[nagdu] Water

Sun Jul 19 03:33:14 UTC 2015

Oh, the ounce per pound is just a guideline. They can drink more or less and
be fine, but my dog really drank excessively. Fisher does sometimes, too,
but that might be kennel behavior with the other dogs around. LOL.
Cindy

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Subject: Re: [nagdu] Water

There's no way my 66-70-lb golden drinks 8-9 cups of water daily. He doesn't
even drink half that. Of course, his food has high water content. But even
when he was kibble-fed, he didn't drink more than 6 cups of water daily, and
that was on a hot day.
I personally allow my dog to drink when he's thirsty, just like he only eats
if he's hungry. If we're playing outside, I put about 4-6 cups of water in a
bowl and leave it out for him to access. But with light play and average
work, it takes him 2 days to go through 4 cups of water, provided it's not
sweltering like it was today.

There has been a time where the Golden Guy drank water excessively and
urinated frequently. For a week, I dosed him with an oz of liquid aloe plus
and 2 drops of colloidal silver in a third cup of bone broth. I gave it to
him for 3 days, took off a day, then for 3 more days. By the end of that
week, the problem was gone. Liquid aloe plus, bone broth, and colloidal
silver are my go-to solutions. .
The protocol might not have been necessary. It's possible my dog was just
fighting something off and would have shrugged it off without help, but
immune support helps speed things up.
--
Raven
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On 7/18/15, Julie J. via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Maybe it was just the heat then?  I hope so.
>
> I don't want to rush to the vet for every little thing, but neither do 
> I want them to be uncomfortable or suffering.  I do feel like a large 
> dork when I guess wrong and the kind folks at the vet office get that
quiet and
> super polite voice.   You know the one that says, " you are over reacting
> again."   It's not always so easy to know what is a big deal and what is
> just some new weird thing the dogs have decided to do.  I guess better 
> safe
>
> than sorry, but I wish it didn't cost so much!
>
> Julie
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> -----Original Message-----
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>
> Yeah Julie, the vet rattled off a list of things that cause excessive 
> drinking, all of them very bad.  But Krokus is clearly a healthy, 
> young dog, so the vet didn't really think it was any of those.  Today 
> it's cooler, and he's not drinking much at all.
> Ben went through several episodes of needing to rush out and have a 
> huge pee.  The vet never figured out what was going on.  It came and 
> went for a while, then stopped altogether.  I'm hoping this is like that.
> I expected the vet to hand me antibiotics, even without a clear need 
> for them, but he didn't, and I appreciate that.
> Tracy
>
>
>
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>
> Monty went through a phase where he was drinking what I thought was a lot.
> I started measuring  his water and was alarmed to find out he was 
> drinking
> 12 cups a day.  Then the first thing they do at the vet was to weigh 
> him and
>
> he had lost 10 pounds.   I was panicking.  The vet ran about every test he
> had available.  Everything came back fine.  The vet said that the 12 
> cups was on the high side of normal, but still okay.  Monty drank a 
> lot for a few more days, then dropped back to a normal amount.  He's 
> picked up most of the lost weight.  No clue what caused it, but he's 
> fine. Of course I feel like a nut at the vet because he looks healthy, 
> acts healthy and it feels like you are over reacting.  Ironically my 
> husband was reading me the posters in the waiting room.  One was on 
> aging and to bring your dog in right away if they start drinking lots 
> of water or lose weight.
>
> Julie
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: [nagdu] Water
>
> My vet told me something interesting yesterday.  A dog drinks about an 
> ounce of water per pound of body weight.  A 60-pound dog is fine 
> drinking about 2 quarts of water a day, 7-8 cups.  I didn't know that.  
> I guess I never thought about it.
>
>
>
> Krokus has been drinking a lot lately, and having some accidents in 
> the house if I forget to take him out every 2 or 3 hours, so I took 
> him to the vet.  His urine sample looked OK, so now we're supposed to 
> give him as much water as he wants and keep track how much he drinks, 
> so we can tell if it's actually a lot.  It is hot here, so that could 
> be all it is.  Or not; we'll see.  It's a bit complicated by having 2 
> dogs, but Ben is a camel and doesn't drink much.
>
> Tracy
>
>
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