[Laura R]

I don’t know why exactly why the vet did not prescribe a RX formula, but he did not. The calcium and phosphorus content of the Science Diet he is on is 1.16% calcium, 0.73% phosphorus.

[Laura R]

@joanne l
When I first got him in April 2017 at 9 weeks, he was on Diamond Naturals Large Breed Puppy Lamb & Rice formula. After age 6? months Aug 2017?), I switched him to Canidae ALS. Then we started having this peeing problem in April/May 2018. So that’s when I tried the Health Extension GF Venison diet, after the vet said “change the food.” But he wasn’t on Health Extension very long (less than a month / half a bag) because we saw no improvement and the vet qualified his “change the food” statement to specify Iams or Science Diet. So he has been on Science Diet Small Breed Healthy Mobility since early July 2018. And when I looked at those ingredients plus being frustrated with lack of improvement over many months, I started doing my raw diet research and I added raw food in mid-July.

[Laura R]

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

[Laura R]

I did check the forum before posting, but most people seem to have this problem in middle-aged dogs. I was curious to know about young dogs/puppies, especially in terms of broader health implications. I wouldn’t be so concerned about varying test results if his behavior weren’t also indicating a problem.

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