UTI? or what?

[Varga]

Hiya. I was hoping someone could give me some advice, or just help me understand what's wrong with my dog Taggart.
About a week ago, or so, Taggart peed inside the house (which definitely isn't normal for him) and even worse it had blood in it. I took him to the vet the same day and the vet gave him some antibiotics and said it was most likely an infection and should clear up already the next day. But just in case it didn't, he also took a blood sample so he could check if something was up with the kidneys. The antibiotics didn't work however, so the vet went on to test the blood but luckily it wasn't the kidneys either.
So now Taggart is on stronger antibiotics and .. I don't know.. He's suppose to take those for a week and today is his second day and I haven't seen any improvement so far and I'm beginning to feel very frustrated. Taggart doesn't seem to be in pain tho'.. and he hasn't peed inside the house again but he still needs to go about 10 times more often than normal and a lot of the time he just pees a little bit and then he just stands there and looks like he's peeing but nothing comes out. Sometimes his pee looks a bit bloody and other times it looks fine. So yeah. Something is definitely wrong... but I don't know what and apparently neither does the vet! -_-
I'm beginning to doubt that my vet knows what he's doing but sadly there are only two vets in this country and I trust the other one even less >_<

Anybody have any advice or something? Do the actions of the vet seem logical to you? I know vets can't always know exactly what's wrong with an animal. But still...this has been going on for so long I'm beginning to get really worried :(

[Catlady711]

Kinda sounds like either a UTI or stones to me, but I'm not a vet.

Antibiotics take time to work, they don't just cure a problem in a day or two especially if it's a bad infection.

I would see if you can get a urine sample and take to your vet. That should help them find any crystals if there are any or detect high PH levels, infection etc.

Out of pure curiousity, what antibiotics did your vet prescribe? Just a personal curiosity you don't have to answer that if you don't want.

[BC_MoM]

You said your vet gave him antibiotics and did a blood test - but he do a urinalysis??

[Sighthounds4me]

You said your vet gave him antibiotics and did a blood test - but he do a urinalysis??

My thoughts exactly! And if one abx does not work, after a urinalisys has been done, DO A CULTURE to find out what bacteria is being dealt with. Then you can hit it where it lives, with a targeted abx.

Oh, and, regarding the need to urinate more often, this makes sense. If you've ever had a UTI, you'd know what that urgency is like - you can't help it, and often, you urinate only a small amount.

Good luck!

[Varga]

Sorry, yes he did take a urine sample and looked for crystals. He couldn't find any tho'. Or at least that's what I understood.

I think the name of the first antibiotics is Clamoxyl. It's difficult to read however because the vet gave me the pills in a plastic bag and the name is written by hand. The second ones (which he is taking now) are called Baytril vet. Enrofloxacin. He gets 25mg every day for a week.

Taggart is still peeing a lot. Today the pee foamed .. I've never seen that before. But then again, perhaps I haven't paid as much attention to his pee like I have these past couple of weeks :P So that might be it.

Anyway. I guess I just worry too much and should trust my vet some more :o He's very vague, you know. It's just his personality I guess but that doesn't mean he's a bad veterinarian. I've had bad experiences before with the other vet so that's probably why I felt the need to post here and get my frustration out :o

[BC_MoM]

Do you mean Clavamox?

If there is no improvement by tomorrow, I would take him back. He needs more testing - not a different antibiotic. They won't do anything if they're not going after the problem.

[Giselle]

Just had to pop in and say that pee does foam from time to time. It probably has more to do with the force of the urine being expelled from the body than chemical make-up :) I know horse urine sure does foam, and when the pups have to go badly, it foams. Physics, I suppose!

[Varga]

Sorry for being so late to reply.. and bumping a thread that really doesn't belong here because it's more of a rant I suppose XD

Anyhoo.. Just wanted to say that he's fine now :) The second antibiotics did the trick and he's peeing normally again.