Kidney Stones in Dogs

My 10 year old Standard Schnauzer has a kidney stone(seen on X-ray) Can an ultrasound exam determine the type of stone? I was told that there is only one type of stone that can not be treated with medication. Is this true? If so I would definitely will have an ultrasound to avoid surgery if possible. My girl is 10 years old today.She is having frequent bloody urination. She currently on an antibiotic and tramadol for pain. [email protected]

Hello! I'm here down in texas and before the hurricane i noticed my dog wasn't peeing very well. just drips. I took him to the vet the day before the hurricane and they gave me antibiotics considering they couldn't do anything else due to the storm. The vet told me it could be a UTI and he couldn't feel stones because you need an x-ray and his bladder didn't feel big so he was emptying it.
Now it has been about 2 weeks after the storm and i notice he has a small amount of blood in his pee. he is still dribbling and has no appetite. My question is... what should i do? is there any over the counter things i could do? i just changed his food to a Urine health food today. We have no money to spare due to Harvey. Should i wait and see if the food helps? should i buy some cranberry pills to dilute his pee? Please help me. i'm stressing out over this. Should i create a GoFund Me and get a surgery done??

My chorkie puppy is 9 months old. And weighs 2.8 lbs. Yesterday i noticed piddling in his pen. He has always had dark urine and a problem drinking water. Today he piddled and strained to urinate. His legs also shook. After dinner we noticed a fresh urine spot on my couch with 2 CHIA SEED size black (stones?) On the top of the spot. I saved the stones to bring to the vet. Seeing that he is urinating fine now, my question is. What should i do to keep him urinating ?
Samson is tired but, seems back to his old self. We are getting hit by a hurricane tomorrow so, it is impossible to bring him to an emergency vet this weekend.

My dog had surgery to remove kidney stones last May. This year the doctor saw 2 stones in his bladder again. His blood work is good and there is no blockage. We just changed his diet as per the vet's instructions, but she is leaning towards surgery again to remove these 2 stones. I am concerned about another surgery at his age and was wondering if I can closely monitor this instead with x-rays, etc.?

My Dalmatian has lots of kidney stones. They have damaged his bladder so much he can no longer pee. We may have to put him down. My question is this: would the xrays and ultrasounds have shown us the damaged bladder and saved us a $4000 surgery bill to be told the same thing? Wouldn't something have shown up before the surgery or was the surgery necessary to diagnose this problem? Thank you!

We found out today that our 7 year old westie has 2 kidney stones (found through x rays) They gave us antibiotics to put him on (his 3rd round as they thought it was a UTI at first.) They are also now recommending a very expensive MRI before they can determine if surgery is next. From reading all the above, no one has mentioned a MRI. Is that necessary? Should we be getting a 2nd option?

My question is: How will I know of my dog is recovering from kidney stones? Will I see a difference?
When we went to the vet, the doctor told us he had kidney stones and that one way that could help was the medication and a diet.

Pandora has never showed signs of pain or discomfort. She has had a couple of UTIs in the past and have been treated for them as them come. Recently the Vet found a mass in her abdomen and an ultrasound was done to determine the significance. Turns out there is a large stone/blockage at the base of her ureter right before the bladder from the right kidney. The mass ended up being her right kidney and we were told that it is expanded and most likely dead/non-functional. Her blood values are completely normal.

We stopped giving her scraps of food but in the long run we like giving her treats now and then such as peanut butter, some fruits (blueberries, apples, bananas), and the occasional (once/year) red meat dinner (no salt or seasoning). How likely is it that her diet was the root cause of the stone and how long has she had the blockage? How long would the stone had to have been there for her kidney to lose all function? How can the vet tell that the kidney is non-functional based on an ultrasound alone? What are some good 'human' foods or fresh foods that we can give her for meals/treats? I don't want to just give her kibble everyday with no other food type.

Hi, I don't know if this is kidney related, my dog has a appointment with the vet in couple of days but I was wondering if you might have an idea as to what I may be dealing with. My dog is 14 yrs old pomeranian mix. He has been making a goose sound for the past few months like he's coughing. Also the past month he's been urinating everywhere. I have to keep him in the bathroom at nigh so he doesn't damage my floors. He keeps asking for the door two minutes after I just put him outside. He seems to be straining to urinate when he is outside, sometimes nothing comes out at all and when he does urinate it's always in little piddle like amounts. Any ideas? I'd hate to have to put him down....

I have a pomeranian that had an xray done that showed kidney stones. He was given antibiotics, pain meds. How will i know that he has passed or is passing them?

my dog has a pinched nerve in her back and is walking alittle better then the vet said she has a kidney stones any way how much it would be

Hi, I have a 7 year old male Maltese who was diagnosed with more than 20 stones blocking his urethra. The vet wants to make an additional hole for him to pee and remove the stones that way. He shows no other signs, just frequent urination. My dog also has elevated calcium levels but has a normal chest and abdominal x-ray. Can this be attributed to the stones and am I able to avoid surgery and just have medication/diet?

