raindog Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 Hi Julie, In our case it had to be the father. Both bitches were unrelated and had no history of any genetic problems going back many generations. The father was imported from Hungary, and despite having clear tests for the usual (eyes and hips) he sired two litters in which bitch puppies were affected. Our girls were much more seriously affected than Nika - in their case some of the "pipework" was actually missing so that urine was constantly leaking internally giving rise to infection. We had the same experience as you with the 7 week old - we didn't realise there was a problem until she was separated from her mum. The younger two became ill at a much earlier stage. Good luck! Mick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raindog Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 Have you considered approaching a veterinary college? If it is so rare, they might want to have their students have the experience, of course, supervised surgery by a real licensed veterinarian. That may not be a cheap alternative - on the contrary. We once had a Hungarian Kuvasz bitch who had a sudden attack of what was eventually diagnosed as Masticatory Myosotis. She suddenly started moaning and we found her in the garden with a swollen jaw and the inability to move her mouth at all. At first we thought "wasp sting" but when it persisted we realised it was something more serious. Because it mystified our vets (and several others) we were referred to the Royal Veterinary Hospital. Many tests and £3500 later, they still had no idea what the problem was. The Masticatory Myosotis diagnosis came from an Australian intern who was working with our vet for a while. He had seen a similar case back in Oz. Ironically, she made a full recovery after about 6 weeks, but it took us a lot more than 6 weeks to pay off the Vet Hospital bill!!! Mick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed #2 Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 Interesting.. [MENTION=91]raindog[/MENTION] It could be different here, as I know my neighbor had her lab treated for cancer at the University of MN for much less than a private vet. Just a thought...an idea to try! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Sopi Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 Don't know whether or not this will help but the best puppy pads i've found are Jolleyes puppy pads - they are awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elyse Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 She's adorable! Have you considered approaching a veterinary college? If it is so rare, they might want to have their students have the experience, of course, supervised surgery by a real licensed veterinarian. Like already said, having it done by a vet college might not end up being cheaper and the wait times possibly may be longer! When Suka was having his leg problems 2 years back, before it was diagnosed as arthritis, we tried to have him x-rayed at a local vet college. Turns out it was the same price as my vet, but the wait time was over 6 months instead of a few days. Another time, when he had an eye tumor this summer and had to get it surgically removed, we tried to go with the vet college again. It ended up being a lot more expensive (around $300 more!) than going to the eye specialist, and the wait time was months longer as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staceybob Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 @Staceybob, can you clear your PMs? Your inbox is full... Sorting out now. Stacey xxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrittanyNicole Posted November 22, 2012 Report Share Posted November 22, 2012 I think my pup Zoey has this condition. I've been going back and forth to the vet for the 3 weeks I've had her. At first the vet thought she had a Urinary Tract Infection and gave her Amoxicillin, but her leaking continued. Then we sent out a urinalysis and it came back normal. So our next step was to get an ultrasound done to see if they could find anything. The guy who did the screening said he didn't see anything, but when he sent the results over to my vet she told me that her left ureter looked abnormal and that I might be dealing with EU but to be sure I have to get a CT scan done. These first 3 weeks have been very stressful and I don't know anybody who has gone through this with their pups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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