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I believe you meant to say -bladder stones-not kidney stones. Often after a cystotomy the bladder remains inflamed-making your hound feel urgent. They will often drip urine. They can and often will pass blood post operatively for a few days. Struvites are developed from an untreated bacterial infection. I assume your vet cultured the urine??
Recheck exam should scheduled with your veterinarian-they will palpate his abdomen and perhaps re-radiograph his bladder.
Excellent points.... I'm going to ask these questions to the vet when they call me back.
Thank you for the information.
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I just had a bout of kidney stones and I'm thinking that he still might have some smaller ones that need to pass. As already noted, it's really tough to control because the urge comes on so suddenly with shifts of weight. Might I suggest that instead of waiting for him to get up, wake him up and take him out at preset times (every 2 hours or so) in addition to the normal times. This might help a bit until the healing process completes.
I agree that the belly band won't stop the peeing if it is from the stones but, it will make sure that your floors and rugs don't take the brunt of this.
Also, it might be worth your while to get a clean-catch urine and get a culture done to check for a UTI. Because of the irritation, stones can eventually cause an infection and this behavior could also be from that.
As far as I know, they flushed them all. But you could be right.
We've been taking him out every hour, so, yup, way more frequent then his normal let-out intervals.
The belly band would only be a temporary help... and yes, I didn't think it would stop him.
I believe the struvite stones are also called "infection stones" possibly caused by a UTI. He is still on antibiotics for it all.
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Disclaimer: I am not sure if this is the case for your poor Sidney, nor do I know if kidney stones feel the same for dogs as they do humans. What I can tell you is that, when I have had kidney stones, in addition to the pain from the stones, I always felt like I needed to urgently urinate. All the time. I would literally walk out of the bathroom feeling like my teeth were floating, even though I just went. This was particularly true when I would change positions from sitting to standing, from standing to laying down, etc. I wonder if this is the case for Sidney too. Perhaps his body is telling him it is urgent and that is why he isn't asking to go out. Would it be worth trying a belly band for a while? I hope you can find a solution that works for all of you!
Yeah, my husband JUST had kidney stone surgery himself! And he has said the same thing, so I'm wondering if this is true. Since Sidney is not human (at least not that I know of LOL) he can't really know what is going on or explain the urgency to us.
I'm not sure if the belly band would work, but I wouldn't mind trying one.
No suggestions or advice but wondering what the vet said about post-surgery issues such as this. If you don't think it's normal, a call to the vet would be a good idea.
I did leave a message for the vet to see if they had any insight. Thx!
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Well our poor Sidney ended up having emergency surgery a few weeks ago for struvite kidney stones (the vet was worried about a blockage). He pulled through the surgery fine, and actually just got his staples out last night. He is now on prescription kibble for urinary health from this point forward.
Here's the issue:
It's been over 2 weeks since his surgery. He is getting WORSE at having accidents in the house.
Basically, if he needs to go, he literally just gets up from laying down and just urinates wherever he's at. IF you catch him as he's getting up and ask him to go out IMMEDIATELY, he will follow you outside and go outside. Otherwise, he will just go where he is.
My husband feels like this is due to still being uncomfortable from the kidney stones and surgery and "can't hold it right now", but I feel like he can.
Is there anything I can do to help him get back into being house trained? Even if we put him in his crate he will have an accident in it. He's never done that before this. The vet gave him a clean bill of health, so I'm not sure if there is still a health issue here? Otherwise he is behaving normal.
Thx for any suggestions.
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She looks just like my Sidney.
Thank you for the beautiful pictures. I'm sorry for your loss
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You need to do a urinalysis and possibly a sterile culture as well (I would probably start with the U/A and then proceed to the culture if the former is negative as a culture can pick up bacteria that the urinalysis has missed). A UTI is the first thing I suspect when a housetrained dog starts going in the house. A urinalysis may also pick up early signs of disease like kidney issues that the blood work didn't. So you definitely haven't ruled out medical issues yet and its always best to do that first.
I agree with doing the urinalysis.
Thanks!
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Have you done a urinalysis? Sterile urine culture? Is he drinking more water than normal? Does his urine seem dilute, or is it concentrated? What were creatinine, BUN and glucose results on his blood work and how long ago was it done?
No we haven't. I don't think he's drinking more than normal. Urine seems normal color too. Not sure about the levels of those... they said levels were normal. We just had the bloodworm done maybe 10 days ago?
Is he urinating a large amount or does he seem to be marking? If he seems to be marking, you could try a belly band.
Hmmmmm.... it seems like a lot, but he does go for a long time when he does. The times we catch him he is quick and stops but I wonder if that's because we are jumping up and yelling?
Thx for the questions gang... let me try and get some real answers to these.
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For about a month now Sidney seems to just pee whenever he wants. We let him out every day at the same times, yet he will randomly just get up and start peeing in the house.
He recently had a complete physical with dental, so we know its not a medical issue.
So what is going on and what can we do to help this behavior end?
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Glad to hear he's through it!
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Sending good vibes! Hope all goes well!
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Anyone see wobbliness with their hound on Tramadol?
Our Sidney is on it right now and he has become very wobbly the last few days, and his hind legs seems weak?????
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You can, but I have found that it is cheaper if you can find a store that sells it. Amazon has it for around $58 w/ free shipping, but the vets office where I buy it sells it for $45.
