To add: One minute he seems like we should take him to the vet because he's in bad shape (lethargic and listless, not wanting to drink etc), the next minute he's fine. We took him out for a pee and he wanted to go for a walk. A dog went by and the race was on. Lots of strength and stamina again. He ...

I've not been told it's out of range. I haven't seen his urine or blood work reports for quite a while. I think he had blood work in the spring and I was told everything was fine except the CardioPet. That value was high which it has been off and on since we adopted him. Not sure if thyroid was part...

We didn't do any testing. The Internist said it's likely inflammatory bowel disease and I think the vets are giving up on him. He's got so many things going on and chalking everything up to old age. He really liked the kangaroo food and he perked up a bit after being on that. No more allergy symptom...

Thanks. He had cow plop poop on his walk this morning. :cry: We haven't seen that in such a long time. He wanted out at 3 am to go pee, so at least from a neurological standpoint he still knows when he has to go. It was raining so he wouldn't stay out long. At 4 am he headed to the back door and squ...

Finn's urine has tested positive for e.coli. Luckily not the Corynebacterium again, but I could just scream. If history is any indicator he's going to go off this food (because of antibiotics) and we don't have anything to switch him too. I can't go buy kangaroo and cook it differently hoping he may...

I mentioned to the Internist today that he hasn't had B12 level checked in a long time. His poops hasn't been soft or loose, wouldn't it be if it was low? He did have his bladder checked on ultrasound after the incontinence started and it was clear. He could however have encrusting cystitis from tha...

Hi Everyone, We are back with another crisis for Finn. I need the wonderful people on this forum to help calm me down. Finn was holding pretty steady for a while. He was still incontinent at times. It varied day to day. He would start to leak more and then his urine would get a strong ammonia smell ...

That sounds so scary. Getting a 'giant' breed dog, bloat has been one of our biggest fears. Glad you could get him in to the (various) vets quickly and he's home now. Finn can be a very picky eater and goes off his food so easily. He's also a cheese addict, and it's so frustrating when he will even ...

I hadn't thought about grinding the kibble. That may work. Finn is currently on another round of Zeniquin. He started leaking urine again after a couple weeks of being dry. So there appeared to be a link between the leaking and a UTI, since he improved with antibiotics. We finally got results back f...

Thanks, I will look into that. The ultrasound showed his clot has not returned so that's good news. He hasn't had gas since going off slippery elm. He's been taking the new probiotic (Visbiome) slowing increasing the amount without problems and has had an increase in appetite. Either from that or as...