What to do if your dog gets stones

Dog Stones Treatment

1. Clinically, it is necessary to choose the appropriate treatment method according to the location and size of the stone.

2. If the stone is relatively small, and the stone is located in the bladder, urethra, etc., it can be excreted by washing.

3. If the calculus is relatively large, or the location of the calculus is relatively special, then surgery is generally required.

4. Calculus is a common disease that mostly occurs in dogs that do not like to drink water. It is recommended to ensure the daily water intake of dogs.

Causes of Stones in Dogs

1. Calcium oxalate: Generally speaking, it can be divided into 4 reasons. Excessive calcium ions in urine, excessive urinary oxalate, excessive urinary citrate, and crystallostatin deficiency. There are factors that inhibit crystal formation in normal urine, which can reduce the generation of crystals and stones in urine.

2. Calcium phosphate: such as hyperparathyroidism, abnormal kidney filtration function, excessive intake of vitamin D and nephritis, etc., may all lead to the occurrence of this stone.

3. Cystine: There is low concentration of cystine in normal blood. Cystine can be dissolved in alkaline urine but not in acidic urine.

4. Magnesium ammonium phosphate: It can be divided into two reasons: infectious and non-infectious. When the urinary tract is infected, magnesium ammonium phosphate is easily formed in the urine through various chemical mechanisms; non-infectious ones are due to diet or metabolic abnormalities, resulting in the production of such stones.

5. Urate: The normal body can convert uric acid into allantoin. However, if the concentration of uric acid in the blood or feces is too high, the body cannot completely convert it, and it is easy to produce urate. In addition, if the dog suffers from congenital hepatic vascular shunt, it is also prone to such stones due to poor liver function.