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***UPDATE**** Hello All, Two weeks ago we had the surgery to remove the stone and all is well! He was back to normal about a day after the surgery. The vet had the stone analysed and it is a CYSTINE stone, which we all thought it WOULD NOT be. The the tests and symptoms leading up to the...

Thanks Osermayer. This is very helpful. I think surgery maybe the only option.

He has a little pink blood at the end when urinating. He seems to want to go out to pee more often. He is able to hold his pee throughout the night but has had a couple small accidents in the house in the last couple a weeks which is unusual.

Thanks RiiSi, your feedback is definitely helpful. I was thinking of putting Chewbert on a Hill's C/D or Royal Canin SO diet that will dissolve struvite stones. After having him on the diet for a month we would xray him to see if the stone is dissolving. If not then surgery will probably be...

Hello, We have a 2.5 year old English Bulldog that has been recently diagnosed, via x-ray, with a 1cm bladder stone. We (the vet) has determined that his PH is alkaline so their educated guess is that it's a Struvite stone. We would like to avoid surgery and would rather dissolve the stone...