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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Quick recap. He has had intermittent times when he is
very incontinent and his urine has no color. Did blood work and
urinalysis and all was fine. Doc thought it was his back but that didn’t
explain why his urine was colorless. Took him to back doc to verify that
his back is okay. They asked me to get a urine sample to check specific
gravity, which many of you also suggested. I was finally able to get a
sample today. His urine has been concentrated since they gave me the
little syringes to get it. Any way, his specific gravity is off
showing that his kidneys are not properly functioning. First doc was
adamant that if there was a kidney problem it wouldn’t come and go.
Some one else wrote me and said that was how their hound was reacting at the
early stages of kidney failure. So off to the vet to get a sack of KD
formula. I had recently switched to California Natural Senior and it is
too high in protein for him. 24% mixed with some Taste of Wild –
25%. The KD is 12% and she said if that didn’t work Royal Canin was
11%. This doc emphasized that for kidney function to show on the blood
work it has to get down to 75% function. So a word of caution, those of
you who are switching to grain free high protein food, it may not be good for a
senior hound.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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