https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/28036/persistent-alkalinuria i have a 7 year old working cocker spaniel which was on a raw based diet , now on Forthglade steamed fish an vegetables. He has had a persistent alkalinuria for more than 6weeks of pH 8 with a trace of blood on the dipstick and a recent culture of midstreamen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/209187?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 19 Mar 2019 09:04:32 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:a2ff1670-13c8-402b-8784-5dccf580b6b2Anthony Todd<p>[quote user=&quot;janine redman&quot;]Some soil eating [/quote]</p> <p>Are you sure it is soil and not rabbit poo?</p> <p>It is a local delicacy where I live and consumed avidly by every dog on the estate with no known ill-effects.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/209156?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 18 Mar 2019 06:35:40 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:aef6cb38-52eb-4d7c-85ef-e724e36845bcjanine redman<p>The dog is , &ldquo; just not quite right&rdquo;. Some soil eating , otherwise clinically normal apart from blood work indicating small intestinal disease. No weight change , bright alert well, no weight loss . &nbsp;Possibly drinking more .</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/209155?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 17 Mar 2019 23:37:07 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:826d4129-cdd5-4a0a-9278-9d8a603954b4Michael Woodhouse<p>What&#39;s wrong with the dog? What are it&#39;s clinical signs?</p> <p>I&#39;m not that excited by urine pH, or even culture results if no signs. There is a move away from culturing urine in human patients with a realisation that a growth on a plate in a lab does not equal UTI. Even screening urine with dipticks in asymptomatic patients is being questioned.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/209154?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 17 Mar 2019 23:34:02 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:fec3c8e2-b33d-438a-88a3-dae4de8f1f3dMichael Woodhouse<p>[quote user=&quot;janine redman&quot;]he has been on omeprazole, would that alkalinise his urine?[/quote]</p> <p>Shouldn&#39;t</p> <p><a target='_blank' href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1399378">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1399378</a> </p><div style="clear:both;"></div>