Just wanted to let you know the latest on our newest little Westie, Oliver (see attached picture). We were out on a walk yesterday when, completely unlike me, I actually paid attention to him as he peed on a tree. My heart about stopped when I saw he was peeing blood! I took him directly to the vet, where he had x-rays done and a huge bladder stone was revealed. The poor guy is going to have surgery tomorrow morning. At least we’ll get everything done at once, though. He’ll get his teeth cleaned and a benign fatty tumor removed at the same time. All for the low, low cost of $1,000! Yippee!!
I think he knows we’re trying to help him because he was a saint at the vet’s office, no growling or snapping at all.
Please send him some healing energy and happy thoughts when you get a chance. We want a full and speedy recovery for him.
Oliver the kissybug, with his daddy
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October 1, 2010 at 1:01 am
Carol
Hope your precious Westie recovered beautifully-
what a precious pup!
October 1, 2010 at 7:48 pm
goodgriefpetloss
Thank you, Carol. Oliver is doing amazingly well and looks less and less like a piggy bank (with the incision being like a coin slot) as his fur grows back.
March 3, 2012 at 7:02 pm
bettermannow83
Did he have to go on special food?
March 3, 2012 at 10:57 pm
goodgriefpetloss
We put him on our homemade raw-food diet. I’ve recently filmed an informational DVD explaining how we do this and will have it available for download or purchase within about a month if you’re interested. There’s been no recurrence after more than a year of his bladder stone.
March 4, 2012 at 11:27 pm
bettermannow83
I remedied my dog’s high struvite concentration with a few simple dietary changes and an all-natural supplement regimen.
March 4, 2012 at 11:29 pm
bettermannow83
He’s clear of struvites now and it also brought his urinary pH from highly alkaline to mildly acidic–a much better enverinment as you know to inhibit struvite formation.