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Hello everyone,
I’ve got a 5 nearly 6 month old Lab cross Border collie, she’s absolutely beautiful and so well behaved but unfortunately I seem to be having nothing but issues with her urinary tract. When I first bought her home at 8 weeks (she came from a reputable breeder I saw mum & dad multiple times) I noticed she was drinking what I thought was quite a lot. I monitored this & measured it out so I could mention to the vet at her puppy health check, she was was drinking 1 and a half pints a day. At the vets I mentioned it and she happened to do a wee on the floor so he took some up in a syringe and it was literally crystal clear like water, so he checked it’s PH levels and it was so dilute it was practically water so he suggested I have bloods done to check her kidneys etc which of course I agreed to. The results came back & he said there may or may not be an issue so I think I’ll put her on antibiotics so she was on a course for nearly 3 weeks.
It seemed to clear this issue up as she stopped drinking so much but then a few weeks later I noticed that she had discharge coming from her vulva and her fur around the area was all sticky, she was 100% fine in herself eating/drinking as normal not bothering with the area at all so I wiped it clean but it kept coming back so I took her to the vets again and he stuck a scope up her Vulva to look and said yes there’s pus and starts talking straight away about scans and this procedure and that and how it could be an anatomy abnormality. I said well are you not going to check her urine again and he starts telling me about how she’ll need to be sedated to get a sterile one or I could try a free flow catch but run the risk of there being bacteria anyway I said I’ll take the risk and see what happens, as it turns out he rang me and told me that the results came back negative for any bacteria at all but that her PH levels were a bit off so suggested for now I put her on a urinary supplement which she’s been on for a month.
Unfortunately this hasn’t sorted out the problem she’s still getting vulva discharge, she’s not at all bothered by it she’s not licking the area or anything but obviously I’m really worried. We’ve got an appointment to be seen on Monday, she is insured I’m just reluctant for her to be put through unnecessary procedures at such a young age, I’m aware puppies can get vaginitis but not one person at the vets has mentioned this to me as a possibility they seem to just want to dive straight in with scans etc.
I’m uploading a photo of today this is the most/worst I’ve ever seen the discharge, usually it’s only a little bit. I’ve washed it away with a water wet wipe and nothings come back and this is what happens it can stay away for a week maybe and then it happens again it’s so odd.
Any suggestions or has anyone experienced similar? I’m so stressed out.
Thanks
I’ve got a 5 nearly 6 month old Lab cross Border collie, she’s absolutely beautiful and so well behaved but unfortunately I seem to be having nothing but issues with her urinary tract. When I first bought her home at 8 weeks (she came from a reputable breeder I saw mum & dad multiple times) I noticed she was drinking what I thought was quite a lot. I monitored this & measured it out so I could mention to the vet at her puppy health check, she was was drinking 1 and a half pints a day. At the vets I mentioned it and she happened to do a wee on the floor so he took some up in a syringe and it was literally crystal clear like water, so he checked it’s PH levels and it was so dilute it was practically water so he suggested I have bloods done to check her kidneys etc which of course I agreed to. The results came back & he said there may or may not be an issue so I think I’ll put her on antibiotics so she was on a course for nearly 3 weeks.
It seemed to clear this issue up as she stopped drinking so much but then a few weeks later I noticed that she had discharge coming from her vulva and her fur around the area was all sticky, she was 100% fine in herself eating/drinking as normal not bothering with the area at all so I wiped it clean but it kept coming back so I took her to the vets again and he stuck a scope up her Vulva to look and said yes there’s pus and starts talking straight away about scans and this procedure and that and how it could be an anatomy abnormality. I said well are you not going to check her urine again and he starts telling me about how she’ll need to be sedated to get a sterile one or I could try a free flow catch but run the risk of there being bacteria anyway I said I’ll take the risk and see what happens, as it turns out he rang me and told me that the results came back negative for any bacteria at all but that her PH levels were a bit off so suggested for now I put her on a urinary supplement which she’s been on for a month.
Unfortunately this hasn’t sorted out the problem she’s still getting vulva discharge, she’s not at all bothered by it she’s not licking the area or anything but obviously I’m really worried. We’ve got an appointment to be seen on Monday, she is insured I’m just reluctant for her to be put through unnecessary procedures at such a young age, I’m aware puppies can get vaginitis but not one person at the vets has mentioned this to me as a possibility they seem to just want to dive straight in with scans etc.
I’m uploading a photo of today this is the most/worst I’ve ever seen the discharge, usually it’s only a little bit. I’ve washed it away with a water wet wipe and nothings come back and this is what happens it can stay away for a week maybe and then it happens again it’s so odd.
Any suggestions or has anyone experienced similar? I’m so stressed out.
Thanks
