bhawk-23
Crowing
Hello! I am really struggling with UTIs in my 5.5 month old F Mastiff. I am hopeful someone on here can offer some insight or possibilities of why this is happening.
History thus far:
Picked up puppy at 8 weeks
We are struggling with potty training so decide to check urine at 12 weeks. Comes back clear.
5 days later she has a raging UTI, blood, mucas and squatting/dribbling every few minutes. Don't ask, I was in ER 2 days after tested clear and in bed resting only to get up and discover what hubs was missing![Face with symbols on mouth :face_with_symbols_over_mouth: 🤬](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f92c.png)
![Face with symbols on mouth :face_with_symbols_over_mouth: 🤬](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f92c.png)
Take her to ER, get 10 day course antibiotics and pain meds
Test urine on day 10 comes back clear but I do not believe it is gone so send a clean catch 48 hrs later to be cultured.
Culture was positive, showed amoxicillin sensitivity so started a 3 week course of treatment.
36 hrs after last amox dose symptoms are back. Do another clean catch culture.
I noticed her recessed vulva at this time and start cleaning her throughout the day.
Start sulfa (against Dr liking but culture would take a couple days) and I saw the best improvement as of yet.
Culture came back positive. It was still sensitive to amox so dr decided on another 3 week treatment of amox because strong Sulfas are not a good option for puppies.
2 weeks into treatment still has UTI symptoms and they are getting worse so decide to take off amox and get a clean catch urine culture, again. Start another sulfa, not quite as strong as first one.
Run blood work which is all normal. Dr conformed a pretty bad recessed vulva but said I am cleaning well.
Culture comes back positive with a sensitivity to nearly all antibiotics, including the 4 we have already tried.
Current plan is to finish the sulfa, start a maintenance dose of amox after, continue pain med for comfort while we wait for our appointment with internal medicine at the U of I.
Ok, what gives??? I am beyond boggled as to why! Can this be congenital or inherited? I am doing everything possible to treat it properly. She is very rarely locked up for any amount of time with 7 hrs only happening 2X since getting her. I don't believe we are the cause of this.
She is from a breeder and has a health guarantee but seriously, how do you trade your puppy in for a new one because of chronic health issues?
Anyways, if you've made it this far thank you, I really appreciate it. If you have experienced, or know someone or have even heard of anything like this please share. I am really at a loss and getting frustrated
Thank you.
History thus far:
Picked up puppy at 8 weeks
We are struggling with potty training so decide to check urine at 12 weeks. Comes back clear.
5 days later she has a raging UTI, blood, mucas and squatting/dribbling every few minutes. Don't ask, I was in ER 2 days after tested clear and in bed resting only to get up and discover what hubs was missing
![Face with symbols on mouth :face_with_symbols_over_mouth: 🤬](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f92c.png)
![Face with symbols on mouth :face_with_symbols_over_mouth: 🤬](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f92c.png)
Take her to ER, get 10 day course antibiotics and pain meds
Test urine on day 10 comes back clear but I do not believe it is gone so send a clean catch 48 hrs later to be cultured.
Culture was positive, showed amoxicillin sensitivity so started a 3 week course of treatment.
36 hrs after last amox dose symptoms are back. Do another clean catch culture.
I noticed her recessed vulva at this time and start cleaning her throughout the day.
Start sulfa (against Dr liking but culture would take a couple days) and I saw the best improvement as of yet.
Culture came back positive. It was still sensitive to amox so dr decided on another 3 week treatment of amox because strong Sulfas are not a good option for puppies.
2 weeks into treatment still has UTI symptoms and they are getting worse so decide to take off amox and get a clean catch urine culture, again. Start another sulfa, not quite as strong as first one.
Run blood work which is all normal. Dr conformed a pretty bad recessed vulva but said I am cleaning well.
Culture comes back positive with a sensitivity to nearly all antibiotics, including the 4 we have already tried.
Current plan is to finish the sulfa, start a maintenance dose of amox after, continue pain med for comfort while we wait for our appointment with internal medicine at the U of I.
Ok, what gives??? I am beyond boggled as to why! Can this be congenital or inherited? I am doing everything possible to treat it properly. She is very rarely locked up for any amount of time with 7 hrs only happening 2X since getting her. I don't believe we are the cause of this.
She is from a breeder and has a health guarantee but seriously, how do you trade your puppy in for a new one because of chronic health issues?
Anyways, if you've made it this far thank you, I really appreciate it. If you have experienced, or know someone or have even heard of anything like this please share. I am really at a loss and getting frustrated
![Pleading face :pleading_face: 🥺](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f97a.png)
Thank you.