I'm giving the vet a call after Christmas to ask a few more questions. I've been doing a bunch of internet research lately. I will go ahead and continue with the last of the tests. This post is a little long, sorry, I guess it's more for personal notes as well.

My mom <as always> has been giving me a hard time about this..we were yelling at each other over it yesterday, she said she dosen't care what the problem is but that she won't have a dog that "pees on the floor" in her house. I tried to talk to her about it tonight...tried really hard to explain some things to her. She told me that I can't afford it and that in 6 months he will still be peeing on the floor and everything will come back fine and it'll just be a mental thing and that will be that- ! I left that comment alone, and I was still trying to talk out some things...talking about maybe putting a pee pad somewhere in case of accidents (which she told me I was NOT to do until my grandparents left... ) and other things..but she got frustrated and told me that she would love to talk more (in a sarcastic way) but that she was tired and she went to go to bed. Well she was still up an hour later walking around the house *sigh*.

This is how its been going...I let Romeo out at about 10:40ish, I watched him go pee for 38 seconds (I counted) and then he was out there for about 5-7 minutes. And then I let him in and heard him drink some water-no big deal, a few sips. At about 11, I went out front for a cigarette, and he tried to come with me but I wouldn't let him because my neighbors were outside. I come inside and he had an accident that went from dribbling for about 4 feet to increasing to a puddle about the size of a dinner plate. Cleaned it up...then at exactly 11:16 Sam had to go out, so everyone did, and right away romeo went and peed for about 20 seconds. I definately think there is a problem there, that's every 15 minutes.

I wonder about the cushings-I'm not sure what to think. He does not have any skin problems/hair loss/pot belly nor is he lethargic. Here are the symptoms:
These animals typically present with symmetrical hair loss; excessive eating, drinking, and urination; lethargy; and a distended abdomen. They commonly have other skin abnormalities and secondary urinary tract infections as well
He DOES bolt his food and does act frantic when the other dogs are getting treats..when I give another dog a treat, he'll run to that dog to try and snatch it. He dosen't keep weight on very well..I had him on Chicken Soup, he lost weight, had him on Nutro, he gained it back okay but I wasn't too fond of nutro, so I switched to Exclusive (blech) and he really seemed to thin out, switched back to nutro recently and he did seem to fill out again, but now he seems to have dropped a bit. When looking down at him, he seems to have an extremely thin waist, and can feel ribs by just placing your hand on him. I don't know if this is a related problem.

CDI, Central Diabetes Insipidus, is an impaired ability of the kidney that causes them to become over dehydrated and they can die if they don't drink enough, which is the reason for excessive drinking. It CAN (not always) be caused by head trauma..which makes me think, a few weeks after I got him I brought him to my mom's house, and let him outside...we had a concrete bench next to the door on a concrete patio...and he went to put his paws on the window but missed and fell face first and then sat up and looked at me and his head bobbed up and down. He didn't seem any worse for the wear but it's just one of those things you just remember.

Anways, so I just gotta check with my vet to make sure that it's okay that we do the testing a few weeks after the holidays (let my finances recoup). I also want to see why he recommends doing the cushings test before the diabetes insipidus.

So keep those good thoughts coming for Romeo..we may still have a bit of a road to cover before we figure out what's going on. Thanks.