7 mo old male puppy with UTI's, Vet doesn't know what it is... STILL :(

[Nicole & Dexter]

Hello everyone,

Dexter is still having problems when he pees. Dexter has been on 4 different antibiotics! We have done urine-analysis tests and cultural tests like crazy in the past few months. The first few tests showed stuvite crystals in his urine.  We put him on a couple antibiotics because it would come and go, finally it seemed to clear up the crystals, but then the vet found a drug resistant bacteria in his urine weeks later and we had to put him on another antibiotic. We then went back for testing after his last round of antibiotics and the vet said the bacteria is gone. Well that's great and all, but he's still licking his area after he urinates.  When the vet called to give me the results, she didn't know what to say. She doesn't know what it is. She recommended doing an xray, to see if there is something we are missing, such as a stone. She said if that doesn't work, then she will refer me to an imaging center to take a picture of his insides. I have asked several times if it's the food, and she seems to disagree. She said he's too young, and we would see sign of allergies. She also thinks maybe it's nothing. Maybe he just is obsessed with licking there. I disagree. I'm at my wits end here! Last Thursday I put him on Taste of the Wild grain free food. He has really only been on it since Saturday because I mixed it with his kirkland food he's been on. Which, today he threw up a little, and I'm wondering if it's because I rushed it too fast changing him from kirkland to grain free food in a matter of only a few days? 

Dexter is 7 months old now. He's had this issue for most of his life already and I feel like there's not much more I can do. The vet hasn't helped much. I'm praying this is something he will grow out of. I'm going to keep him on TOTW, but add some kirland for a little bit longer so his stomach can adjust to it, and hopefully see some progress! If anyone has any other advise, please please help me! Sometimes I wonder if I'm just going crazy and over-reacting, but when I see him stop whatever he's doing just to lick his private area, especially after peeing, it definitely tells me there is a problem! Again, any help would be great. Even if you've given me advise about it before when I posted in September, I would appreciate the advice again.

Thank you! 

-Nicole

[Lee Seidman]

We only feed Orijen,  I do not like the Kirkland food and check to make sure it does not come from China. Their products are making our dogs really sick especially the Jerky products. You might want to check for Addisons disease as well. Our Lexi has Addisons and has been plagued with UTI all her five years.

[Nicole & Dexter]

Thank you for that! I will definitely look into it. I think I am done with kirkland food.