I spoke with Dr. Haver about Tink's blood work this afternoon. He is very impressed with her numbers for her age! (we can blame that on her good diet and consistent exercise!!!) Her thyroid numbers look fabulous and I was afraid he was going to say we still haven't found the issue but...
...her kidney numbers are slightly elevated, enough that it could be causing her to drink and pee more. He said there is nothing medically that we need to do right now. He did recommend feeding her a diet consisting of 20% or less protein to start. (I did just a bit of research yesterday and we're going to play around with more home made diet stuff first I think....it may be more of a phosphorus issue than a protein issue, but we shall see)
So that's that. There are some really good supplements to help support and help her kidneys including b complex vitamins, Vitamin C (ester variety : ), omega 3's, etc.... so we're going to pick up a few items to see if we can help her little body out.
All in all, fabulous news! We'll see if we can help her little body need less water so we can slow the peeing in the house and going out in the middle of the night, but if not, at least we know at this point it's not life threatening. She's just aging, and apparently quite gracefully!
This little dog makes my heart smile so much! And now i have a new project to research and learn more about. We'll see how we can help her be as comfortable as possible : )
No more testing, no more waiting...still lots of spoiling, but now I will be much more conscious about the protein level in the treats.... of course the duck and turkey treats are 60% and 70% protein respectively!!! Ha, in moderation until they are gone...
Love me some Tink!!!
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