anybody have any experience with bladder stones in their dogs? I have a mini schaunzer and he gets bladder stones. the first time he got obstructed and had to have emergency surgery. in december, he started showing the signs for it again. we took him to the vet and they catheterized him and pushed the stones out, I think. well today we took him to the emergency vet, because he wasn't acting right. he was still urinating, but wasn't himself and his belly was rigid. they worked him up for pancreatitis and coincidentally found bladder stones on his xray.

I want to see if anybody else has dealt with this and what course of action they have taken. we have changed his diet since the first two episodes and have a dog walker so he doesnt have to go too long without peeing. he will get surgery within 2 weeks, but I would like to know if there is anything that has worked to prevent these stones.

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Posted by lsewwww

Member since Feb 2009

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Posted on 4/7/14 at 6:17 am to akimoto

Diet will help the most (RX food- ud or cd, etc)but schauzers are notorious for these things (and pancreatitis). Seen the same dog have surgery 7 times on the proper diet

Makes a difference if they are struvite or caOx, but either way his diet needs to be meticulous.

I hope your vet told you all this

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Posted by DeathValley85

Member since May 2011

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Posted on 4/7/14 at 6:34 am to akimoto

My dog gets (got) them. We feed her special urinary tract food from the vet now. It definitely works. It's "prescription food" technically but really just costs as much as the good food at the store.

Would highly recommend.

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Posted by LSUVET82

Florida

Member since May 2011

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Posted on 4/7/14 at 7:01 am to akimoto

In a min schnauzer with pancreatitis and reoccurring bladder stones I would have your vet check for cushings disease. It's a treatable condition where the body releases excessive amounts of cortisol which in turn can cause increased calcium excretion in urine causing calcium oxalate stones. That's assuming the stones are calcium oxalates. They are common in this breed. But could be another type of stone. You need to ask your vet to have the stones identified and culture the urine if it hasn't been done.
Hope this helps.

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