Dog Health Questions: Do You Think This is Vaginitis?

IdeaMan21 | July 9th, 2009

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.

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