Again my dog does not have a UTI. I had a concern about that being a possibility and took him to a Vet a little over a month ago. They catherized him and his urine was like water from overdrinking.
I was told that there was a remote possibility of a condition called Diabetes Insipidus in which the pituitary gland does not put out proper anti diuretic hormone and thus is unable to retain water and concentrate it and drinks more water as a result. I understand that lack of water can cause dehydration no matter what the cause and since I am retired and with my dog most of the time keep a close watch on his water bowl and add water when empty. I simply don't fill it full. Since I have been doing this it has stopped him from gulping water as much. The vet wanted to see if my dog was able to concentrate his urine at times and gave me a syringe to collect some. The problem was that my dog was potty training and it was impossible to collect a specimen as I never knew where or when he was going to pee.
What I was saying previously is if he has this condition probably the best opportunity to collect specimen and see if he is able to concentrate urine would be in the morning after he has woke up from a nights sleep when you would expect the pee to be more concentrated.
My dog is not getting dehydrated. He is very active, plays, wags his tail and is happy. I keep an eye on the moisture in his mouth. I have a medical background and understand that he needs to be allow to satisfy his thirst.
Although I don't think that he has Diabetes Insipidus it is worth ruling that out if I can collect a pee specimen. I didn't do it this morning as we got bad ice storm today and I was focused on just getting him outside without falling on the ice and cracking my skull but I plan on doing this as I don't think that he should be requesting to go outside so frequently at this stage and then peeing inside shortly after coming in if I don't take him back out when he requests it every time.
I appreciate the thoughts and suggestions though. I'll try to let everyone know after I get a pee specimen what the Vet says. |