After 4 months of daily use.
June 10, 2020
Long hair male Chihuahua 8.5 years old, body weight today 10.5 lbs. I adopted my sisters dogs when she passed away over 3 years ago. At that time Taco Baby was obese with 12.5 lbs. after knee replacement in 2015. All diets and efforts places him between 9.5 and 10.5 lbs. no matter what I do. He started gaining weight after neuter . He is Brachycephalic and allergic to all vaccines and many household products. He drinks distilled water only. No table food! He is a natural born rebel!. Was on Hills Science diet since a puppy. Last November one day to the next, I noticed red spots in my floor, I knew was from him, bc the other chihuahua (not his brother) was wearing a diaper in order to save my expensive Persian rugs. Took him to the Vet immediately and X-rays showed big stones (Calcium Oxalate) inside his bladder and also some were blocking his Urethra. At that time his ph. was 6 which according to the Vet makes more easy to have that type of stones formed again. He had surgery the same day and remained at the Vet for 3 days, refused to eat trough the ordeal and went down to 9.5 lbs. He was placed on SO urinary diet since the other brand caused him to have painful gas and cholic which are very dangerous, and can kill the dog, due to turned intestine. It was on February when he was placed by the Vet in the K-plus supplement ounce per day 1 scoop. His urine was retested in May. Sadly, the test revealed the presence of crystals Calcium Oxalate. X-Ray and Ultrasound revealed that the crystals were very very small and between the food and the supplement, they are coming out in his urine (visible light powder in the urine). Of course, the presence of the tiny crystals causes inflammation of the bladder. He was placed on antibiotics for 2 weeks and the Vet increased the K-plus to 1scoop and a 1/4 ounce per day. Yesterday, after 2 weeks the urine test came negative: no crystals and the ph. went up to 7, the Vets said that ideal for the purpose of avoiding this specific type of stones is 7.5. He will have another urine test in one month. So, the product works by keeping the crystals like tiny particles, and the food by making him urinate more. All my research found the ounce a dog gets this crystals, very likely, they will keep coming back, but, by using this product, and keeping close medical care, I might avoid another surgery. There is no other preventive treatment for this type of stones, science doesn't know yet why they form.
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