What to do, what to do??

[Adrianne Matzkin]

Samantha, who will be 6 in a few weeks) has had a recurrent UTI (or maybe she never got rid of it and I only noticed since it has been to cold to keep the door open for easy access to the yard) for over a year.

Blood and crystals in her urine. She is back on antibiotics for 10 days.

Here's the kicker!!

I bought a bag of SD CD! I didn't know what else to do! She needs a food with low protein. I truly trust my vet, he is on the panel that is making the decision to change the vaccine protocol so he is no dummy. 

He wants her on it for a month, then run her labs again to see if it changes. If he sees significant changes he suggests we keep her on it for life. Needless to say I am not happy about this.

What else can I feed her that will help keep her kidneys healthy?? IF I have to I will feed her this for life but it make me crazy to even think that!

thanks!

[Stella]

Cranberry capsules worked really well for Chase when he had UTI problems. I still give them to him on a regular basis and at his last urine check, the pH was almost 2 points lower than it had been when he had the UTI. I changed nothing else in his diet except for the addition of cranberry capsules.

[Adrianne Matzkin]

Is there a dosage per weight for a dog and cranberry? Is the doggie kind better then the human? 

[F, Calla & Luca]

No real dosage guide. I gave the human kind to Calla when she had a UTI. I would start with one or two capsules a day.

[Adrianne Matzkin]

Thanks F!

[Stella]

I bought human super concentrated cranberry capsules. At the beginning he got one every day, now every other day seems to be enough to keep things under control.