mzkitty
I give up.
Would appreciate any help for my friend, an owner of another board who has both cats and dogs and just loves them to death, but is frustrated with his old poochie's night-time urination problem and is frustrated with vet meds. Any herbal/home remedies you all know about? He rejects putting her to sleep now. Thanks very much for any advice on this.
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Him: She is on prednisone and I know that makes them piss alot -- and she is really pretty old, so that could add to it. She was one of the rescues so don't know for sure how old she is, but a few different vets have put her up anywhere around 16 to 19, and maybe 20 even. If there isn't anything wrong with her, but old age and medication, I am going to have to start setting my alarm for every hour or two to get up and take her out, cuz I ain't going to be pissed on by her every night. Rather get up every hour or so and haul her ass outside to do her nasty little business.
Me telling him to put her down maybe:
Him: Nope. Just can't do that yet. She still gets her thrills and spills outta life and has things she still enjoys doing. I would rather be pissed on every night or get up every hour. Just can't do it to her.
Me: Then see if there's any better/newer meds now that would help alleviate the problem. Even herbal. I could ask on one of my other boards that has a section on it for animals' health problems, if you like. Probably others would be interested too.
Him: Yeah, ask them about a very severe collapsing trachea too -- where it is collapsed pretty flat all the way from the throat down into the chest. She does alright sometimes, and doesn't some others. I think there are allergies mixed in there also that aggravate the condition more sometimes. Ask them and see if they know anything about it.
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Him: She is on prednisone and I know that makes them piss alot -- and she is really pretty old, so that could add to it. She was one of the rescues so don't know for sure how old she is, but a few different vets have put her up anywhere around 16 to 19, and maybe 20 even. If there isn't anything wrong with her, but old age and medication, I am going to have to start setting my alarm for every hour or two to get up and take her out, cuz I ain't going to be pissed on by her every night. Rather get up every hour or so and haul her ass outside to do her nasty little business.
Me telling him to put her down maybe:
Him: Nope. Just can't do that yet. She still gets her thrills and spills outta life and has things she still enjoys doing. I would rather be pissed on every night or get up every hour. Just can't do it to her.
Me: Then see if there's any better/newer meds now that would help alleviate the problem. Even herbal. I could ask on one of my other boards that has a section on it for animals' health problems, if you like. Probably others would be interested too.
Him: Yeah, ask them about a very severe collapsing trachea too -- where it is collapsed pretty flat all the way from the throat down into the chest. She does alright sometimes, and doesn't some others. I think there are allergies mixed in there also that aggravate the condition more sometimes. Ask them and see if they know anything about it.