Re: [PyrNet-L] kidney problems

["J Benson" <jonbob@earthlink.net>]

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> From: SDOBSCHA@lnmta.bentley.edu
> To: pyrnet-l@gamerz.net
> Subject: [PyrNet-L] kidney problems
> Date: Friday, February 19, 1999 12:45 PM
> 
> 
> 
> is there a history of kidney problems in pyrs?  seamus is drinking too
much
> water and his urine is too clear, according to the vet.  he sometimes
can't
> control his bladder and upon waking up will just start peeing without
alerting
> us that he needs to go out (we call it the peepee dance but you don't
need to
> know that).  anyway, the vet is going to do a water deprivation study
where they
> will control his drinking all day and take tests periodically of his
urine to
> see if his bladder is capable of holding urine for the right amount of
time and
> what consistency the urine is.
> 
> he asked if this type of problem is characteristic of pyrs and i don't
remember
> there being that many posts about kidney problems, but you don't tune
into those
> things unless they are directly relevant.
> 
> btw, we have been working closely with a trainer who has helped a lot
with
> seamus' behavioral problems.  his new thing however is that he doesn't
like the
> stream of workmen coming into the apartment to fix stuff.  this seems
relatively
> normal but he does lunge at them unless we have him on a leash.  this is
what is
> frustrating about him--at the vet yesterday, he had a catheter put in, a
> thermometer in his you know what, and a blood sample taken all without
even a
> glance at the vet who was doing all these weird things.  then when we get
home
> the neighbor's dog walker was in the hall (seamus hears her go twice a
day every
> day) and he lunged at her in an aggressive manner.  it's frustrating to
have an
> upredictable pyr BUT he is getting better.  no more aggressive play with
me or
> my fiance, a lot less fighting with other dogs, and almost no chewing or
other
> separation anxiety activities.  also, he's much better with guests now
(before
> he was all over them sometimes jumping up).  the trainer has helped a
lot.
> 
> anyway, let me know about the kidney problems and what i should alert the
vet
> to, if anything.
> 
> 
> susan
> 
> 
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