True.... for me it would be the "closest" place I could get it.
We actually just started using Taste of the Wild.
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FYI- you can buy Victor thru Amazon, and it is eligible for Prime
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Well this is an old topic, but figure I would update it...
Sidney got more and more difficult to get to eat.... then June stopped eating her food as well!
We decided to rule out everything and took them both to the vet. Full bloodwork, wellness check, etc. All was perfect.
We JUST had a full dental done on both of them as well. It went very well, and no extractions were needed
So our conclusion?
They are both simply bored with their current food.
I had some sample bags of food from GIG and decided to give them a try.
Guess what? They both scarfed it up.
Luckily the sample brand is very similar to what we were already feeding them and comes in a variety of flavors. So hopefully, if they start to get bored again, we can simply get another flavor.
LOL- the little picky pups!
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We will try and encourage him to leave the room and come get a treat when others are in the house.
Thank you for the warning about the growling, etc.
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Agree with Batmom's treating suggestion. Also helps if the new person/people avoid making any direct eye contact with the dog during these exercises. Direct eye contact is often viewed as threatening in dog language. New person can act as a treat dispenser by tossing treats on the ground while new person's back is turned towards the dog, or person's body is sideways looking away from the dog. High value meat treats work well during sessions like these. Nothing was mentioned about whether hounds are ever allowed on human furniture (when you're home) but if so, that could be another reason for heightened territorial behavior.
Yes! He does use the couch. He has a spot on his that's "his".
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Is there some special reason your dogs have to be confined to the room at all? Are they not housebroken? Are they chewers?
When transitioning to a new home, it's often helpful for a dog to have some confinement, but your post doesn't make it sound like these are new dogs to you. Perhaps if you just give them the run of the house, he'll stop being possessive of the family room?
We have always kept our dogs (in the past and now) to one room while we are not home. This keeps them from getting into mischief for the quickest answer.
It will be one year next month that we've had them, so no, not really new anymore.
We could try this... though I have a feeling they will continue to bunker down in that room. And I am still wondering if his crate still being in the room has a lot to do with it? I almost wonder if we should take it away? I feel bad doing this since he lays in it all the time still.
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We can certainly give this a shot. It's not a bad idea.
I am just hoping he doesn't get this way with anyone else that comes into this room.
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We just were at the shore for a few days. We had our semi-new pet sitter stay overnight and watch everyone. She has met the dogs several times now and has let them out for us at lunchtime 4-5 times already.
Well, unfortunately our sitter told us the fist night she was over Sidney bit her... he didn't break the skin thank goodness. And afterwards he did lunge at her, growled and showed his teeth. This happened when she was sitting on the couch and went to get up from it.
Now let me give you some background here:
Sidney and June stay in our family room while we aren't home, and at night. We have a baby gate up in there to keep them in there. They have full range of the room. We never moved their crates away because Sidney loves his and lays down in it all the time. They are in the family room as well. We just leave the doors open to them.
Also: we all watch TV in this room at night... it's our "family" room for real. The hounds hang out with us in it at night. It's where we are most of the evenings.
Ok, so this room is where the incident happened. After this happened, he wouldn't let her back in the room. So for some reason he's gotten very protective of this room... not sure if he feels it's his "crate" now, or he's being protective because we were not there. This was also the first time we went away since we've had the hounds. The pet sitter said he was fine in the rest of the house, the yard, etc and didn't show any aggressive behavior.
Not sure what to do about this. How can we get Sidney over this very protective hold on this room with other people?
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@ 2greyhoundMINI- I asked the vet how she could get heart worm even though she's gotten the meds religiously. She said she doesn't recommend Revolution because it's a topical that's absorbed through the skin, and dogs skin can absorb differently. She prefers oral meds. I've also seen some articles on-line suggesting heart worms may be developing a resistance to the drugs.
Gotcha... I never saw a topical one before... I think we use Sentinel, which is taken orally.
Ugh, that;s scary though.
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Strange how she got HWs even though she's been getting regular preventive meds for it. I wonder how that happens?
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This is what I'm wondering.... Our home is air-conditioned, but they still seem sluggish lately.Would heat be a factor even if the dog lives in an air-conditioned home?
Although the other one, June still eats like it's her last meal lol
Ewwwwww sardines and tripe?
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Thanks all.
He did have a dental in April, but it wasn't a "get out under, X-rays, etc" one. We also always soak their kibble in water.
Though it did get cooler, it's back to being hot today, so I don't know if that is still playing a factor.
We probably will take him in for a check up if his eating doesn't get any better, or gets worse. So far he is eating 2 meals a day, but like I said, we have to bribe him to eat by adding a little yogurt, etc to his kibble. He's always been a little finicky with eating since we've had him.
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I should have added his age... He is 5.
I have read that the heat affects them sometimes.
Kidney Stones And House Broke Issues
in Health and Medical discussion
Posted · Edited by 2greyhoundMINI
Just want to give you all an update after the vet returned our call...
They were in fact bladder stones (my husband thought they were kidney- probably because he just had kidney stones!) and they did culture the urine.
The urinary food is a safety precaution to help with making sure the infection is cleared up. And they do want us to bring him back in to be tested in a few months.
They did say for now the pee'ing is something we will have to deal with sue to the stones and surgery, but it should stop once he's feeling better.
That's all I got for now!
I did get a belly band for him to ear when we are at work. He already seems to not like it LOL