[nagdu] Benny's troubles

[Julie Martin]

Hi Tracy,

I'm normally a lurker--not a guide dog user--but I have some information about this that might be important. One of the retired guides who lives with me has diabetes insipidus, which is totally different from diabetes mellitus. It began just as you're describing and was extremely difficult to diagnose and very difficult to figure out how to treat. Most, if not all, of the information on the web about how to treat nsipidus in dogs is dead wrong. Contact me about this off list if you'd like more information about this.

Julie Martin


On Nov 11, 2010, at 8:59 AM, Tracy Carcione wrote:

> 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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