The dog’s physical condition will be honestly expressed through various phenomena, such as urine, is also an important basis for judging the dog’s physical condition, urine is a waste product of the blood, not only reflects the health of the dog’s kidneys, bladder and urethra and other urinary tract, or an important source of information to understand the state of blood circulation, usually from the amount, frequency, color and other aspects of urine to identify whether the dog is healthy.
Judgment reference
I. Volume and frequency
We should pay attention to the amount of urine and the number of times a dog urinates daily, from which we can know whether there are abnormalities in health.
1. small amount of urine more times
The amount of urine in a dog is small but the number of times the dog urinates is large. This means that the dog’s bladder wall is very thick and difficult to expand, so it cannot store a lot of
The dog’s bladder wall is thick and difficult to expand, so it cannot store a lot of urine. Even if the total amount of urine produced by the dog remains the same, if the bladder cannot expand, the urine that enters the bladder will soon be expelled. If
this is the case, the dog may have an acute bladder infection. There is also a situation where a dog is urinating less and more often before it goes into heat and gives birth.
2. More frequent urination
The bladder can expand normally, but the dog’s volume and number of times at a time has increased. That is the total amount of dog urine has become more. The increase in the amount of urine must
The increase in urine volume must be due to some reason, such as excessive water intake or possibly a kidney function problem. If this is the case, the dog may be suffering from
If this is the case, the dog may have diabetes, uremia, etc. (note that it is possible).
3. Low urine volume and frequency
In this case, the dog may be suffering from dehydration, acute renal insufficiency, neurological or muscular problems, etc. if the urine volume is low and there is difficulty in urinating.
4. More urine less often
This may be related to the time between walks. If it occurs occasionally or does not exceed the normal standard range, we do not need to worry too much.
The dog’s urine volume may be related to the time between walks.
Two, the color
Normal dog urine color.
Light yellow is the best! Puppies generally urinate more often, adult dogs can control, about 2-3 times a day. The easiest way to check the color of urine is to use
Use a paper towel. You can urinate directly on the paper towel or dip the paper towel into the urine to observe.
Abnormal urine in dogs.
(1) Red urine (when the urine is red or brown, it indicates blood in the urine)
Urine with blood in it is usually called hematuria. This is the breakdown of a muscle protein in the blood called myoglobin, or a “hemoglobin” protein.
This is the breakdown of a muscle protein called myoglobin or a protein called “hemoglobin” in the blood. Usually acute trauma, poisoning, blood parasites, kidney disease, bladder disease, stones, etc. cause hematuria.
(2) Yellow urine
This may be due to bilirubin in the urine. The concentration of bilirubin in urine increases when red blood cells are destroyed and liver disease is present. The eyes, skin or gums also turn yellow or orange at the same time.
If the eyes, skin or gums also turn yellow or orange, take them to the vet immediately. Of course, fire or some colorful foods can also cause your dog’s urine to turn yellow.
The dog’s urine can also turn yellow.
(3) Shiny urine
After a dog has peed, sometimes you can see something shiny in the area where the urine has penetrated, indicating that the dog may have a bladder infection. If a long time
If not treated for a long time, the crystals slowly become larger and may form urinary stones, which should be treated as soon as possible.
(4) Cloudy urine
There is inflammation in the urinary tract from the kidney to the urethra section, most commonly cystitis. Abnormalities in the reproductive organs can also make the urine cloudy.
(5) Urinary closure (urethral blockage)
Dogs that make a posture to urinate but can only pass very little, or dribble out a little, may have frequent urination due to cystitis, or blockage of the urethra due to prostate disease.
When you have urinary stones, you have trouble urinating due to severe pain.
If a little bit of urine does not come out, it may be caused by kidney insufficiency.
Countermeasures
If you find abnormal urine in your dog, you can do the following.
1. Immediately take the dog’s temperature and observe the temperature and humidity of the dog’s nose.
2. When the dog urinates without drinking too much water, pick up the urine and send it for laboratory tests.
Note
Usually make sure your dog drinks a lot of water. If your dog does not like to drink water, it is recommended to feed wet food because it contains 85% water.
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