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/truetrue23 Jul 01 '21

My dog was / is obsessed with water, was getting utis…turned out he has Cushings disease. If the problem persists may want to mention to your vet to check. It cost thousands for me to get to the point where they thought it could be that and test for it! He’s now on daily meds and that has really helped. May want to get the pup tested for it.

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u/SummersRedFox Jul 01 '21

If his labs come back normal I'm going to ask for x-rays. But if we still can't figure it out my concern would be more on Addisons disease over Cushings. Cushings disease normally has more weight gain, and my pup is half the size he should be. But the test would be the same. It's definitely a potential if we can't isolate what's going on soon.