I'm not speaking from personal experience as my dog has never had bladder stones, but I am on another list (K9Kdiet) where stones are discussed quite often. Much depends on the composition of the stone. Without having the stone analyzed, it would be difficult to know for sure what type of stone it is, but there are certain clues in a urinalysis. If there are crystals in the urine, you may be dealing with CaOx stones. Struvite stones are generally caused by infection and the PH of the urine would be high?
There is a special, home cooked diet that many people on the kidney list have used and had success with for dissolving the CaOx stones and preventing more stones from forming. It's called "Fuzzer Food", and again no personal experience here so I'm just trying to remember bits and pieces of what I've read. Youc can google "Fuzzer Food" for bladder stones and some information will come up. Or consider joining the yahoo group (K9Kdiet) where there are a LOT of people dealing with this issue. Good luck.
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