Yay your Grandmother is ok and double YAY for Jasper eating his chicken!! Hopefully this means this week is going to be a good one for you two!! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Yay your Grandmother is ok and double YAY for Jasper eating his chicken!! Hopefully this means this week is going to be a good one for you two!! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Mary Strauss will for sure answer you. She has always promptly answered my questions over the years even when we first were not sure of Zoe's diagnosis, she tried to help me. She has always been great about that.:):):):):)
Marianne, that is a wonderful suggestion. I have also read the protein in urine can be from a high protein diet and changing the diet will help lower the protein, depends on how high it is and what the other kidney values are. I have to address that with Zoe now, we have to cut back on her protein (hubby has been overly generous with the chicken)
Gotta run, my hours are all messed up this week so I can come home early for Zoe, I wont even get lunch:(:( I'm hungry already ust thinking about it;)
Hi Tina, I'm getting caught up on what is going on with Jasper and you . Wow, such a lot to take in. I really do think that people on here should just be given a degree in all things dog related. LOL Amazing the amount of research one has to do to figure out the most ordinary of things.
I'm glad to hear that your grandmother has settled down. I know how hard that is since my dad was in an assisted living with much the same issues, except his was alzheimers that got him going on bad days. Some days were better than others, but it's all emotionally exhausting.
You're doing so awesome with Jasper. Just remember to take a few moments and enjoy Jasper and Shelby. Give yourself those moments to sort of regroup.
hugs,
Sharlene and Molly muffin
Tina!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I see you online :D, hows it all going, is Jasper behaving and eating his dinner? So nice to see you, but I guess with you online at this time of night you are doing a potty break?!
Hi Everyone,
Holy smokes, I had to go to page 3 to find our thread! Looks like lots of new posts and new members, will need to try to get caught up over the next couple of days, I hope.
I just want to check in since it has been a while since I posted last. I have done some research on the food issue, called both Royal Canin and Hills. Will have to let you know what they said later, but talked to my vet at length and we decided to switch Jasper to the Royal Canin Renal MP food. Since he was already off the Hills k/d and on the chicken and rice, I thought it would be a good time if we were going to switch. Started mixing in 25/75 kibble/chicken rice mixture yesterday pm. I am praying he tolerates it. I have done tons of reading at all the links that were provided. (Thank you guys!). I have not had a chance to email Mary Strauss, but that is a great idea, although I think I got some of the food questions answered between the tech at Royal Canin and my vet. Again, will go into that on a later post when I have more time.
The latest with Jasper is that his water intake has decreased significantly. At first I was relieved, he had gone down to about 4 cups/day from 6, but now 2 days ago he only drank 2 cups in 24 hrs, then yesterday drank only 1 cup! Today it looks like he is on track for maybe 1 or 1 1/2 cups. I measure from am to am. I called my vet earlier today (wednesday) to let her know because I am worried about that now, due to the kidney issues. She was not real concerned at this point, said if it continues till the end of the week to call her back, and I guess she will probably want to see him. I don't know why his intake would have decreased so dramatically, from about 6 cups a day to this, that is a big difference. I can't imagine it would be only diet related. His pooping has also decreased, he is pooing only about once a day now, and not a very big amount. :( I am hoping it is because of the chicken and rice diet and will increase once I get him eating more renal diet, but she said to monitor that also. Overall he seems to be feeling ok for the most part, but not as perky as usual. Gosh, it is always something.
We are under another blasted winter storm warning, and I am up late working on a project for work. It is supposed to start snowing 2 inches per hour about mid morning, so wanted to get on top of things so I can leave work early if needed so I don't get stuck there!
Will post more later, hopefully will have some unplanned free time tomorrow afternoon. I guess I should say this afternoon now. Yikes, better try to get a few hours of shut eye. :o
Hugs to all,
Tina and Jasper
Hi Trish!!!!! Looks like you have signed off now, but yes, had a potty break about an hour and a half ago and decided to work for a bit on some work that I brought home. I posted an update in my last post, and am going to try to get some sleep now. I read your update on Flynn, I think it sounds great overall!! I will post on your thread when I get a chance. Hugs to you and Flynn. :p
Tina, thanks so much for this update. And I just wanted to tell you that my Peg's pooping decreased substantially (both amount and frequency) when she was on the homemade chicken/rice after her acute pancreatitis attack. So I think that part of things is to be expected and nothing to worry about.
Marianne
A decrease in the number of times a pup poops can be a good sign. The more filler, or useless stuff in feed, the more they are going to poop because their bodies can't use the things in the feed - they are only fillers. The higher the quality of ingredients the more they are apt to actually be absorbed and used by the body so there is less waste to get rid off. If you feed twice a day and your pup poops 4 times a day, they are not keeping much of that feed inside - it is all useless, a waste for the system so it is eliminated. If we were to eat a diet of pine bark, peanut hulls, and chicken fat we would poop a whole lot more than we would on a diet of pine nuts, peanuts, and chicken. ;)
Ugh, hope you didn't get hit too hard with that winter storm!
How is Jasper's water intake today?
Take care, hugs,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin
Hi Everyone,
Wow, this sure has been a busy place. It will take me all evening to get caught up on everyone!
I will stop back later to post an update on Jasper, right now I want to post a very belated response to Glynda's questions about Jasper's urine UPCR and culture done in January. I wanted to make sure I had everything straight.
Yes, the urine culture was done on 1/24 after the UPCR which was done on 1/16. I had read that a culture should be done first to make sure there is not a UTI present, just like you mentioned Glynda. I remember asking my vet about this because I was concerned about the results being affected, and she did say that before she she sent in the urine for the UPCR, she spun it down and there was no blood or wbc's present.Quote:
Originally Posted by lulusmom
We got a sterile urine sample for culture after the results of the UPCR came back elevated to make sure there was no infection. I believe she realized this should have been done first, but also said that since there was no blood or wbc's present in the UPCR sample, she felt an infection was not likely. The culture was negative. I am thinking we can feel safe that he didn't have an infection at the time of the UPCR if the urine culture from a sterile sample was negative a week later. Does anyone think there should be any concerns about that?? I am just thinking that if he had a UTI, it would not have cleared up on its own.
Glynda, I think I addressed your other questions in a previous post. Thank you so much for your feedback and concern for my boy, I really appreciate it! Please let me know if you have additional thoughts.
I will be back a bit later to post an update on Jasper and what I found out from my research about the renal prescription diets on my calls to Hills and Royal Canin.
Tina and Jasper