Jack Ryan
Senior Member
Guys on this forum helped me out before with some dog health problems and I really appreciated it. Now I think I've got one and wanted to pay back a little if it can help some one else.
My 10 year old dog was acting funny and I noticed one day he was trying to poop all the time and couldn't seem to go. Other wise he was norma far as I noticed. I let it go a couple days and noticed he wasn't near as energetic. A couple more days and it was off to the vet we went. Going in I figured he'd ate something that had him bound up.
Vet said he had some kind of colon infection after fingering his butt and checking for worms. Came home with antibiotic and worm medicine just in case. It never helped on bit.
After a week and all the medicine was gone he really looked bad. I honestly thought he was gonna die. Wobbled around like he was drunk and reminded me of my old dog who had liver failure. Got him right in to the vet and the news this time was worse. They did blood test and felt him up again, did an X-ray and said his bladder was huge and infected. Bloody urine full of protiens. They figured prostate cancer or a tumour. Said I could spend a bunch more money on a sonagram but other than thousands in cancer stuff there wasn't much they could do and even then he was so sick and old he wasn't a good canidate for surgery or treatment.
"You'll have to make a decision pretty soon... The antibiotic may help for a few days but..."
More or less was telling me my dog was gonna die. He looked and acted really bad. I literally dug his grave, drank our last Mt Dews together, had the gun laying on my lap and then couldn't do it. He just didn't seem to be in pain. He just couldn't pee. They said that was blocking his intestines and giving him bladder infections.
He was so sick he wouldn't eat a thing, wouldn't drink a thing he was stopped up in every way. I finally opened up the antibiotic pills, put the powder in a straw and blew it down his throat so he couldn't spit it back out.
Darn if the next day he didn't have a little more pep and ate a piece of bread. Did the straw thing again and by the next day he would eat his pills in a piece of hot dog. A week on the medicine and he was pretty darn peppy, just couldn't poop or pee. Where ever he slept there would be a little pool of urine he had dribbled but at least it didn't look bloody any more.
I decided, forget that vet. No remember this dog is so sick I still have an open grave out under the apple tree and a week on antibiotic and he still can't poop or pee. I started mixing cranberry juice with any thing he ate and he still got better. I decided it is just the bladder thing making him sick. Maybe he don't have cancer or a tumour.
I remember they sell all kinds of gimmick crap to humans for prostate problems and I went to the pharmacy to ask if any of that stuff over the counter ever really works and the Pharmacist said the saw palmetto works for a lot of people.
I bought a bottle, it was $12 for a bottle for people. I was looking for dosages on the internet and to see if any one ever gave it to dogs before and found they actually sell this intended for dogs. One 450 mg people pill equalled about 12 doses for a dog his size so buy the stuff at the pharmacy it's hugely cheaper than the dog pills.
I sprinkled out about 1/10 of the contents of one pill on a little piece of bread and he ate it right down. Must not taste too bad.
Dang if today, the very next day, he was dragging me on a two mile walk we took and squirting every thing we walked past. Not going like he did when he was young but by golly he was going and that was ten times better than I've seen him pee in a couple weeks and he ate a full serving of dog food right down, even pooped a little.
I can't believe a few days ago I dug this dog's grave and today we are pretty much up to par. I have high hopes for more improvement, I'm sure keeping up what seems to be working.
If I had a dog with UTI and the vet gave antibiotics I'd give them this saw palmetto stuff at the same time with out a second thought. I'll be using it at any sign of urination problems from now on before going to a vet who gave up on him and thinks if it don't take a few hundred bucks out off your pocket it's not worth doing.
Hope this helps some one else and hope it keeps helping my dog.
My 10 year old dog was acting funny and I noticed one day he was trying to poop all the time and couldn't seem to go. Other wise he was norma far as I noticed. I let it go a couple days and noticed he wasn't near as energetic. A couple more days and it was off to the vet we went. Going in I figured he'd ate something that had him bound up.
Vet said he had some kind of colon infection after fingering his butt and checking for worms. Came home with antibiotic and worm medicine just in case. It never helped on bit.
After a week and all the medicine was gone he really looked bad. I honestly thought he was gonna die. Wobbled around like he was drunk and reminded me of my old dog who had liver failure. Got him right in to the vet and the news this time was worse. They did blood test and felt him up again, did an X-ray and said his bladder was huge and infected. Bloody urine full of protiens. They figured prostate cancer or a tumour. Said I could spend a bunch more money on a sonagram but other than thousands in cancer stuff there wasn't much they could do and even then he was so sick and old he wasn't a good canidate for surgery or treatment.
"You'll have to make a decision pretty soon... The antibiotic may help for a few days but..."
More or less was telling me my dog was gonna die. He looked and acted really bad. I literally dug his grave, drank our last Mt Dews together, had the gun laying on my lap and then couldn't do it. He just didn't seem to be in pain. He just couldn't pee. They said that was blocking his intestines and giving him bladder infections.
He was so sick he wouldn't eat a thing, wouldn't drink a thing he was stopped up in every way. I finally opened up the antibiotic pills, put the powder in a straw and blew it down his throat so he couldn't spit it back out.
Darn if the next day he didn't have a little more pep and ate a piece of bread. Did the straw thing again and by the next day he would eat his pills in a piece of hot dog. A week on the medicine and he was pretty darn peppy, just couldn't poop or pee. Where ever he slept there would be a little pool of urine he had dribbled but at least it didn't look bloody any more.
I decided, forget that vet. No remember this dog is so sick I still have an open grave out under the apple tree and a week on antibiotic and he still can't poop or pee. I started mixing cranberry juice with any thing he ate and he still got better. I decided it is just the bladder thing making him sick. Maybe he don't have cancer or a tumour.
I remember they sell all kinds of gimmick crap to humans for prostate problems and I went to the pharmacy to ask if any of that stuff over the counter ever really works and the Pharmacist said the saw palmetto works for a lot of people.
I bought a bottle, it was $12 for a bottle for people. I was looking for dosages on the internet and to see if any one ever gave it to dogs before and found they actually sell this intended for dogs. One 450 mg people pill equalled about 12 doses for a dog his size so buy the stuff at the pharmacy it's hugely cheaper than the dog pills.
I sprinkled out about 1/10 of the contents of one pill on a little piece of bread and he ate it right down. Must not taste too bad.
Dang if today, the very next day, he was dragging me on a two mile walk we took and squirting every thing we walked past. Not going like he did when he was young but by golly he was going and that was ten times better than I've seen him pee in a couple weeks and he ate a full serving of dog food right down, even pooped a little.
I can't believe a few days ago I dug this dog's grave and today we are pretty much up to par. I have high hopes for more improvement, I'm sure keeping up what seems to be working.
If I had a dog with UTI and the vet gave antibiotics I'd give them this saw palmetto stuff at the same time with out a second thought. I'll be using it at any sign of urination problems from now on before going to a vet who gave up on him and thinks if it don't take a few hundred bucks out off your pocket it's not worth doing.
Hope this helps some one else and hope it keeps helping my dog.
