Hello. My almost 12 year old female Greyhound has been diagnosed as early stage of kidney disease due to age. She still walks almost a mile everyday, jumps in and out the car, is not on any medications. She has always had corns on her three feet and becomes lame depending on her corn situation, but over all I think she is doing good. I don't know anything about kidney disease. This was discovered on her every 6 month check-up - I hadn't noticed signs or difference in her behavior... Her BUN was 32, Creatinine 2.2. At first, she was put on the 1 month antibiotic treatment for possible kidney infection. A month later (after she started taking antibiotic), the vet ran an urinalysis, protein/creatinie ratio, and SDMA. P/C ratio is 4.0 and SDMA is 20. So the vet's final diagnosis is that this is not an infection, it is an early onset of kidney disease. She has been given Benazepril. We've also been suggested that she should be on renal diet. I have NO clue how to read these numbers and I am confused. Before she started antibiotic, her poop were on runny side, but I didn't think much of it, I thought it was due to age. I did notice that after she started antibiotic, her poop firmed up. Now she is off antibiotic, her poop has started to come out soft again... I would like to get some feedback. Thanks.
