Old dog drinking and peeing lots

[MsAdorabelleDearheartVonLipwig]

Vet not too concerned, says it's old age.

He has me up at least once a night, whining to go out. Sometimes he doesn't make it and pees by the door.

He's currently on Synoquin tablets for a shoulder injury and arthritis. Could this be part of the problem? Dh thinks so but I think he was getting like this before the pills.

Would reducing his water in the evening be ok? Or not? Could do without the nighttime dash to the back door, we live in a big house and I don't always get to him in time.

I was filling his water bowl up twice a day. Now it's four/five times.

Otherwise ok. Shiny coat, usual self.

Well he's now had an injection to stop the throwing up for a day or so, during which I've managed to feed him some rice and chicken. I got his medication in it and so far he's kept it down but my God, his stomach is making some awful noises. Starting him on some anti-sickness tablets tomorrow.

We have options. The first is just to leave him on the Cushings medication. The second is to send him for an ultrasound to see if the problem is a cyst or tumour in his adrenal glands, where the problem hormone is being over-produced, in which case they can operate to remove it and cure him. If it's not in his adrenal glands then it must be coming from his pituitary gland, which could be determined by an MRI scan and there's nothing we can do except leave him on the medication for life.

The meds are £100 a month, the ultrasound and op would be around £1500 and an MRI scan would be around £1700.

I'd like to try for just an ultrasound to start with, just to see if it is a tumour that we could remove. Would just be nice to know.

Dh kept saying poor old boy, we can't let him struggle on, he's not happy. I think he's a bit worried about the cost.

Our old dog had the same, they thought it was diabetes but turned out to be kidney failure. Hope he's OK

Thanks. This is my concern. He's only got a couple of the symptoms and one major symptom is a voracious appetite. He can eat hardly anything and what he does eat he throws up again. Don't want to be rude to the vet but will have to ask him if he's got it right.

When my boy was diagnosed with cushings he only had one symptom and that was drinking lots, I hadn't noticed him weeing excessively and no massive appetite or pot belly which is associated with cushings.
From memory my vet ran tests to eliminate kidney disease, diabetes etc prior to doing the ACTH test for cushings.
I think its best that you speak to the vet again, and I'm sure they won't think you are rude, you just want the best for your old boy. good luck and I hope you get some answers and good news soon x

Explained to the vet about how he couldn't keep anything down at all. Left him there for tests and scans. Scan showed that my old boy has hardly any liver left. Could be lymphoma, could be cirrhosis, either way he needs antibiotics and special food. Might still have Cushings caused by the infected liver. Vet thinks it's treatable and he can live perfectly well on a smaller liver. So much better news than I was expecting. So relieved.