Kidney infection - Page 1

I have a 4 year old GSD x Mal male. Last week  I saw some blood dripping from his p3nis. I bring him to the vet for check up. The vet told me he is having kidney infection and he need to undergo antibiotic. After a week of medication, just this morning I saw him again dripping few blood from his p3nis.

Maybe you have some ideas or suggestions?


Ron

Do you have any in season bitches locally?  One of my retired studs sometimes gets a bit of blood when he gets oversexed by the presence of in season bitches, a shot of Tardak sorts him out.

Margaret N-J

Your vet needs to do a culture and sensitivity (without fail) to see what the bacteria is sensitive to;  usually takes urine collection; send it to the lab and grow out a culture (72 hours).  The antibiotic he is on obviously was not sensitive to whatever bug your dog has.  Shame on your vet for not doing this. 

If I have learned one thing in the 37 years of raising dogs it is to collect urine, or vaginal smear o r whatever you are doing and have a culture and sensitivity done (without fail) no matter what y our vet says or what the USUAL procedure is.  Now you have to go BACK  a second time to do this when it should have been done in the first place.  My 12 year old female would be dead now if I had not insisted on culture and sensitivity when she had pyo as the antibiotic she was treated with did not even touch the infection.  Same with blood work up's.  Any problems with dog feeling off or sick,  run blood panel and urinalysis.  That is what should be done and in a long run will save you money.  Best of luck  Nan

I would be in agreement with Nansgsd. Do the diagnostics. If you don't know what you need to treat how can the teatment possibly be sucessful.
Don't be quite so quick to call shame on the veterinarian, many times at our clinic we are presented with a problem and the client declines diagnostics, usually due to financial constraints and only wants antibiotics, so you dispense the one most likely to treat the problem you think the animal has.

Margaret N-J,

I never used him as stud to any bitch.

Nans GSD,

After the first Vet we went through my dog undergo the said medication. And after a week same problem and we bring him to the other different Vet Clinic and same findings. They said my dog has a kidney infection and need to undergo antibiotic medication.


Ron

is it a bacteria?
it is a gram negative or gram positive bacteria?
is the bacteria sensitive to penicillin, or cephflin, or doxi, or a sulfa drug, or, or ?

get a culture, just guessing keeps your dog in jeopardy and pain......

Yes, antibiotic, but but you do need to do the culture to find out which antibiotic will work best. Did you say your dog is intact? If so, the prostate may be involved as well. The prostate can develope cysts which can serve as a reservior for bacteria, causing chonic infection, called prostatitus(sp?). It is very difficult to treat successfully, & most vets recommend neutering dogs that have this issue, as after castration, the prostate shrinks & the condition resolves. Good luck! jackie harris

I'll guess with  you??