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Thor's kidney failure, more like bladder control. Possible annemia?

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Jeri Rowland says:

What I don't understand, is that my friend's dog is 4 years old, and suddenly has the same systems. From what I have read about kidney failure, Thor is more like bladder control. If he were human, he would need depends. The second Vet sold my son some some science diet food, which is high protien. Could annemia have anything to do with this? Before his reaction to the worm medicine, he would go for walks, and drink water without any problems. Before we took him to the other Vet, he was starting to eat meat again, not much, but he was eating. Now, he won't eat or drink. I keep checking him, and he is not dehydrated. The ensure is the closest thing I could find to a puppy formula, he gets a bottle a day, 1/2 in the morning and 1/2 in evening, and I give him water. He is urinating, so his kidneys haven't shut down. I guess I need a more specific answer to this kidney, possible annemia thing. Is there another website I could go to to learn more?

• Experienced Advisor Mark Nunez says:

  December 14th, 2008 at 07:32 PM

  With kidne disease you can have no urine production or too much urine production.  It can go either way.  Anemia is seen with chronic kidney failure.  In such a young dog the top suspect would be a disease called Leptosporosis.  It's a bacterial disease that is spread through the urine of rodents.  It is treatable with Amoxicillin.  The diet that your friends dog should be on should be low in protein, something like Hill's K/D.  If Lepto is not the cause, the only thing to do is manage the disease.  Unfortunately it will not go away if the underlying cause cannot be found.

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