UTI in small breeds

[citygirl]

So, has anyone else had this problem. My sweet little Pumpkin underwent surgery Monday to remove a stone in her bladder.

Since I've had her (the end of May), we've had 2 trips to the vet because of blood in her urine. The 2nd trip was a more extensive exam to determine why the recurring infection.

First time we spent a week on antibiotics second trip was 2 weeks on antibiotics and a prescription diet. We go back for the checkup, and we find still a small amount of blood and sediment in the urine. So, it's off to the back for an x-ray. What does the x-ray show, a stone the size of a butterbean. My poor, poor baby.

She actually came thru it so well, she was able to come home a day earlier than expected. She's recovering very well. There was only one stone, very easy to remove and very little scar tissue.

Now that that's taken care of and in addition to the PetSmart training classes we're enrolled in, hopefully I will not have to take the anger managment classes my dear sweet husband keeps threatening me with.:mad::smt013

[aaron]

How did you find out a dog had UTI?

[OLDLADY]

Citygirl...My heart goes out to you...I thought I was the only one with the bad luck with pets...Glad she's doing so well and take care.

[citygirl]

Let me first start out by saying Pump is not the best house trained pet I've had (we know now what part of the problem was). Well, the first time we discovered it, was July 4th. We were at a friends camp for the holiday. We were in the kitchen and I noticed a small redish blob on the floor. I thought what is that. Well I wiped it up, not thinking anything about. There were kids around and I just assumed somebody spilled something on the floor.

A little later on, there was another spot to clean up. Further on in the evening, I saw her squat in the floor and the red stuff was coming from her. I picked her up and turned her over and the hair around her tee-tee was kinda matted and bloody. She's been spayed, so I knew she wasn't in heat.

The next day was our first trip to vet. Then the first of August it started up again. When we would take her outside, she would squat several times but never wet the grass. And then when she would it would be bloody. That was our 2nd trip to the vet.

[aaron]

Ouch. That sounds terrible.

[SouthChic]

Yep, it does. They are painful... I've had a couple of UTI's before. Nothing nice about it. :( Sorry your baby is going through this, Citygirl.

[citygirl]

I would also notice sometimes when I picked her up a certain way, she would kinda whine. She is not a barker or a whiner much. I'd be like...what did I do? How did I hurt her, I just picked her up?

I'm guessing now, that if the stone was in a certain place in her bladder, I was pressing on it and didn't know it. All in all, she has the greatest temperment and personality. Had it not been for the blood in her urine, I would have never known she was sick.