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Arrojo070

307 posts since
Apr 4, 2001

Dec 25, 2007 1:58 PM

Dog Mom - our dog

Daisy has been drinking a ton lately and we've been finding pee puddles in the morning in the dining room.

She's a 12-year old mutt. She seems healthy and happy in all other respects.

Is this diabetes, or a kidney thing do you think? It's been really dry in the house - that time of year - so we thought the drinking mught be because of that.

http://This message has been edited by Arrojo (edited Dec-07-2007).

moosensquirrel

86 posts since
Dec 13, 2007

1. Dec 7, 2007 9:43 AM

in response to: Arrojo070

{{{{{Daisy}}}}}

Your kitty-cat twin says feel better

idorunrun

41 posts since
May 15, 2006

2. Dec 25, 2007 1:58 PM

in response to: Arrojo070

quote:<HR>Originally posted by Arrojo:
Daisy has been drinking a ton lately and we've been finding pee puddles in the morning in the dining room. She's a 12-year old mutt. She seems healthy and happy in all other respects.

Is this diabetes, or a kidney thing do you think? It's been really dry in the house - that time of year - so we thought the drinking mught be because of that.

http://This message has been edited by Arrojo (edited Dec-07-2007).<HR>

i'm not dogmom - obviously.

but our dachshund did this exact same thing. she was about 3 at the time so i knew it wasn't a housebreaking issue. she did in fact have a kidney infection. i thought it could have been diabetes but it wasn't. and, i don't know if this is purely coincidental, but it happned about this time of year because i remember thinking maybe she was just being lazy and not wanting to go out in the cold. (not that it's THAT cold in georgia...)

i hope she feels better soon!

monster2077

41 posts since
Dec 14, 2007

3. Dec 7, 2007 9:47 AM

in response to: Arrojo070

Well the bad news, is that this does sound and awful lot like what my dog did before he was diagnosed. Does he scarf down his food quickly as well?

The good news is that it's relatively easy to treat, and once you get past the first rounds of testing it's fairly inexpensive.

rockchalkchick

31 posts since
Sep 14, 2003

4. Dec 7, 2007 9:52 AM

in response to: Arrojo070

I'm not DM, but I hope I'm a DM-in-training.

Basically, my weak 6 months of vet assistant training says that any change in behavior can be a "sign" of something, and excessive drinking seems to be one of the frequent warning signs of something wrong.

I could give you a few theories (could be anything from diabetes to thyroid issues to bladder infection), but the best thing you can do is get Daisy to the vet for a few blood tests - with one blood draw they can usually check glucose levels (diabetes), kidney and liver functions, and thyroid hormones (usually runs about $100-150 for the testing). Make sure to mention any differences you've noticed in her - the drinking, the peeing, eating normally? acting normally? lethargic? hyper? weight gain/loss?

Good luck with this - the good news is that by noticing it and checking ASAP you can hopefully catch things before they get too nasty.

Best of luck to Daisy! Keep us posted!

DogMom1st

475 posts since
Aug 14, 2007

5. Dec 10, 2007 9:25 AM

in response to: Arrojo070

It's possible that diabetes is the culprit but it could also be something completely benign (like the heating).

I would definitely take Daisy to the vet to do some bloodwork and urinalysis. At least to rule out some things.

quote:<HR>Originally posted by rockchalkchick:
I'm not DM, but I hope I'm a DM-in-training.

Basically, my weak 6 months of vet assistant training says that any change in behavior can be a "sign" of something, and excessive drinking seems to be one of the frequent warning signs of something wrong.

I could give you a few theories (could be anything from diabetes to thyroid issues to bladder infection), but the best thing you can do is get Daisy to the vet for a few blood tests - with one blood draw they can usually check glucose levels (diabetes), kidney and liver functions, and thyroid hormones (usually runs about [b]00-150 for the testing). Make sure to mention any differences you've noticed in her - the drinking, the peeing, eating normally? acting normally? lethargic? hyper? weight gain/loss?

Good luck with this - the good news is that by noticing it and checking ASAP you can hopefully catch things before they get too nasty.

Best of luck to Daisy! Keep us posted!<HR>

1 to all of the above.

Eventually RCC, you (like my hubby) will surpass me in vet knowledge. And the CH will be calling you out instead of me.

Arrojo070

307 posts since
Apr 4, 2001

6. Dec 10, 2007 1:59 PM

in response to: Arrojo070

OK, they did blood and urine tests and she was negative for diabetes and kidney disease and thyroid. Everything was perfectly normal.

No changes in behavior, weight. Just the drinking and peeing. They want us to measure the exact amount she's drinking. Maybe it's just the house being so winter dry.

DogMom1st

475 posts since
Aug 14, 2007

7. Dec 10, 2007 2:02 PM

in response to: Arrojo070

quote:<HR>Originally posted by Arrojo:
OK, they did blood and urine tests and she was negative for diabetes and kidney disease and thyroid. Everything was perfectly normal.

No changes in behavior, weight. Just the drinking and peeing. They want us to measure the exact amount she's drinking. Maybe it's just the house being so winter dry.<HR>

Ours started drinking more water when the heat kicked in (for GA's one month of winter

).
Maybe you could look into an humidifier to help give the air a bit more moisture. I am glad that Daisy is ok medically speaking though.

Dec 25, 2007 1:58 PM

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