Please help...waiting on call from ER vet..... - Page 1

My 5 year old who was a rescue so nothing is known about her blood lines is having a problem I have never faced.
Earlier today she urinated in floor, it was an average amount of urine.  I thought she did it because she was angry as my fiancee and I were both working in the house and she wasn't our focus point as she usually is. 
This afternoon, I ran to the Pet Store for dog food and Lowes for a few things we needed, was gone 2 to 3 hours.  My fiancee calls my cell phone and tells me Heidi (my female) has urinated 4 times in the house while I was gone.  There appears to be no blood in her urine.  I am trying to get a urine sample as I wait for the vet to call back.  I am very scared, this dog is my life.  She IS spayed.  Feel free to ask for details or contact me privately at nwilz@aol.com or via PM.  Any help or advice much appreciated.  Her vet is out of town and I'm having to use a back up vet so if anyone knows a FINE vet who does after hours calls in Alabama, GA, or TN, please let me know, I will drive to get the best for my dog.  Is there anything I should be checking for?  She is otherwise normal, active, no temperature.  The only thing abnormal is she ate a lot last night and this morning (I feed RAW and had some Venison that was about to go bad and no room in my freezer so I gave her some extras).  Again, any help, ideas, or support appreciated.  Does this sounds as serious as I fear it is?  Or could it maybe be an infection or something easily treated?
Thank you all so much,
Nichole and Heidi

Sounds like a kidney or bladder infection..better known as a urinary tract infection

We had a similar problem with our JRT years ago it urned out to be a urine infection,easily cleared up with antibiotics.
 im not saying that is what is wrong with your girl but worth thinking about.

is her urine dark?
smell strong. ?

hope she is ok

thinking of you.

Tracie

Thanks so much...I really appreciate the support.  I am trying to stay calm for her (she's very sensitive to my emotions) but I really want to panic.  How is a UTI treated?  I keep antibiotics of all sorts on hand for weekend emergencies, just never had this issue before, should I give her an antibiotic if I don't hear back from my vet?
Her urine is quite light, looks normal of a well hydrated dog.  No strong smell.
Thanks,
Nichole

SULFA DRUG :      TRIMETHOPRIM/SULFA 1 CAP EVERY 12 HOURS...FOR URINARY TRACT, RESPIRITORY TRACT, 


GIVE HER THE KIDS  ELECTROLYTE OR THE BABY DRINK FOR  BALANCE...MAKE SURE SHE CONTINES TO DRINK AND EAT BLAND DIET...PUT HER ON LOW PROTEIN   NO HIGH PROTEIN AT ALL......RICE WOULD BE GOOD...NO PROTEIN WITH KIDNEY OR URINARY TRACT PROBLEMS.....      MAY HAVE TO BUY THE NASTY SCIENCE DIET   AT PETSMART....COUPLE OF CANS WHILE SICK.......LOWEST PROTEIN YOU CAN FIND.....

VERY IMPORTANT      NO PROTEIN.......  3.5    4.0    AT THE HIGHEST UNTIL DOG IS WELL......





   PEDIALITE 

Is she drinking more than usual? If so, it could indicate diabetes. She could also possibly have a  kidney problem, other than a UTI. I'm sure they'll (the vet) need to see her and do blood work and a urinalysis before anything can be determined. Please keep up posted. Best wishes to you and your girl.
char 

Thank you for all the well wishes!
I just heard from the vet.  He told me to go ahead and start her on Cephelexin tonight and try my hardest to get a urine sample.  We'll know more once I can get a urine sample.  Her urine is not dark or foul smelling.  She's drinking a little more than usual, but nothing major.
YR, thanks for the tip...I just fed her RAW but tomorrow morning I'll run get her some low protein stuff.  Is Salmon or Jack Mackeral low protein or too high?  She hates rice but maybe I can get her to compromise with me.

Thanks so much for the advice and please keep my girl in your thoughts and/or prayers.

 

No salmon /go to petsmart and get 5 cans of the lowest protein canned dog food you can...or get the dry food that is lowest protein ...no more than 7%

someone told me you can't buy the Kd Science diet////for kidney without a prescription...if not ask the vet at petsmart to tell you what is like it...or ask him to ok you buying it...of course he will try to get your dog in his office..
I would steal the dog food before I would take a dog to a vet at petsmart.....


Yellowrose   
   P.S>  Cephflexan is used for so many things..i did know you could use it  but I like   sulfa drug better....i keep all of them on hand...

Boil some meat in water and add the rice into it like   chicken and rice.....but  dont feed the chicken.....take out the chicken and feed the rice with just a tiny bit of chicken put back into the rice.....surely he will eat that....small dish  three times a day.....   a drop of extra virgin olive oil in it...nothing else...no treats no proteins....

if he will eat a few green beans in his rice with chicken ,,put a few of them in....

Yellow Rose, I agree with you completely.

UTI's are not fun. I remember having one, had to pee every 10 minutes and the burn,,,,,,,,

I had a cat that used to get UTI's two weeks after eating a certain type of cat food. It had a high ash content........

Vet gave her sulfa drug, and told me to find a low protein cat food (science diet kd), lots of water. She was better in no time. Once we connetcted the cat food with the UTI, we didn't buy that one again and she didn't get another UTI.....

The vet may check for bladder stones, fever, may take a blood sample, then send you home with some pills and a 200 bill.