Hi, I'm new to the forum-- just found it by searching for information about urinary problems in shelties. My sheltie, Mandy, is about 9 1/2 years old, and until last year had never had any health issues at all. Then, in January 2010, she developed a really bad yeast infection. The vet put her on Cephalexin 500 mg for the infection (mostly in her ears, I believe) and Fluconazole 100 mg for the yeast. She stayed on the Fluconazole for quite a time-- 3 weeks to a month, I think. The medicine, along with bathing with medicated shampoo, took care of the yeast infection, and her skin has been great since then-- KNOCKIN ON WOOD!!!
Then in early December 2010, we noticed that she was having little "accidents" and stopping to squat repeatedly, and then we saw little spots of bloody mucous on the ground when she tried to pee. We rushed her to the vet, who did bloodwork and a urinalysis. The vet thought it was probably just a UTI, so put her on Rimadyl for pain and Amoxil for the infection. She got better quickly--- but exactly one month later-- she developed the same symptoms. So, back to the vet, who did xrays to check for stones-- thank goodness there were none. So she came home with another round of amoxil -- 250 mg. A couple weeks later, Mandy broke a toenail into the quick, so.... back to see Dr. Beth! She cauterized the nail, bandaged it, etc, and put Mandy on another round of Amoxil just to make sure she didn't get an infection from the nail.
So, now here we are-- another 2 weeks later, and this afternoon, Mandy is having the urinary symptoms again-- dribbling blood spots. Other than that, she acts perfectly fine. She eats, drink, runs, plays just like normal. I just don't know what to do. I had read somewhere online, but sometimes UTI's in dogs can take a very extended round of antibiotics to really knock it out? Or maybe Amoxil isn't the correct antibiotic to use? I am interested in trying the cranberry and vitamin C supplements. Any other ideas- or do anyone have anything to suggest that I could ask my vet about?
Thanks for any help
Then in early December 2010, we noticed that she was having little "accidents" and stopping to squat repeatedly, and then we saw little spots of bloody mucous on the ground when she tried to pee. We rushed her to the vet, who did bloodwork and a urinalysis. The vet thought it was probably just a UTI, so put her on Rimadyl for pain and Amoxil for the infection. She got better quickly--- but exactly one month later-- she developed the same symptoms. So, back to the vet, who did xrays to check for stones-- thank goodness there were none. So she came home with another round of amoxil -- 250 mg. A couple weeks later, Mandy broke a toenail into the quick, so.... back to see Dr. Beth! She cauterized the nail, bandaged it, etc, and put Mandy on another round of Amoxil just to make sure she didn't get an infection from the nail.
So, now here we are-- another 2 weeks later, and this afternoon, Mandy is having the urinary symptoms again-- dribbling blood spots. Other than that, she acts perfectly fine. She eats, drink, runs, plays just like normal. I just don't know what to do. I had read somewhere online, but sometimes UTI's in dogs can take a very extended round of antibiotics to really knock it out? Or maybe Amoxil isn't the correct antibiotic to use? I am interested in trying the cranberry and vitamin C supplements. Any other ideas- or do anyone have anything to suggest that I could ask my vet about?
Thanks for any help
