My dog Ranna is in end stage renal dysplasia. When I adopted her two years ago when she was 4 months old she had issues with a leaky bladder. We took her to the vet to have some blood work done to see if maybe she had an infection from her spay procedure. We were told she had bilateral renal dysplasia and that we shouldn't expect her to live past her 1st birthday. She is now 2 1/2 and her life is slowly coming to an end. Currently, she is experiencing mouth ulcers and mild depression. When we go out to do something new she perks up and acts like her old self, but when we get home she collapses in our laps and stares at us with sad eyes. We are trying to figure out the right time to say goodbye. It's hard to decide because she does have some life left in her and she's still a puppy, but when we're home she's not the same dog. She also has fits of diarrhea and vomiting, but most times she is able to keep her food down and has solid bowel movements.

I have a nine month old puppy diagnosed with bilateral renal dysplasia. We are dealing with it. What do I do about the rest of the litter and the parents? Is there a test for this? Dam is 2.5, sire is 4. At the moment both parents and the rest of the litter appear healthy? Don't want to frighten all the other puppy owners. What do I do?? What should I expect?

My 1 year old white boxer Luna, was diagnosed with renal dysplasia about a couple weeks ago. We’ve put her on pain meds and other medication to lower her protein levels along with other levels. She was doing a lot better since we switched her diet and got her on the pain meds. But, now in the past couple days she seems to have declined. She doesn’t seem interested in her dry dog food (even when mixed with wet food), she’s been shivering like a leaf, and now constantly swallowing, along with drooling. But it looks like she’s having a hard time swallowing and trying to throw up. Tonight she managed to cough up white mucus about 4 times and then puked up a good amount of food with saliva and white mucus. Is there anything I can do or any medication to help with throwing up and the shivering?? She looks extremely uncomfortable.

hi our dog was diagnosed with bilateral renal dysplasia. She is 2yrs old without any symptoms other than her lab values. Since changing her diet her creatinin level went from 2.3 to 2. Her BUN went back to normal levels and we will continue to monitor her lab work with routine checks. What other lab value should I be looking out for when assessing if her condition is getting worse? Specific gravity was also on the low side. Can dogs live a full life with this condition? pLease help

Hi all, would be grateful for some guidance. Biggie is a 3 month old Cockapoo who seemed normal apart from excessive drinking of water and he was struggling to be house trained (mind you he is a puppy so this seemed normal at the time). He has been diagnosed with Congenital Kidney Disease via ultrasound after an initial blood test. Any advice on anything I can do to prolong his life i.e diet etc etc would be appreciated? What has worked well for other? This really is the cruelest disease, I am heartbroken.

Our Appenzeller puppy has been diagnosed (via Ultrasound) with bilateral renal dysplasia and ectopic ureters at 18 weeks old. The breeder has been notified - (I am not sure if this makes a difference, but our puppy was the runt of the litter, and the dam was bred accidentally in her first heat.) We noticed that our puppy had excessive thirst and we had a lot of trouble housebreaking her; she often would trickle pee when distracted and not only when greeting people or excited. At other times, she could pee normally. She's a delightful fun puppy - she loves hikes and plays football in the garden with our kids. She is so loving! Her urine and blood levels for now are slightly elevated for BUN and phosphorous - creatinine is fine. But she has had frequent urinary tract infections requiring antibiotics. We went to a specialist clinic that wanted to do a CT scan and possibly operate on the ureters to see if that improved her kidneys. However we are completely alarmed t the expense involved: $2,100 for the CT scan? thousands for the surgery? We had been planning to spay her and correct an umbilical hernia but now are faced with such high medical bills for her; even this morning's urine culture and med cost $280. What level of care seems optimal for this situation? I don't think we have a good guarantee that surgery will correct the ureters and thus I hesitate to do more than another ultrasound with Doppler and then just keep an eye out for infections and treat them as they occur. It's so heartbreaking not to know what is best in this situation and to be faced with such astronomical costs. I also wish I had a better sense on prognosis and life-expectancy and also whether or not to still spay her and correct the hernia regardless of whether we elect to do further surgery. Any thoughts or insights?