hi my 1 year old male Staffordshire Bull Terrier is drinking alot
recently and cant go more than two hours without a wee & when he goes,
he goes!. he is eating fine and playing happily - it this something to
worry about? He is a white Staffie, and i have been told that white
dogs are prone to loads of health problems - is this true? i have 2
staffies and my other one, a 1 year old (red colour) female one is
fine. thanks

hi my 1 year old male Staffordshire Bull Terrier is drinking alot
recently and cant go more than two hours without a wee & when he goes,
he goes!. he is eating fine and playing happily - it this something to
worry about? He is a white Staffie, and i have been told that white
dogs are prone to loads of health problems - is this true? i have 2
staffies and my other one, a 1 year old (red colour) female one is
fine. thanks

Sometimes excessive water drinking is behavioral. But it's best to have the
vet do an exam and blood work to rule out kidney disease or diabetes.

-Sharon

Sharon wrote:

hi my 1 year old male Staffordshire Bull Terrier is drinking alot
recently and cant go more than two hours without a wee & when he goes,
he goes!. he is eating fine and playing happily - it this something to
worry about? He is a white Staffie, and i have been told that white
dogs are prone to loads of health problems - is this true? i have 2
staffies and my other one, a 1 year old (red colour) female one is
fine. thanks

Sometimes excessive water drinking is behavioral. But it's best to have the
vet do an exam and blood work to rule out kidney disease or diabetes.

-Sharon

He has had any kideny problems ruled out by the vet and they dont
'think' its diabetes. If it is a behaviour problem, how should i
address /deal with it?

Ria wrote:
Sharon wrote:


hi my 1 year old male Staffordshire Bull Terrier is drinking alot
recently and cant go more than two hours without a wee & when he goes,
he goes!. he is eating fine and playing happily - it this something to
worry about? He is a white Staffie, and i have been told that white
dogs are prone to loads of health problems - is this true? i have 2
staffies and my other one, a 1 year old (red colour) female one is
fine. thanks

Sometimes excessive water drinking is behavioral. But it's best to have the
vet do an exam and blood work to rule out kidney disease or diabetes.

-Sharon


He has had any kideny problems ruled out by the vet and they dont
'think' its diabetes. If it is a behaviour problem, how should i
address /deal with it?


Cushings Disease?
Any other symptoms - panting alot?

/dan

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He has had any kideny problems ruled out by the vet and they dont
'think' its diabetes. If it is a behaviour problem, how should i
address /deal with it?


.............Don't understand your reply. Do you mean to say your dog has
had a complete set of bloodwork (CBC and chemistry panel), plus a urinalysis
and they cannot find any kidney problems or diabetes? If that is the case
I'd move on to endocrine problems as someone else mentioned. I really think
that excessive drinking as a behavioral problem would be way down on the
list for me.

buglady
take out the dog before replying

In article . net,
buglady wrote:
I really think
that excessive drinking as a behavioral problem would be way down on the
list for me.

When we were working with the internist at Cornell to figure
out what was going on with Greta (seizures, excessive
drinking [I measured 5 liters/day]), he said that behavior
causes for polydipsia are possible but exceedingly rare.
In Greta's case it turned out to be a pituitary mass.
--
Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis -

Prouder than ever to be a member of the reality-based community

Daniel Ganek wrote:


Cushings Disease?
Any other symptoms - panting alot?

/dan

what's Cushings Disease?
He does pant alot but always has, he always drank more than our other
dog but he must be drinking at least 7-8 pints a day now...he is a
highly energetic dog, he never sits down and is always looking for
something to do (like catch flies or dig in the garden) we do walk him
2-3 times a day to try and calm him but he is just a big ball of
energy! he has started to chase his trail alot recently, this started
at the same time as the excessive drinking ...

Ria wrote:
Daniel Ganek wrote:


Cushings Disease?
Any other symptoms - panting alot?

/dan

what's Cushings Disease?
He does pant alot but always has, he always drank more than our other
dog but he must be drinking at least 7-8 pints a day now...he is a
highly energetic dog, he never sits down and is always looking for
something to do (like catch flies or dig in the garden) we do walk him
2-3 times a day to try and calm him but he is just a big ball of
energy! he has started to chase his trail alot recently, this started
at the same time as the excessive drinking ...

Oh forgot to mention that he also has started top get a bold patch
inbetween his shoulder blades...

Cushings Disease?
Any other symptoms - panting alot?

/dan

what's Cushings Disease?

Cushings:
http://www.vetinfo.com/dcushing.html...en ocorticism

Drinking a lot - excessively - is one symptom of cushings, but so is
panting and hair loss (though usually bilateral, not spot speicif). I agree
with other posters - you need to seek out other medical diagnoses such as
Cushings or at least discuss this with your vet.

-Sharon