Our little Max :(
 

My name is Matt, and my wife and 2 boys (6 and 11) have 3 yorkies and a yorkie poo that we love very much. Our first and most beloved, Max (my wife says he's her real soul mate), has been having some problems, but much of the time seems alright. I don't know what can be done, and we don't have much, but I'd do anything to have our little Maxie live out his life happy, if not perfectly healthy. His symptoms match many things, but our vet seems almost sure that its renal failure :(

-He often times seems listless, lazy, or depressed. This does not apply when one of us comes home or we have company. This also does not apply at dinner time. Or when he's trying to get over the doggy gate to us.
-He drinks excessively, in amounts that sometimes seem equal to 7-8oz in one sitting.
-He pees too often. For a long time now, he's sometimes peed while eating, or while running to the other dog's food bowls after eating.
-3 times lately, he's peed in his sleep, one time which he didn't even get up and move on his own.
-He usually doesn't have a problem getting on our bed (2 1/2 ft high), especially when there is a snack of ours up there. But at night if he jumps down to pee on the pad, he doesn't jump back up, he just puts his paws up on the edge of the bed and whines.
-He has lost some weight, down to 6.6lbs from 7.2-7.4lbs.

He's only 2 and a half, and he's the sweetest nicest dog you'd ever see. I really don't know if we can call our house a home without our Max. I know whatever's wrong, he'll do everything he can to stay here with us. What can we do to help him?

Have you brought him to the vet? I would start there. He might be going potty a lot because he is drinking a lot of water. I would get tests run on him to see if he is sick. Good luck and keep us updated.

Hi and Welcome to YT!

There are special diets and meds to help with renal failure. Was he checked for diabetes? Also treatable. Best to find out what's going on with him, and quickly so you can turn it around that much faster....

Reading the signs and symptoms, diabetes pops in my mind. Has that been ruled out by your vet yet?

I am so sorry

What has your vet said? If you haven't taken him there yet, please do so ASAP.

my older yorkie did this toward the end and it ended up being diabetes Get him to the vet and have him tested. He lost weight and was drinking and peeing all the time.
good luck