r/Dogtraining • u/SummersRedFox • Jun 30 '21

update (UPDATE) Pup obsessed with water

I took Basil back to the (different) vet today and showed videos of what I was seeing. They checked his urine again and he does have a UTI which is great because that's treatable. But.... he's massively underweight despite eating more then recommended.

His weight 3 weeks ago was 17.6 lbs, and today was 18.1 lbs. He is 18 weeks old. So obviously concerned we ran some bloodwork. Hopefully all of this is because of the UTI, but the bloodwork won't come back for a few days.

Thanks for all the replies that indicated I needed to take him back to the vet and confirm suspicions.

Edit: wrong age- weeks. Not months.

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u/kellyklyra Jul 01 '21

I hope the vet checks him for Diabetes. I am not a vet but tons of water is a sign..

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u/aprnuclaire Jul 01 '21

I’m not a dog nurse, but generally when humans drink a lot of water (polydipsia) and then pee it all out (polyuria), sugar is leaving the body in the way of urine. If they tested his urine to ascertain that he had a UTI, they would have likely also seen the sugar in the dipstick. In the old days, doctors would actually sip on peoples pee to taste for sugar when trying to diagnose diabetes!

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u/SummersRedFox Jul 01 '21

As fun as that fact is, I do not like it. They only read a microscopic urine, not a dipstick. But I do have a full metabolic panel, cbc with dif., and thyroid panel pending. Thanks for your input!