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My 8 year old entire male lakeland terrier has started drinking more water.
He's a robust dog whose only visits to the vet so far have been for jabs and stitches.
He eats a diet of gluten free low ash dried food with a raw chicken wing as a treat most evenings.
He doesn't usually drink much water - if it's raining he won't drink at all to avoid going out in the rain. Now however he is drinking at a guess twice as much as normal but he doesn't seem to need the loo any more frequently.
I know I need to take him to the vet, but what am I looking at? Kidney disease?
What do you think?
He's a robust dog whose only visits to the vet so far have been for jabs and stitches.
He eats a diet of gluten free low ash dried food with a raw chicken wing as a treat most evenings.
He doesn't usually drink much water - if it's raining he won't drink at all to avoid going out in the rain. Now however he is drinking at a guess twice as much as normal but he doesn't seem to need the loo any more frequently.
I know I need to take him to the vet, but what am I looking at? Kidney disease?
What do you think?
JohnnyJones said:
My 8 year old entire male lakeland terrier has started drinking more water.
He's a robust dog whose only visits to the vet so far have been for jabs and stitches.
He eats a diet of gluten free low ash dried food with a raw chicken wing as a treat most evenings.
He doesn't usually drink much water - if it's raining he won't drink at all to avoid going out in the rain. Now however he is drinking at a guess twice as much as normal but he doesn't seem to need the loo any more frequently.
I know I need to take him to the vet, but what am I looking at? Kidney disease?
What do you think?
He's a robust dog whose only visits to the vet so far have been for jabs and stitches.
He eats a diet of gluten free low ash dried food with a raw chicken wing as a treat most evenings.
He doesn't usually drink much water - if it's raining he won't drink at all to avoid going out in the rain. Now however he is drinking at a guess twice as much as normal but he doesn't seem to need the loo any more frequently.
I know I need to take him to the vet, but what am I looking at? Kidney disease?
What do you think?
JohnnyJones said:
^ No, he understands the connection between drinking and peeing so if he doesn't want to go out he doesn't drink. He has free access to water 24 hrs a day.
This has only been going on for 3 or 4 days.
Not been to the VET with him yet though?This has only been going on for 3 or 4 days.
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