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Originally Posted by joey301  Thanks for this information. My Smartypants was just diagnosed with bladder stones. The vet did not get a successful urinalysis though. His stones are small crystals and he shows no symptoms except trouble and increased frequency of urination.
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It has been a long time since i posted here but I wanted to follow up. Smartypants has had a rough year. He suffered a concussion a few months ago. He was spinning and spinning in a circle to greet me when I got home and he hit his head on the wall. He collapsed immediately and I thought he was dead. Stiff body, tongue hanging out, eyes wide open. We noticed he was still breathing and took him to the emergency room. On the way there, he came to, after being unconscious for nearly 30 minutes. They kept him over night, he came home, he was ok in a few days at home.
Then, we noticed a problem. He was not peeing properly. When he urniated, his little body shook, he kept shaking his hind leg, and he made squeaking noises. So, back to the vet. Since he had been diagnosed with Bladder stones before, we did a few days antibiotic treatment, no effect. So, we did the full diagnostic path...x-rays, urinalysis, then two CAT scans. Turns out, he had no bladder stones, so the original diagnosis from a few years ago had been incorrect and we put him back on normal food. However, the vet did not know what was wrong with him, he showed no signs of any infection and the scans were completely normal.
Today, he still urinates funny, but he is otherwise fine. I declined to take him to a further specialist, since I had already spent well over $1,000. He is a perfectly lively little Yorkie, but he still has pee pee issues.
The other one..Ruggles..He is still too fat and has an eating disorder. He lives for mostly food...that and going for walks. His spirit is into it, but he has a collapsing trachea (mild) which affects his ability to really enjoy his walks and I frequently have to pick him up at the end of the walk period.
They are both adorable.