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    in Health and Medical discussion

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    In addition to getting him back to a vet that will take this seriously and treat his condition as such I would stop at a health food store and pick up some Manuka honey to give him. My boy has had problems with his digestive system for years and this has always helped to not only soothe his stomach, but also stimulate his appetite. It also stops the horrible gut rumblings. All you need to give him is a few teaspoons a few times throughout the day. Please let us know what the vet said.

    Urinating In House-Medical Issue Becomes Habit

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    We have actually come to designate an area that we are okay with being a pee spot in the evenings. We use washable bed pads from human supply stores (Amaazing). That said, if we get up and see her in any act of peeing on the pad we will stop her and walk her outside.

    I also use washable bed pads in a designated area for him to use while I am away at work. I just wish he would let me know he needs to go out overnight. Last night I stayed up to wash and dry his pads so that I could make sure I had one to put down before I went to bed. I set my alarm for 2:30 so I could get him outside before he woke up and needed to go and was woken by the sound of something splattering. He had gotten up 20 minutes before my alarm went off and peed not on the pad, but right beside it. I don't think tags alone would wake me. I'm hoping Gander Mountain here in Dothan carries the bear bells, otherwise I'll order them from Amazon.

    Urinating In House-Medical Issue Becomes Habit

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    What about putting a bear bell on him so you hear when he moves? Or putting something noisy in the doorway so you know when he's going to sneak a pee.

    That was something along the line of what I was thinking. I just happened to wake up a just a little bit ago as he was about to sneak a pee and managed to get him out before he did. I hadn't heard of a bear bell, I'll have to google that. Thanks for the suggestion.

    Urinating In House-Medical Issue Becomes Habit

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    Continuing on.

    Nadir will by 13 this July so I know that his need to go will not subside. While I have no problem with him using the pads while I am away I just wish he would let me know if he needs to go out while I am at home.

    Frankly I'm too nervous to tether him to me with a leash. My bed has a high footboard and he moves from sleeping on a bed at the end of my footboard to jumping up on the bed with me. I'm afraid he'd get his legs tangled in the leash.

    If I don't have a pad down he will go on the floor and when I say go its open up the floodgates go. I have the advantage in that I have a yard and although he must be leash walked I don't have to get dressed as if I had to walk down the street. Add to that we don't have to deal with snow. So I would prefer a traipse around the yard half asleep vs. having to clean up a huge puddle because he missed the pad.

    Urinating In House-Medical Issue Becomes Habit

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    While I've got a moment I'll respond to the suggestions as I got them.

    First I thought I would share with you our routine. When I get home from work I immediately take him out with Chase. I leash walk him until he has pooped and usually urinated twice. We then come back inside and he gets his evening medications. An hour and a half later they are fed. I take them out about 30 minutes after eating and right before bed, which is usually between 9:00 and 10:00. I get up at 3:00 and several times now I have found that he has already gone. I just wish he would let me know he needs to go out.

    I may try locking him in the bedroom and see how that goes. My reservations to that though is that when he does pee it is a LOT and if he decides to go he'll go right in front of the bedroom door, which means that not only will I end up stepping in it to get out of my bedroom, but so will Chase and then I'll have it tracked all over the house.

    I don't want to withhold any water as I suspect although nothing has shown on any tests so far, but with his increased drinking and urinating I believe he is in the beginning stage of kidney failure. I've got to get a current urinalysis done on him. My biggest problem is at 3:00 in the morning I'm in such a rush to get him outside I tend to forget to grab a container to catch his 1st urine.

    This is definitely not an anxiety or marking issue.

    As far as how long he is left during the day suffice it to say it is more than 8 hours because that is how much time I have to put in and doesn't count the time I have to take for lunch and commute time to and from work. I don't expect him to be able to hold it any more when I go to work, in fact during the day I have found 3 hours is usually his limit he can hold it now. Overnight is 5-6 hours. I know this is longer than the 3 I just mentioned, but usually the need to urinate lessen at night. He is eating Canine Caviar Chicken and Pearl Millet, it was the only food that he will consistently eat that doesn't bother his digestive tract. I have tried both the Science Diet Veterinary ZD and I believe the Purina HA hypoallergenic diets. After eating one meal of each of these he refused to eat any more, which was then followed by bloody diarrhea that lasted several days. I'm not sure how much he drinks by himself because there is Chase here too, but I will say that I use the same bowl that I was using when I also had Bruiser and Beanie and it is nearly empty every morning when I get up.

    It has been several months since his last urinalysis, prior to that he was seen at Auburn and also had an ultrasound done.

    The medications he is on are

    300mg gabapentin 2X

    75mg tramadol 2X

    120mg amantadine morning

    75mg clopidogrel evening

    2.5mg amlodopine evening

    10mg amytriptyline evenings.

    The only supplements he gets is

    50mg Ubiqinol CoQ10 for his heart and

    200mg Vitamin E to support renal health.

     

    Have to stop for now. I will continue more later if I haven't already put you all to sleep.

    Urinating In House-Medical Issue Becomes Habit

    in Training and Behavior discussion

    Posted · Edited by 4My2Greys

    I'm hoping some of you can help with a solution to my problem. As many of you know Nadir has had issues with inappropriate urination for years now. During the first 3-4 years I've been able to link the cause to a food he is eating and once I remove that food from his diet all is well again. This last bout of urinating started over a year ago and this time even the vets at Auburn have thrown up their arms in defeat in finding the cause for it. The best way to describe his problem would be to call it overactive bladder. My problem is that what is a medical issue has also morphed into a habit because it has gone on too long. Because I know that he can no longer hold it until I get home from work I leave pads for him to urinate on. The problem that I'm having is that he is starting to get in the habit of going on his pad in the middle of the night instead of waking me up to take him outside. I don't want to scold him even when I catch him in the act because I know in part it is not his fault and I don't want to confuse him about using his pad. I do make sure to praise him profusely every time he goes outside. I guess what I need are both ideas on what I could put on his collar that would make enough noise to get me up if he starts moving around at night and other suggestions to encourage him to let me know he has to go out.

    Osteo Thread Part V I I

    in Health and Medical discussion

    Posted

    From what I have been told, they would have to remove some of the hip itself, not just the leg. Of course I am no vet.

    This is what they had to do with Nell also, so it is a surgery that can be done. The decision though as has been said many times is a personal one on whether or not to pursue amputation. I'm really sorry that you find yourself having to consider these things.

    Oh, Lydia, You Keep Hurting Yourself.

    in Health and Medical discussion

    Posted

    Do you think something like this might protect the Lydia's legs from the stair edges, which is what I'm guessing she's scraping her legs against when she falls.

     

    http://www.rbstairtreads.com/rubber-stair-treads/rubber-stair-treads-633-outdoor-recycled-tire.html

     

    Not sure if this would help or make things worse, but it might being worth looking into them. If they don't pose any dangers with regard to snow or ice then they might be a benefit for not only Lydia, but the rest of the crew also.

     

    Please give Lydia a kiss from me and a gentle nuzzle from Nadir.

    Poor Sid - Tripod With Corn. Updated

    in Health and Medical discussion

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    I am a nervous wreck. While I was there I was convinced we were doing the right thing (and so was DH), but now I have this fear that we'll lose him.

    Please don't let your mind go there :grouphug.

    Try to focus on him being able to enjoy his walks again once his foot has healed.

    White light and healing prayers are being sent out for Sid for a successful surgery and speedy recovery. :hope:candle

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