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Old 03-16-2010, 04:17 PM   #7
ziggy925
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Well, I finally spoke with the vet, and he said it's not uncommon for dogs to have crystals in their urine, and because Ruger is so young it's very doubtful he has kidney or bladder stones. He's going to take a sample directly from his bladder when Ruger is knocked out, but he said he's enclined to do nothing, no diet no antibiotics, as whatever infection he had is gone now (latest urinalysis).

The vet said if Ruger shows signs of straining or peeing everywhere we'll take another look, but the fact that's he's trained at my house, but pees all over my girlfriend's house, is a behavioral problem and not caused by the crystals.

So, I'm not as worried as I was, and hopefully the urin draw he does tomorrow may yield exactly what the problem is. He even said it's possible a draw directly from the bladder may show nothing -- Ruger is pretty low to the ground.
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