It sounds like he needs to go to the vet to be examined. Dependent on his age and other health issues he may need blood work, x-rays and/or have his urine checked.
Good Luck
Dr D
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She is a Bengal, approx 1 year old, de sexed and lives with a male tabby 5 years old also desexed. They are both healthy indoor cats. There have been no other behavioural changes, she’s very affectionate, eating and drinking well. No more or less than usual. The urine stains don’t show any signs of discolouration and don’t smell unusual or different from the other cat’s.
our cat is 3 monthes, several days ago we’ve seen blood in his urine. A doctor prescribed coboctane, no spa, Etamsylate,catosal. After 2 days of injectios our cat started to lose his balance, he is inert, tries to urinate but we see it tkes him great pains,ih hurts him. What it can be? Please help, we beg you
My cat has lost weight and hes still eating and drinking. His third eyelid is visible and his urine in an orange color and foamy.
Shadow has submissive urination. He was abused as a puppy we believe by men so hes a little more nervouse around my boyfriend. Recently he’s been yelping and nipping for no reason. My boyfriend went upstairs to grab some stuff and shadow was infront of the door and as he opened it shadow began yelping and snaped at him again while leaveing a trail of pee behind. Shadow is my world and i am his. Hes a damn good dog and very loyal. But if this continues he’ll have to go. Any help or advice would be much apriciated. Thank you.
Have you gotten him to a vet to rule out anything medical? Have you hired a veterinary behaviorist to help you deal with this?
We don’t have a lot of money i can’t hire any body. I cant afford to do any of that. And i know none of it is medical related.
Honestly, Alex, if you’re unwilling to find a way to make this work, maybe finding him another home is the best thing for him.
He very well COULD have something medically wrong. How do you know he doesn’t?
How in the world can you have a dog for 5 years and even consider getting rid of him because of a man? Will this boyfriend be around in 5 years? You can bet the dog will be if you don’t ruin his life by sending him back out into the world of rescue. You are correct, you are Shadow’s entire world – it would be wonderful if he was as important to you as some man. Dogs are not disposable.
6 yr old cat vomiting and urinating a lot but she still has her appetite
I’m 27 and have had my dog since college. He’s a 6-year-old male Cockapoo who I adore, and who is normally in great health (besides the occasional ear infection). I take him on an hour and half walk daily, feed him a potato and duck based diet, and make every attempt to give him the best care possible (regular vet check-up, shots, etc).
A couple months ago I realized he was frequently squatting to pee, but nothing comes out. He urinates normally when first let out, but then makes a ton of other squats, prolonged squats, where nothing or just a few drops comes out. At times, its almost impossible to walk at all as he will continue to squats over and over again for 30 minutes. He hasn’t had any incontinence or more than normal desire to go outside (except for every now and then, when he’ll go out, pee once, then keep squatting over and over again and want to go out soon after- but that’s not daily). However, I woke up this morning to a couple drops of blood on the carpet, which I can only assume were from his many attempts. Previously, there has been no presence of blood in his urine.
I’ve been to the vet SEVERAL times, and spent the majority of my savings and money trying to figure out what’s wrong (even with vet insurance, I’ve spent almost all I have). He has had a cystoscopy (camera inserted) to check for urethral cancer (none), full abdominal ultrasound, plenty of x-rays and blood tests done. They have ruled out bladder cancer, his blood work is normal, and the x-rays show nothing except a slightly enlarged liver (though since blood work is normal so they think the was born with it). They have ruled out a UTI, bladder stones, and just about everything else you can think of that would seem obvious. The only abnormalities are really the dysuria, mildly protruding abdomen, the appearance of a layer of fluid on the outside of his bladder, and some abnormal bacteria.
Please help. I can’t afford much more and I really love my dog.
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Recently, my cat has had possible seizures. This only happens when he gets in a grooming position where he twists his upper body around to be able to lick his back. He then stiffens up, and falls over. A couple of days ago, he urinated on my bed while he was having a possible seizure. Are these seizures or a nerve getting pinched?
Hello my friend has a one year old in spayed staff she’s has had two seasons so far. After her second we began noticing after she would urinate she would drip roughly 4-8 drips of blood. Then the same thing began happening when she pooed I was wondering if what this could be and if we must take her to a vets
YES, SHE NEEDS A VET. urinating blood is VERY abnormal! he should also schedule her spay while there…
They don’t want her spayed they want her bred as they wish to keep some of the pups when she is of age (of course that would be after thorough veterinary examination and an all clear to go ahead with breeding) she plans to take her to the vets as soon as possible thank you very much for your feedback. Much appreciated
unless she came from parents who:
1 – are BOTH titled in something (AKC Ch, Obedience, Agility, Rally, etc.),
2 – are BOTH fully health tested to the specifics of the breed (almost none of which can be done in a normal vet’s office),
she should not be bred…and unless SHE is titled in at least one of the aforementioned venues, plus full health testing (which includes going to a cardiologist, an ophthalmologist, and OFA-certified vets for eyes, hips, elbows, thyroid), then she should not be bred. there are far too many bully mixes in shelters and rescue.
that they haven’t taken her to the vet yet makes me very, very worried that they aren’t going to do the rest. please, try to talk them into reconsidering, or at least finding a mentor in the breed who DOES show and work titled dogs.
and if they aren’t doing all of the above, their priorities are unethical at best.
