a vet allowed if you remember and they gave him two weeks of antibiotics because no way they could take bloods. I'd also taken a sample from Scout and was told a week later !!! His test was similar but only trace of blood !!! So both dogs with potential kidney failure. Urine test after anti biotics showed no difference in Scott so wanted to take bloods, urine, ultra sound, X-ray. By then I'd got Hillary a vet I've known a long time in the case she looked after my old lab for years. I took Scott to be knocked out which she did outside so he could go u dear in the car. It went much better than I expected. I'd not been hone an hour and she rang to say he was ready. Ultra sound and xray clear, urine test fine this time, had to wait 2 days for bloods and urine culture. When I went to pick him up I had to go and get him out of the cage. Even under the influence my dog wasn't letting a nurse near. That's my boy.? bloods and urine came back fine no kidney problems, no bladder infection, prostate fine. Her answer to my question why is he still doing a massive wee when we first go out anytime of day was it might be because he's drinking more because it's warm!!! I'd said that four weeks before. She did say he might have diabetes insipidus which means they can't regulate water and feel thirsty so drink a lot consequently wee a lot. Very difficult to test Scott for it because they keep them in all day taking urine at different times to see if the kidneys are concentrating. It won't kill him though I just have to watch for dehydration. Anyway back to thus morning. We've had no accidents since before the antibiotics so of course no I'm worrying incase he gas another infection. Once I'd started thinking logically again I ordered some dip sticks off Amazon so future accidents I can test then take a sample to the vet. Also it occurrd to me after last nights walk he had a very big drink, unlikely he got rid of it all when we went out at bedtime so possibility that's why desperate this morning.
Sorry to waffle and not sure how much sense I've made but 4.30am starts are starting to take their toll. Thought I'd post this though as if anyone else has a dog diagnosed with dilute urine it doesn't necessarily mean kidney failure and also if anyone had any ideas on how to get his bladder back under control. I'm hoping when the weather breaks, which it will eventually, we might get back to normal.
Scott couldn't hold his bladder again this morning despite me getting up at 4.30am which I've been doing since the middle of May !!!
I'll try and keep this as short as pos. Around about the middle of May just when the warm weather started Scott had two accidents early morning indoors like he suddenly couldn't hold his bladder. If it had been just one would've put it down to too much water the night before but because I've been paranoid about their bladders since all the trouble they had as pups two accidents was too much of a coincidence. I took a sample to the vet on the Sunday morning. Rang at lunch before they shut. Test had been done but no vet available to give me the results so would ring me the next day. Three days later and only because I rang them a vet rang to tell me blood in his urine !!! I wasn't impressed at having to wait to be told something was wrong. The sample was also not concentrated properly which could suggest a problem with his kidney function. I took him the next day so they could look at him in the back of my car, no touching by a vet allowed if you remember and they gave him two weeks of antibiotics because no way they could take bloods. I'd also taken a sample from Scout and was told a week later !!! His test was similar but only trace of blood !!! So both dogs with potential kidney failure. Urine test after anti biotics showed no difference in Scott so wanted to take bloods, urine, ultra sound, X-ray. By then I'd got Hillary a vet I've known a long time in the case she looked after my old lab for years. I took Scott to be knocked out which she did outside so he could go u dear in the car. It went much better than I expected. I'd not been hone an hour and she rang to say he was ready. Ultra sound and xray clear, urine test fine this time, had to wait 2 days for bloods and urine culture. When I went to pick him up I had to go and get him out of the cage. Even under the influence my dog wasn't letting a nurse near. That's my boy.? bloods and urine came back fine no kidney problems, no bladder infection, prostate fine. Her answer to my question why is he still doing a massive wee when we first go out anytime of day was it might be because he's drinking more because it's warm!!! I'd said that four weeks before. She did say he might have diabetes insipidus which means they can't regulate water and feel thirsty so drink a lot consequently wee a lot. Very difficult to test Scott for it because they keep them in all day taking urine at different times to see if the kidneys are concentrating. It won't kill him though I just have to watch for dehydration. Anyway back to thus morning. We've had no accidents since before the antibiotics so of course no I'm worrying incase he gas another infection. Once I'd started thinking logically again I ordered some dip sticks off Amazon so future accidents I can test then take a sample to the vet. Also it occurrd to me after last nights walk he had a very big drink, unlikely he got rid of it all when we went out at bedtime so possibility that's why desperate this morning.
Sorry to waffle and not sure how much sense I've made but 4.30am starts are starting to take their toll. Thought I'd post this though as if anyone else has a dog diagnosed with dilute urine it doesn't necessarily mean kidney failure and also if anyone had any ideas on how to get his bladder back under control. I'm hoping when the weather breaks, which it will eventually, we might get back to normal.
