Hey my 4 month old German Shepherd i having some white liquid substance in his urine sometimes. his diet is chicken, oatmeal, parsley, carrots, calcium supplements, flax oil, olive oil and i occasionally feed him kibble. what could be the cause of this, is it serious?

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Hey my 4 month old German Shepherd i having some white liquid substance in his urine sometimes. his diet is chicken, oatmeal, parsley, carrots, calcium supplements, flax oil, olive oil and i occasionally feed him kibble. what could be the cause of this, is it serious?

Not something to ignore because some possible answers (IMHO) are a UTI, crystals, or casts. (Not necessarily, but definitely worth the urine spec to the vet.)

I would call the vet and explain that you are going to get a specimen and drop it off and ask if a clean catch is most desirable and whether the first urine of the day is best (I believe they will say yes to both).

JMO. I'm not a health professional.

Beside the urinalysis, how did you come up with his diet? Are you sure you've got everything covered there?

At the risk of sounding like a jerk, that diet makes no sense.

Are you giving calcium, thinking that may help his ears stand?

no steve, calcium has nothing to do with his ears. And Aaron what would you recommend feeding, besides this?

To begin with Kurt, I'd take a look at the puppy diet here and see how yours matches up.

what do u currently feed

 Quote: kurt thornhill

no steve, calcium has nothing to do with his ears.

Many many folks have the mistaken idea that calcium should be supplemented for floppy ears.

Are you giving boneless chicken and supplementing calcium in place of the bones?

A puppy is laying down bone, growing teeth, and forming internal organs. The calcium:phosphorus ratio for a puppy is even more crucial than for an adult dog. That ratio is THE critical ratio for preparing home diets for dogs. Fortunately, nature happens to supply exactly the right ratio in RMBs, but then you don't need and shouldn't give supplements. (Too much is almost as bad as not enough.)

Why oatmeal?

Where is the organ meat?

Flax oil (as a source of Omega 3s) isn't a substitute for marine products for a dog. Humans can convert plant-source short-chain 3s to DHA and EPA (although not at all efficiently, with a rate, tops, of 15%), but dogs have about a zero rate. They need their long-chain 3s "on the hoof," as in fish oil.

Kind of a lot of questions, I know, but that was a very good catch on the part of Steve and Aaron, which I completely missed when I focused on what is going on with the bladder or kidneys.

http://leerburg.com/feedpups.htm
Take a look at this and see how it differs. When mine were 4mos, I used a couple of the commercial raw diets. Expensive. I don't remember exactly when I switched to my own stuff exactly.