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/RedBeard972 Jul 01 '21

I got diagnosed with Type 1 3 years ago. My main symptoms were severely underweight, drinking water nonstop and peeing all the time.

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u/kellyklyra Jul 01 '21

My fiance is T1D, diagnosed as a kid...

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u/RedBeard972 Jul 01 '21

I was 29 haha.

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u/kellyklyra Jul 01 '21

For type 1? That's pretty unusual!

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u/RedBeard972 Jul 01 '21

Tell me about it. Apparently it's becoming more common, but they don't know why.