Hello, my dog just had a kidney stone removal surgery, but he is leaking small amounts of urine all over the ground. This happens while he is standing and laying down. Is this normal? They said the stone was to big and they did surgery right away. Did they do something wrong if not normal?

My dog is one year post-cystotomy for removal of calcium oxalate bladder stones. Today in follow up radiographs, a new diagnosis of kidney stones was made. Comparing the radiographs from last year to today there were no calcifications notes in the kidneys. My dog is on a strict Urinary SO diet only. He is currently asymptomatic, with no grossly obvious abnormalities. My question is what are treatment options for kidney stones? Is extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) a reasonable treatment option?

I have a 2 year old shih tzu that was diagnosed with an early stage of Ehrlichia. He was given Doxycycline 2 times a day to treat his Ehrlichia. However, I observed that he begun to have thick blood in his urine and small drops of blood keeps on dripping from his penis. I brought him back to the vet and they performed CBC, Ehrlichia test, Xray, and urinalysis. He was diagnosed with a scale 3 Ehrlichia and no bladder stones, but he does have struvites crystals from his urine. They prescribed to change his diet into Royal Canin Urinary S/O diet, Rowatinex (2 times a day for 2 weeks), and Co amoxiclav (2 times a day for 2 weeks) for the struvite crystals. For his Erhlichia, they still continued to give him Doxycycline (2 times a day for 28 days) and Nefrotec-DS (2 times a day for 1 month). Would it be ok for my dog to intake all this medicines 2 times a day? Would there be any side effects after intaking almost 4 medicines every 12 hours? I hope you could help me. I am very worried of Clyde. :(

Hi, my mini-schnauzer was diagnosed with having 2 large kidney stones, but no uti. The doctor recommended either surgery or a dietary change to try to dissolve the stones. The problem is he also has a heart murmur and he is 15 years old. Surgery is very expensive and he may not recover well or at all. We put him on the food and she gave him pain meds. She said I would need to bring him back every couple of weeks and at $200 per visit, we just can't afford that. The other option is humane euthination because of his age. :( Thoughts?

My Dog Rocko 12 years old was diagnosed with kidney stone on Aug 10 2018 . The vet don’t know what kind of stones it is cause they needed to send them to the lab, they provided me with a medication call ciprofloxacin 750pomg half tablet twice a day to give to Rocko for 14 days. What do this med suppose to do? When I look it up it just say for dogs. When we was at the vet they was able to drain some of the stones through a tube that place in his private part cause he wasn’t able urinate . The Vet also gave me some light tan stone in a container to keep. Rockco been on the med for 3 days so far, but He still having problems urinating. Sunday we stayed outside almost the whole day hoping he will be able to pee, but nothing came out until 11:30pm and when it came out it was everywhere. It look like it was more blood then anything, is that suppose to happen? After he let it out he was able to pee and sleep, Now on the fourth day I took him out he not doing anything but a drip here and there. He do not seemed like His under any discomfort as of now. How long do I suppose to wait before I know if the stones are going to pass or not? If he keep bleeding will he bleed to death?

I have an English bulldog who had emergency surgery in Charlotte for kidney stones in February. He had 20 stones--5 the size of marbles and 15 the size of bb's. I have been returning when required for monitoring. Six weeks after his surgery his diet was switched to U/D for the treatment of future stones. He had developed 3 tiny stones in the time period, but the formation of crystals in his urine stopped since being on the new food. He gets NO human food anymore. I found a vet closer to home and he x-rayed Shamus yesterday and found two stones. His recommendation was to have them removed. I thought it was good news that one was gone. The stones are too large to pass. I am doing everything I am told to do. Any thoughts?

Hi! About 3 years ago my dog had surgery to remove a kidney stone. Ever since she’s been on Hills Prescription Diet c/d. Every time I go to renew my Rx I wonder if there is this actually necessary? Am I paying for a high priced prescription food when actually there’s something out there that is better balanced and ingredient wise does just as much to deter stones from forming? I’ve always been scared of it happening again so I’ve never experimented with other foods... but when I saw this website I couldn’t help but ask when I saw all the good advice! Thanks in advance!

My 16 year old beagle has some incontinence issues so we keep pee pads on the floor for her. I came home yesterday to see them full of bloody urine. She also vomited. Today the pee pads show fairly clear urine but some have small blobs of blood, or bloody tissue. She vomited again today. She has been eating and drinking normally. She is deaf, going blind and appears to have some dementia and weakening muscles. We would likely choose not to treat anything serious at her age. Is it possible this is minor?

My 9 year old Maltese had bladder stone removal surgery 2 weeks ago. He's able to get a good stream however right afterwards he still shows sensation to go again and will strain to urinate even though he has just peed. Sometimes a couple drops will come out after he has been straining. He's currently on meloxicam, is this medication helpful in case he still has inflammation? And is it normal that he is still straining? I will be getting X-rays done again in a couple of days to make sure all stones were removed. But I am also wondering if it is too soon to do follow up X-rays? He's also having difficulty defecating the surgeon said it might be from the irritation He's having to urinate. Is that normal?