I noticed my dog this morning when he was trying to urinate and it seemed that he was having trouble.. and it was sort of trickling out. I had never noticed anything like this before, but I am concerned... It being a holiday weekend and the vet will be closed? Is this something that happens once in a while? Is it cause for alarm?
Amber Morgan Webboard User Reg: 10-18-2006
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My vet student friend who's visiting says: bladder infection, bladder stone, kidney problem (possible but not likely). Female: bladder infection, male: bladder stone.
What kind of dog? Certain dogs have predispositions. If the dog is in pain or cannot urinate at all, you're going to have to find an emergency vet. A lot depends on the age and condition of the dog, he says. If you're worried, you should take him in. Better safe than sorry, IMO.
Thanks fot the info... He is 2.5 years old, Male, Doberman and very healthy.... hopefully it will pass.... He is able to urinate normal part of the time but he seems to have trouble getting it out.. but he does not act like he is in pain. I am just a nervous and worrisome dad!
Could be his prostate, it happend to our male we had.We had to have his prostate removed.He would strain just to pee, and nothing would come out or just a tiny drizzle.
Nothing you can do for now but wait for the vet to take a look at him.
I hope it's nothing serious, good luck.
By the way he was at the same age as your dog at the time the sympton started.He is now over 4 years old and doing great, he lives at my parents house, he looks happy.I titled that dog and I was going to use him as a stud dog he had a grea temperament great drives for a showline and was a very thick good looking dog.But during surgery they had to neuter him,so now he is spoiled my parents that just adore him, he keeps their property free of dirt bags
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Michael,
Seems like when ever anything goes wrong with our dogs, it's either late evening or holiday weekends. I would take the dog to the vet and not wait for normal business hours. If your only seeing a small stream, then chances are he is not able to completely empty his bladder and that could cause a secondary infection. You have no way of knowing how full his bladder is now and he could be in real trouble if he becomes completely blocked.
We saw the same thing with one of our last rotts, he didn't seem to be in any pain either. It went from a small stream to him being completely blocked in a short period of time. It turned out that he had stones in his urethra and it took surgury to unblock him.
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