I don’t own animals my self as I can’t where I live but this dogs owner is the most kind and loving person towards animals. This is however her first female dog as she had a german shepherd who lived to a ripe old age of 13 before passing away due to cancer so she knows what to do with animals and is not being “unethical at best”
unless she’s doing EVERYTHING i listed prior to breeding, her goals are suspect…which would make her an unethical breeder.
loving one’s dogs does not make one an ethical breeder. there’s a right way and a wrong way to go about it, and the right way is expensive and requires an entire lifestyle change to focus on trialing and titling those dogs. it’s HARD to do it right.
A title doesn’t make a dog. I’d take a untitled mongrel over a titled purebred any day
so what happens when the dog ends up with a horrible temperament because the breeder didn’t title their dog(s) to prove they fit the standard of the breed? ethical breeders make a point to ensure they breed dogs that fit the standard…because predictability is exceedingly important, ESPECIALLY for working breeds. i have never known a person to put down a well bred purebred dog for temperament issues, but i’ve known LOTS of mutts and poorly bred dogs with significant unfixable temperament problems over the years.
what happens when someone dumps one of her puppies? an ethical breeder requires a puppy go back to them with a legally binding contract.
what happens when one of those puppies has a birth defect or something that could have been prevented through health testing? an ethical breeder tests annually to avoid preventable problems and will assist puppy buyers with birth defects and/or agree to take the puppy back and refund the buyer.
what happens when the puppy buyer has questions and concerns? an ethical breeder is there for the life of the dog.
i have NEVER met a mutt breeder who did these things. i have NEVER met a mutt breeder who actually cared where their puppies go, or care what happens once they’re sold. i’ve never met a mutt breeder who cared about keeping their puppies out of shelters.
have you been to a shelter? have you seen all the mutts there? if you want a mutt, GO TO A SHELTER. don’t continue to fund people who have no business breeding. please.
Pure breeds are more commonly in bred and most likely to have health problems. Cross breeds were bred for the genetic benefits that come with it ie no/less health problems.
Yes I have been to shelters.
Yes I have worked in kennels.
I have experience with many different types of animals.
But temperament isn’t just bred in to a dog. It is about your environment and their surroundings. Even the nicest and most easy going of dogs from the highest quality breeder can turn bad if brought up in the wrong environment. And a cross breed who’s raised in the right environment will havr a wonderful temperament perfect behaviour and be a perfect dog. It’s not just the dog it’s the owner aswell.
I personally would get a shelter dog not as my first dog but I would get one. Or a rescue dog or any animal many many animals…… However I would want to spend time with the animal first to see if we bond and to check them out see if they are friendly with me etc
i’m referring to ethical, reputable breeders who do thorough pedigree research. it’s easy as hell to avoid inbreeding.
though the shelter system never sees these dogs – they never enter the system due to the contracts in place to protect those dogs. those breeders always take those dogs back, regardless of age or reason for return.
support ethical breeding and support shelters. do not support people who intentionally mix breeds or don’t bother doing the most basic things (titling their breeding stock to prove they should be bred, full health testing, full pedigree research). it’s pretty simple, really.
Hello, my name is Zachary and I am looking for help on an adult cat rectal prolase, anything you can help me with would be greatly appreciated.A few months ago my cat got very sick. He couldn’t drink water or eat. He urinated on himself where he laid. I believe he had perhaps got into a neighbor houses rat poison or maybe antifreeze. After a few days of him being near death, it seemed as though he had came back to himself. He still wouldn’t eat hard food but he drank liquids so I gave him kitten formula because that’s what was available at my local stores. He gained his weight back but there was one persistent problem. He used the litter box constantly. Mostly urinating and he would go back to back several times. And now the rectal prolapse. I understand the treatment for the prolapse but how do I solve the cause of the problem? Is there a certain price the treatment will cost that I should expect? And is there any financial assistance that I can look in to? I know you are in a different state “Im in KY” but maybe something national? Thank you for reading all of this, I really need to know what to expect before I move forward with the issue. Also I found out about you through your youtube channel, keep up the excellent work, Krista.
My 3 year old German Shepherd has always had these issues: Excessive water intake, Scarfs down his food in seconds, Will not gain weight, Urinates and Defecates in the house and seems un-trainable, He constantly paces and just wont set still unless he is kenneled and he will still do circles and pace in his cage if he does set still out of it its for a minute at most, He recently though lost some hair on his stomach in a larch patch close to his chest.
get his kidneys checked with an ultrasound. get a full urinalysis done as well as bloodwork. we had these symptoms in our first dobe, and it turned out he had something called renal displaysia – his kidneys were underdeveloped. eventually he went into renal failure after a bout of dehydration.
How long could a dog live with Renal Displaysia? And those tests are under way waiting until next paycheck and I am taking him in just wanting to be prepared for something exactly like what your saying.
do what Laura says i think thats a good idea
your dog has already outlived mine, so i can’t really give an accurate estimate.
I was only asking since he is 3 I am just looking for some hope that thats not it although its really the only thing that has made any sense. He goes in Friday for tests this is more just a form of support in a sense I am preparing myself for what the answers could be at first I thought the worst thing would be diabetes so hearing this is pretty concerning. Another thing about him that would lead me to believe that correct me please if I am wrong though, he was the runt….Would that be more likely to give a dog that diesese?
though, according to the folks at UPenn, it CAN be the reason a dog doesn’t develop properly. that’s what happened to our boy. he didn’t develop properly, was the smallest at birth, etc.
Thank you for your answer. Experts say different things and prescribed different medicaments. we realy dont know what to do and whom to listen