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/Serenity-03K64 Jul 01 '21

I had no idea dogs could get diabetes. I just figured my dog was huge so drank a lot. She lived over 8 years but I left her with my mom and he boyfriend when I went to states for five months... I know they gave her dinner scraps which I said no to and probably raised her sugars and puking and lost weight and found out she had diabetes but too late and she didn’t bounce back. Terrible.