[nagdu] Benny's troubles

[Tamara Smith-Kinney]

Tracy,

When Mitzi was having all those urinary tract infections, I would give her
cultured nonfat yogurt afterwards, or even while she was taking them.  She
loved the stuff, and it did seem to help.  She would also seem to be a
happy, sniffy, playful pup, but once she started feeling better...  OMG!
The energy boost was something else.  /smile/

Hope the antibiotics do the trick.  Those random problems no one can figure
out are frustrating, and you can't just tell yourself to stop worrying about
it.  Ugh!

Best to the Benny.

Tami Smith-Kinney

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Tracy Carcione
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 6:00 AM
To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
Subject: [nagdu] Benny's troubles

About a month ago, Ben had a problem for a night where he had to go out
extra and pee a river or two.  The problem went away next day, then came
back last Thursday and Sunday.  Oddly enough, I was going away the next
day the first 2 times he had the problem, but he didn't seem stressed
about it.  Anyway, I took him to the vet, and she says that his urine is
not as concentrated as it should be, but he doesn't have a urinary tract
infection, so he either has a kidney infection, or he has kidney disease. 
So he has to take a course of antibiotics to see if it fixes the problem,
which will be a bit hard to know, as it comes and goes.  But here's hoping
it does fix the problem, and it's nothing more serious than an infection.
Panic!  I always imagine the worst, but try to hope for the best.
Has anyone given probiotics to their dog after a course of antibiotics? 
Was it helpful?
Has anyone had a similar problem to Ben's?
Oh, the vet says I will notice a change in Ben's demeanor when he starts
feeling better.  I have to laugh.  Ben is his usual Bubba self, waving his
long tail and looking for things to sniff, or eat.
Tracy



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