Frustrations, frustrations, and more frustrations!
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009 | Beowulf
We might have made progress with the basset and his feeding, but we have NOT figured out the peeing. It’s very frustrating.
I received a call this morning from my hubby (who works at home now and I am jealous) that went something like this…
DH: YOUR dog is driving me nuts. He’s at it again.
ME: Which is mine?
DH: Beowulf. He peed in front of the fridge again.
ME: Oh no.
DH: It gets worse. Then I went into the basement and found it was dripping downstairs into a pile of your clean laundry. Which means it’s now all over the floor boards and everything.
ME: Oh *insert expletive here*!!! I think it’s time to talk to the vet.
So, he FINALLY has a vet appointment. I’m wondering how they plan on getting a urine sample to test. IMO, there’s just too much of it too often to be considered incontinence, but we have to check.
Sigh.
2 Comments to Frustrations, frustrations, and more frustrations!
Oh, yuck! And you just redid your kitchen with new floor and everything, right? Hopefully the vet will be able to help Beowulf out.
As for a urine sample I suppose you could try and bring some in with you to the appt. or maybe they’ll do a cystocentesis. Apparently, the cystocentesis is supposed to be more accurate anyway because the sample is coming straight from the bladder. Unfortunately, we’ve become quite the pee experts thanks to Ruger.
Let us know what you find out.
Yup. The floor is sealed, so that’s not what bothers me. It goes under the fridge (which we can’t really clean) and through the hole where the water line comes in and drips down through the floor boards and stuff. There’s really no way to get the fridge out to plug up the hole, either.
Unless he pees in a completely clean area with no chemicals or anything, we can’t bring a sample. Unless I can get him to pee in a cup. So I’m guessing it’s the cystocentesis. I’m SURE he’ll love that.
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October 13, 2009