What does it mean when an older dog starts drinking a lot of water? It doesn’t mean you should freak out that’s for sure, but you absolutely have to take some sort of action. First of all, how much…
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When Red was diagnosed with kidney issues, my first thought was how to treat kidney disease in dogs naturally. I’ve been interested in alternative treatments for myself and then later for my pets, for quite some time. Due to various…
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Let’s talk about why you really need pee pads! As someone who regrets not buying stock in a pee pad company, I couldn’t even guess how many thousands I’ve gone through over the years. Who knew one dog, never…
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We understand what kidney disease in senior dogs is, and how it is diagnosed. Now we are going to discuss the various treatment options available, to manage it as best we can. Treatment options for acute renal failure (ARF) We…
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Basically, kidney disease in dogs is diagnosed by measuring the levels of two waste products in the blood: blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and creatinine. A urinalysis rounds out the testing. Here is a bit more detail. Urinalysis When your vet…
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**THIS POST WAS UPDATED JUNE 1, 2018** Quite a few of my dogs and cats have been affected by kidney issues, actually I’d have to say most of them have. Sadly, just two weeks ago I had to say…
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