PUPD puppy

Re: PUPD puppy

Richard Fox — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 19:29:48 GMT

I guess the policy "do no harm" come into effect oh and 60% of cases get better on their own ;) Cheers for the update.

Re: PUPD puppy

Alan Tevendale — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 17:35:06 GMT

I've been meaning to post an update on this for ages. This pup (now a good 7 months old) appears to be completely normal now - probably drinks the same now as it did when it was a tenth of it's current weight.

Re: PUPD puppy

Emily Nightingale — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:35:23 GMT

I had PU/PD in a male entire 11 y.o. labrador which lasted for precisely 6 weeks. He was drinking up to 3L a day. We ran EVERY test under the sun from ACTH stim, BAST, LDDDST/HDDST, etc etc etc. and all of a sudden it stopped. The owners who by happy coincidence own a food mill, which also makes pet food and they found a batch of dog food which had had too much sodium added to it... and therein was the problem. As soon as he finished the one batch of salty food, his drinking normalised. Food for thought I hope with regard to your puppy.

Good luck with it.

Re: PUPD puppy

Alan Tevendale — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:41:08 GMT

Thanks everyone, we were planning a bile acid stim test anyway, unfortunately it's a witch of a pup when it comes to taking blood - fun! It's not showing any other signs of any problem. Growth rates are very good, good appetite etc. I'll let you know.

Re: PUPD puppy

Charlotte Marshall — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:51:07 GMT

I agree bile acid stim test might be a thought if any other indicators such as poor growth but like Sam I have seen a couple of pups like this which have apparently grown out of it and are now completely normal adults.

Re: PUPD puppy

Mark Holmes — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:43:03 GMT

Bile acid stim test!!! And NH3 shunts often have normal biochem and low protein would be consistant with this

Re: PUPD puppy

sam aldridge — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:10:39 GMT

my dog was similar as a pup - again clinically otherwise normal. full bloods showed nothing. he outgrew it within a couple of months and is now a totally normal 2 year old, with no marked PU/PD.