https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/any-advice-about-managing-dogs-with-kidney-failure Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 19 Apr 2026 16:48:33 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/any-advice-about-managing-dogs-with-kidney-failure/page/2#post-2142153 Wed, 02 Sep 2020 16:47:44 +0000 Angie 2142153@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, <b>Joyce</b>. What a sweet and precious boy Simba is. He's so lucky to have your enormous care and love - which he has given to you all these years. Beautifully reciprocal, and heart warming. Much love and hang in there. I get how stressful this is. xo </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/any-advice-about-managing-dogs-with-kidney-failure/page/2#post-2142128 Wed, 02 Sep 2020 14:46:14 +0000 JAileen 2142128@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Joyce, best of luck with Simba. &nbsp;We’ll all be thinking about him. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/any-advice-about-managing-dogs-with-kidney-failure/page/2#post-2142113 Wed, 02 Sep 2020 12:20:25 +0000 pil 2142113@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a handsome boy! It can be so stressful looking after our little buddies. Thanks for the update. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/any-advice-about-managing-dogs-with-kidney-failure/page/2#post-2142107 Wed, 02 Sep 2020 11:45:04 +0000 Joyce B 2142107@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yesterday the nephrologist gave him a feeding tube to let his tongue heal from painful lesions that developed and made eating very difficult. He also switched his subcutaneous fluids and meds. He thinks Simba had an acute kidney injury and a background mild renal failure.<br /> He had the tube placed yesterday.<br /> Now I am nursing him hopefully back to good health, with tube feedings and subcutaneous fluids.<br /> Thank you Angie and all for your support. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/any-advice-about-managing-dogs-with-kidney-failure/page/2#post-2141931 Tue, 01 Sep 2020 16:29:43 +0000 Angie 2141931@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Joyce</b>, how did it go at the&nbsp;<b></b>nephrologist?&nbsp;<b></b> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/any-advice-about-managing-dogs-with-kidney-failure/page/2#post-2141821 Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:39:50 +0000 pil 2141821@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Joyce, I hope the nephrologist is able to help. You can totally do the subcue fluids. My sister did that with her dog and I did it for a guinea pig a million years ago. Those guinea pigs have tough skin. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/any-advice-about-managing-dogs-with-kidney-failure/page/2#post-2141793 Mon, 31 Aug 2020 19:56:16 +0000 Gail 2141793@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thinking about you and hoping the nephrologist can help your pup. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/any-advice-about-managing-dogs-with-kidney-failure/page/2#post-2141761 Mon, 31 Aug 2020 16:54:46 +0000 Angie 2141761@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Joyce</b>, where there is life there is hope. Both of you hang in there. Much love. xo </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/any-advice-about-managing-dogs-with-kidney-failure/page/2#post-2141748 Mon, 31 Aug 2020 15:24:48 +0000 Joyce B 2141748@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>UmmLila, your little guy is very lucky, blessings to you both. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/any-advice-about-managing-dogs-with-kidney-failure/page/2#post-2141747 Mon, 31 Aug 2020 15:24:01 +0000 Joyce B 2141747@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie, we may be close to the end of the journey (crying). We go to nephro specialist this pm. Thanks for caring. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/any-advice-about-managing-dogs-with-kidney-failure/page/2#post-2141602 Sun, 30 Aug 2020 19:21:09 +0000 UmmLila (Lisa) 2141602@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hope you're getting some good news on the pup. Mine almost died of liver failure a few years ago, and after heavy nursing and special diet is still pootling around at 13.</p> <p>(He gave himself pancreatitis once, too, by eating crap he found in the street and would not drop.) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/any-advice-about-managing-dogs-with-kidney-failure/page/2#post-2141588 Sun, 30 Aug 2020 18:41:10 +0000 Angie 2141588@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Joyce</b>, how are you and your little buddy doing today?