Poor Gracie

[RescueMe]

Is this dog ever going to catch a break? She has a severe UTI. Blood in urine, excessively thirsty and peeing like crazy. Called the vet he told me to try Apple cider vinegar, probiotics, and echinacea and goldenseal in her food twice a day? Anyone ever heard of this?

He said if its not clearing up by friday he would give antibiotics. He doesnt want to now due to her being overloaded with them previously.

Thankfully she is acting ok..Like herself.

Laurie

 

[ImAGuinneyPig]

I have no experience with this....but thinking of you and lovely little Gracie

 

[BruceP]

Poor baby We give HRH a cranberry pill every day as a preventative of UTI. Once it gets cleared up you may want to do that too. Give her a in the meantime from me.

 

[RescueMe]

I give her cranberry pills everyday..I dont why this happened. I will give her a kiss from Uncle Bruce.

 

[karenben]

perhaps antibiotics are the only thing that will shift it quickly anything else will be a slow process ,poor girl and poor you for the worry its causing,perhaps for now double/tripple the dose of cranberry pills to try and boost it out of her,karen

 

[RescueMe]

The vet is just so worried about the massive antibiotics that she has been on since getting sick. He is trying a healthier way to get rid of it.

 

[Sherry]

Is this dog ever going to catch a break? She has a severe UTI. Blood in urine, excessively thirsty and peeing like crazy. Called the vet he told me to try Apple cider vinegar, probiotics, and echinacea and goldenseal in her food twice a day? Anyone ever heard of this?

He said if its not clearing up by friday he would give antibiotics. He doesnt want to now due to her being overloaded with them previously.

Thankfully she is acting ok..Like herself.

Laurie

I have never personally had this happen, I do know that the ACV (with the mother, Bragg brand) will balance the pH level, and the goldseal is herbal from a tree root the native's used in the winter months to enhance the immune system and keep colds away. The weed smokers use it too for cleansing the urine for pee tests. That's all I got for now. I sure hope she gets better soon.

 

[RescueMe]

Forgot to add that when I was extra cleaning her last night. She popped a cherry eye..I managed to massage it back in hopefully it will stay in.

 

[JAKEISGREAT]

I have never personally had this happen, I do know that the ACV (with the mother, Bragg brand) will balance the pH level, and the goldseal is herbal from a tree root the native's used in the winter months to enhance the immune system and keep colds away. The weed smokers use it too for cleansing the urine for pee tests. That's all I got for now. I sure hope she gets better soon.

Sherry..you have the best info ever!

Poor Miss Gracie...I bet it hurts her too! I hope something helps her quickly..

 

[Davidh]

Poor girl, hope she gets better soon.

 

[Sherry]

Sherry..you have the best info ever!

Poor Miss Gracie...I bet it hurts her too! I hope something helps her quickly..

teehee

 

[RiiSi]

Poor Gracie. I hope that if it is prolonged she doesn't get bladder stones, males get them easier but bitches can get them too. Unfortunately I don't anything else that you could give her. I hope she gets well soon.

 

[BabyDuke]

poor girl.. feel awful for her.. feel better soon!

 

[JeannieCO]

Poor girl. Hope she's feeling better soon!

 

[SunDog]

Aw, poor baby. Lupe had chronic utis and bladder crystals until we had to surgically rearrange her lady parts. She also had a stricture, which had to be manualy "stretched" weekly. She's been uti free since, but I still add water to her food daily and ACV in the water. I know the antibiotics are nasty, so it's great you have a vet willing to try something else, but this is a painful dangerous thing for your baby if it spreads to her kidneys. Can you up the cranberry?

One thing that might help is keeping her lady parts extra clean, especially after she goes potty. I bought a bunch of wash clothes as the dollar store and just soaked them in warm water and witch hazel and did compresses a few times a day, then wiped her dry. Even now when I occasionally clean her (she doesn't need it daily any more) Lupe will roll over on her back when she smells the whitch hazel! She loves the warmth. Because our babies can't clean themselves very well, that might be what happened. Good luck!!!!