The Dalmatian Diaries Blog

We had houseguests this weekend. These were the same people that were here when Widget first came to us in September. Of course, since she was a mere baby back then, I didn't expect her to remember them. She was, however, pretty good all weekend. She barked a little, but at one point was in Michael's lap while he sat on a chair and at another time when he was on the floor she and Browser competed for his attention. However, the first morning they were here, when she saw him she barked - as if he was an all new person again.

Overall, they were well behaved.

Browser has been having some issues though. Last week he started drinking a ton of water, then peeing excessively. It started after he'd been in his crate for about 6 hours (nothing that unusual). He peed four times in an hour after being let out (he drank an entire bowl of water). I didn't think that much of it at the time. The next day he acted fine - playing and eating, etc but was still doing the water/pee routine. By Friday morning he'd had 3 accidents in the house. So off to the vet we went. They tested his urine and did some blood work. Urine came back fine - pH was normal, no crystals, no infection. Blood work tested liver and kidney function among other things and that all was fine. The vet tried to chalk it up to him just being a puppy and having a little lapse in his housebreaking. I won't be going back to that vet again - that's not a cool response - I'm not an idiot, I know when there is something behavioral with my pup and when there is something physical. He was the only vet available on short notice but I'll let the clinic know I don't want to see him again. (the vet didn't even plan to do blood work, I asked him to do it)

So, I did get Browser on antibiotics just in case. He's been taking them since Friday afternoon and so far I don't see much change. He is good all night in his crate (pees like crazy when he gets out in the morning, but never once asks to go out during the night or during naptimes).

The joys of parenthood... it's always something!

I did get pictures over the weekend so I'll get them uploaded shortly.