I really appreciate everyone’s input. Thank you very much.
Since the second vet thinks Gus is okay, I’m going to assume that this is correct for the next 30 days.
I’ll continue to focus on what he is eating. I think that something that he eating is triggering excessive thirst. If this is the case, he may still have a problem because I’m not feeding him anything unusual. Perhaps the dry food makes him thirsty, but lot’s of dogs eat dry food, and don’t have Gus’ problem.
From late March until September, I fed him Science Diet – Nature’s Best for puppies, with a small amount of canned Pedigree puppy food to moisten the dry food. The second vet recommended either Pet Promise or Paul Newman’s dog food. I purchased both, but Newman’s is very concentrated, and I’m afraid his hunger will not be satisfied. So, now I’m feeding him Promise.
Gus either sleeps, or chews, or is hunting for something to chew. One year old today, and he’s still chewing non-stop. I need to find something for him to chew, that doesn’t trigger his thirst. The other day I gave him his first Bully Stick, and it triggered thirst. Two nights later I gave him a Pedigree Dental Bone, and this triggered thirst. I only resorted to the latter two chew products, because he lost interest in his other chew toys.
He sleeps in my bedroom at night. I close the door so he can’t get out, and get into trouble chewing things. He has no access to water in my bedroom. Most of the time, recently, he makes it through the night without urinating in my room. I’m surprised that, when we get up to go for a walk, he bypasses the water bowl. This seems to support something the premise that something he is eating triggering the excessive thirst.
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