Dogs Health Information

After doing my research, I am almost 100% positive that my 11 month
old bitch has the juvie (sp) form of vaginitis. Or a yeast type of infection.

She has a bit of white discharge, is smelling “good” to my males, but
isn’t ‘off’ in any other way. She hasn’t yet had her first season, and
she’s not coming in either. So that isn’t causing it.

When asking another breeder about this, she asked if my bitch liked to
pee with her butt practically on the ground, when I answered yes, then
she said for sure I had vaginitis.

My bitch was minimally vaxd, and is currently in the process of switching over to a prey model raw diet. Which she loves, btw.

I really didn’t want to put her on antibiotics, is there anything else I can give her? And I don’t want to spay her, either.
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My dog had the same thing and was told that some dogs never get rid of it but, mine did after only 1 round of antibiotics. If you do go the antibiotic route, also take some enzymes and probotics to keep the good bacteria.

Probotics are very beneficial for all dogs.
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I really didn’t want to put her on antibiotics, is there anything else & I can give her? And I don’t want to spay her, either. This is quite common in young, pre-pube bitches. Usually it doesn’t bother after her first heat.

Of course if you suspect real infection, a vet trip is warranted. Otherwise, not to worry. You could try a small amount of cranberry/vitamin c in her diet to change the PH …..

I haven’t taken her in yet. My mentor, who is a long time breeder and
worked in a clinic for years immediately knew what I was talking about
when I asked her, and when I checked up on it she matched. Right now
it’s a self diagnosis.

All my vet has to do is look at a dog and he’ll break your bank, so I’m still undecided about if I need to take her in and if I do, what I need to ask them to check her for. She goes in for her Interceptor in a couple of weeks, and so I might ask them to take a look at her then.

She’s acting perfectly normal, no straining, nothing funny at all.
Just the slight discharge.

I would like to avoid hormones and antibiotics right now.

Tags: bladder infection, dog health problems, dog illnesses, dog nutrition, probotics, raw diet, vaginal infection, vaginitis, white discharge, yeast infections

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Last Friday I brought home an older Dalmatian 11 to 15 years old. He was being left out side in the cold and I couldn’t stand it. I started him on raw, he took to it like a pro. and is having no problems with that.

But he wakes up coughing and then hacks up what looks like flem. Sticky white watery foam. This happens after a nights sleep, no other discharge, eye & nose are fine, no breathing problems. I don’t need another dog but I could not stand the thought of this nice boy spending another cold night outside alone being fed the cheapest crap in a bag money could buy.

This nightly coughing thing is a concern.

Any idea’s?
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Have him checked for heart worm and lung worm by a vet!
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Well, first of all thank you so much for your kind heart to save him and give him a life he deserves for his older years. We lost our male boxer to heart disease, coughing is one of the signs of heart problems but you have to see if he has other symptoms as well, how is his energy level?

Could it be kennel cough by any chance?
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Our dog has a heart murmur caused by a “leaky” heart valve and coughing is one of his symptoms. He often coughs a bit when he wakes up or even gets up from lying, and occasionally there is a white foam on his mouth.

He doesn’t cough for a long time and sometimes it’s like he has something caught in his throat, but it’s not a strong cough. It’s different kind of cough from kennel cough (from what I remember, our other dog had that several years ago).

The kennel cough also resulted in an unpleasant deposits everywhere and the coughing was regular, every few hours and fairly intense. You probably know that kennel cough is very contagious and if you even suspect it, should keep your dog away from other dogs.

It was expensive for us to determine the cause of our dog’s heart murmur, and he’s healthy so there is no treatment. We’re just aware of the symptoms of more serious heart issues, should he develop problems in the future. I’m not sure we’re in any better situation that we were when our vet first heard the murmur.

This isn’t to suggest I think your dog has a heart problem. I have no idea what all of the causes of coughing and foaming might be. Good luck to you and the Dalmatian. If you don’t keep him, I hope he finds
a nice home. It’s wonderful that you took him in and are feeding him good food.
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I had a German shepherd that had a lot of coughing going on for quite
a while and our vet kept giving him steroids which did help but we ended up finding out that he a pulmonary embolism in his lung.

This is something that the vet couldn’t make out on the x-ray. After he passed away his x-ray had to be sent out to an specialist to look at to tell us how he actually died. They wanted to do an autopsy but
I just couldn’t bring myself to do that. I suppose it would have helped
in diagnosing how he died but I was in such shock that he passed I just couldn’t do it. But I would have the lungs checked out just to be on the safe side. Good luck to you.

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My dog contracted a bacterial or viral eye infection. She plays with the same dogs in her play group. She attends a training class at a boarding facility once a week. My vet said she got it from one of her friends. One of the dogs she plays with is a puppy Bulldog with deep skin folds on her face.

Her owner is a first time dog owner, he takes good care of her, but he doesn’t know how important it is to wash and dry her face skin folds. I assumed my dog contracted the eye infection from her. I kept her away from the other dogs and she didn’t go to her class the next day.

The other dog in this play group goes to the same classes with my dog, but she didn’t go to the last class my dog attended. She did attend the class my dog missed and today her owner told me she has the eye infection. Does anyone know if a bacterial or viral eye infection can be contracted from a physical facility (walls and floors) or can it only be contracted from direct contact with a dog that has it?

I appreciate any information on this possibility.

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I didn’t close the door on my Sheltie’s crate all the way, and he got out during meal time. He started a fight with Collie #3, and bit him between the toes on his left foot. Bleeding was stopped with a cold, wet towel.

How do I make sure it heals properly, without infection? Do I clean it or leave it alone?

We have snow on the ground here, so I’m not too worried about dirt getting into it. He’s not limping and so far, he’s leaving it alone.
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I would get some calendula cream from a health food store and put that on his foot.
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I have a puppy who has made himself quite the pest a couple of times. He has been bitten once on the chin at 10 weeks and once almost in the eye a couple of weeks ago. We went to our holistic, raw-friendly vet and she was not concerned. Both bites were deep, Shepherd fang deep.

The vet cleaned out the wound with saline, and told us to clean it out daily with a homemade saline solution. I think it was 1 tsp salt to 1 cup water, she gave us a syringe to squirt it in with. She said bites are always full of bacteria, so they never stitch them up or close them.

Hopefully that helps.
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Thanks for your reply. I’ve been soaking his paw in salt water 3 x day. I’ve been using one heaping tablespoon per gallon. Not nearly strong enough. He’s not limping or licking it, so I think he’ll be fine.

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A Question from a previous post:

What is different about the healthy rawfed dog that renders him intolerable to fleas? My dog is healthy and rawfed but used to eat crappy food and get vaccinated. After getting DE there are almost no fleas. I’m still working on it and dreading another hot summer and the possibility of fleas.

It isn’t that raw fed dogs are ‘intolerable’ to fleas, just that fleas are more drawn to unhealthy animals with poor immune systems. Keep up with the good diet and no/minimal vaccines and flea treatment, and I have no doubt your dog will continue to be come less and less attractive to fleas/ticks.

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