I Think My Dog Has Kidney Disease?
ByHe has all the symptoms for it except he has a good coat. I read this on the internet. He finished the new antibiotic yesterday. Today, he peed on the rug and floor right in front of us, Twice! I think he has Kidney Failure. My dad is going to try to order more antibiotic pills online.We have been to the vet about 2 times this month! The first time they thought he injested something toxic. He stayed on an IV overnight. The second time they thought he had either Prostate Cancer, an infection or a bump. She gave us antibiotic to give him for three weeks. All of sudden, he is done with the pills and the same behavior comes back for the third time. Does anyone know anything I can do for him? A special Diet, etc.? I really believe that he has Kidney Failure. Thank you for your answers!
11 Comments
November 5th, 2009 at 2:00 am
The only way your dog will be confirmed for having kidney disease is a blood test. CREA/BUN amongst others.inc electrolyte Levels will be elevated significantly if your dog has kidney disease. You cannot diagnose your dog over the Internet as the symptoms that your dog may displaying could be in relation to many other health ailments.
Dogs i have seen with kidney failure become very skinny as they do not eat and vomit alot! and drink bucket loads.
You ha vent made it clear as what the dogs symptoms are.
Prostate cancer is generally diagnose with an internal and an xray. The Prostate is generally very enlarged as it evident on radiography. Also you would have probably noticed Heamorragia (blood), in the feces. Is your dog des*xed?
Three weeks on Ab’s and you dog is having no change could be a number of things, is it behaviour related of is there a chronic infection going on? What do you feed your dog? What are the other symptoms? has your vet done a full blood examination of the dog if not demand one.
There are a number of test that your vet could do to pin point the problem my suggestion is if you are not getting results with the vet you are with now then get a second opinion.
Remember be confident with your vet and sometimes you need to be patient as dogs cannot talk so it is a process of elimination.
Good luck but you need to follow it up
November 5th, 2009 at 3:53 am
i would have the vet check him again. i had a dog with Prostate trouble. we tried medicine the first time it worked for a little bit, but the problem came back again. so we had to have him neutered he live to be 11 years old. i hope that this helps you
November 5th, 2009 at 6:08 am
Have you had him checked for just being incontenant? If he is old he just cant hold it any more. and when he is taking meds he thinks he is in trouble and will try extra hard to hold it and then when the meds are done he is not in trouble any more and can relax then he cant hold it any more. there is meds for that .
November 5th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Have they done blood work? Ultrasound? He could have kidney failure, cancer of the bladder, kidney stones, tumors on his bladder or kidneys. If your vet is unwilling to go this in depth w/ your dogs treatment it is time to find a new one
November 5th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
Give him cranberry juice if he will drink it or a can of beer, this will flush his system out…………..Walk him, more often, this will prevent accidents from happening
November 5th, 2009 at 5:09 pm
From toxic ingestion to prostate cancer to kidney disease? I’m a little bit more than confused, need more information. Sorry to answer your question with more questions but what are the symptoms? Increased thirst and urination (frequency or amount) ? Is your dog neutered or in tact? Did your veterinary workup include urinalysis, CBC, serum chemistry analysis, radiographs, ultrasound, etc? Hospitalization and IV fluids for one night, any other drugs administered? What were the rule outs and what is the follow up care?
Just curious, have a one and a half year old female in chronic renal failure and am going through this myself, might be able to help but need to know more.
November 5th, 2009 at 6:31 pm
I suggest you visit this site http://www.dogsvets.net and consult a Vet for free
November 6th, 2009 at 12:12 am
has a blood work up been done that would tell you if he has failing kidneys or not if your vet is unable to pin point the cause i suggest a second opinion
November 6th, 2009 at 1:45 am
If he has kidney failure & he isn’t treated properly..he will die. Kidney failure really dehydrates animals. Their kidneys stop helping his body to preserve fluid,instead they are constsanly flushing everything out….hince the deydration. It’s very debilitating for him to go through that. Eventually he will stop eating b/c kidney failure makes him feel really terrible. At some point you need to decide if his quality of life is good enough. It’s a hard decision to make, but letting him suffer is cruel. Change vets or concider euthanasia.
November 6th, 2009 at 4:32 am
My Grandparents dog did the same thing. He will pee and poop in his cage and on the floor. His coat is coming off. Our vet gave us some pills but he still does the same thing. I don’t really know anything else that you can do for him. Our vet told us that our dog was slowly dieing. He is still here after one year since he was dignosed with kidney failure. I am so sorry that you have to go through the same thing as we did.
November 6th, 2009 at 4:44 am
I hope it works out i hate having a dog like that. Find another vet so he or she can do anything to help your dog. I am really sorry about your dog. Keli