Hello everyone,
The vet tried to cath him to take a sterile sample but my dog would not allow that without sedation. He has an MDR1 mutation which makes many drugs toxic to him so we did not risk sedating him to do that. So, YES, we have seen the vet MULTIPLE times and NO we have not done a sterile sample.
He is on cranberry pills, Nutramax Crananidin.
We did add a teaspoon of broth to his water yesterday, and that did encourage him to drink. Even when he is out in summer heat running around and is visibly hot, he does not like to drink water.
So, I do believe this is a product of not drinking enough, and really the underlying “problem” is lack of thirst. Can someone please tell me why a dog would not want to drink? I have had dogs all my life and never had this problem.
Thank you,
L