&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/any-advice-about-managing-dogs-with-kidney-failure/page/2#post-2141151 Fri, 28 Aug 2020 13:50:44 +0000 Bijou 2141151@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh Joyce, I am so sorry. Isn’t he such a trouper getting excited for his food. I just love how dogs get so much pleasure from the simplest things. Sending you and your beautiful dog a virtual hug. xxx </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/any-advice-about-managing-dogs-with-kidney-failure/page/2#post-2141066 Fri, 28 Aug 2020 03:20:51 +0000 Angie 2141066@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, Joyce. It’s sooo hard and awful. The gift of an appetite and wagging tail gives you strength. You give your little guy strength and hope too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/any-advice-about-managing-dogs-with-kidney-failure/page/2#post-2141065 Fri, 28 Aug 2020 02:57:53 +0000 Joyce B 2141065@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Today he was wagging his tail and had good appetite but his labs came back worse (I am crying). I will have to learn to put subcutaneous fluids on him. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/any-advice-about-managing-dogs-with-kidney-failure#post-2141011 Thu, 27 Aug 2020 21:44:10 +0000 Angie 2141011@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Joyce</b>, how is you're little guy doing today?&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/any-advice-about-managing-dogs-with-kidney-failure#post-2140924 Thu, 27 Aug 2020 12:54:57 +0000 Joyce B 2140924@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you, Tina and God bless you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/any-advice-about-managing-dogs-with-kidney-failure#post-2140867 Wed, 26 Aug 2020 23:54:44 +0000 Angie 2140867@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Tina</b>, you are fabulous, blessed, and an inspiration. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/any-advice-about-managing-dogs-with-kidney-failure#post-2140808 Wed, 26 Aug 2020 17:36:33 +0000 Tina 2140808@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh no, that is hard. I hope you get good help and the best possible outcome.<br /> Thanks for sharing.<br /> Thanks for that tip, JAileen, it is good to know.</p> <p>Angie, I have had my share of medical upheaval but I presently enjoy good health and I am very, very thankful for it! Thanks for the comment. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/any-advice-about-managing-dogs-with-kidney-failure#post-2140806 Wed, 26 Aug 2020 17:31:55 +0000 Angie 2140806@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, dear&nbsp;<b>Joyce</b>. I know these feelings well. You are both so brave and sweet. I'm tearful. Your little guy is very comforted by your care and love, and he knows you are doing every thing for him. He's so strong for you. Much love. xo </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/any-advice-about-managing-dogs-with-kidney-failure#post-2140797 Wed, 26 Aug 2020 16:32:55 +0000 Joyce B 2140797@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>JAileen, you did good, Bob Barker is a lucky little doggy. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/any-advice-about-managing-dogs-with-kidney-failure#post-2140785 Wed, 26 Aug 2020 15:31:40 +0000 JAileen 2140785@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Joyce, Bob Barker did that once - he gobbled down a dead mouse he found in the gutter. &nbsp;I couldn’t get it away. &nbsp;I thought about why a dead mouse was laying in the gutter and thought it might have been poisoned. &nbsp;I hurried over to the vet and they made him vomit it up. &nbsp;I don’t know if it was poisoned, but the vet thought it was a good possibility. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/any-advice-about-managing-dogs-with-kidney-failure#post-2140779 Wed, 26 Aug 2020 15:03:50 +0000 Joyce B 2140779@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie, thanks for asking. He has an acute renal injury superimposed on a baseline mild renal failure. He ate something in the street that he totally refused letting me take out of his mouth, he clasped so tight. And then he got very sick. The vet had no hope for him. He is still on IV fluids and his lab values, although abnormal, are going down. Yesterday he was feeling better, wagged his tail for us and ate the grilled chicken I made for him, though he is very sad at the hospital. He has lost a lot of weight. We were able to get a vet nephrologist to see him next monday. I am praying that we will have more time together. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/any-advice-about-managing-dogs-with-kidney-failure#post-2140769 Wed, 26 Aug 2020 14:29:32 +0000 Angie 2140769@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Joyce</b>, how is your little guy?&nbsp;</p> <p><b>Tina</b>, you are a walking miracle </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/any-advice-about-managing-dogs-with-kidney-failure#post-2140733 Wed, 26 Aug 2020 13:16:28 +0000 Joyce B 2140733@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you very much, Tina and everyone for your support.<br /> Tina, thank you for sharing your experience. You have been through a lot. I wish you continued good health and many blessings.<br /> I am looking for low potassium foods, I always avoid sodium so that is easy.<br /> I will keep in mind the treatment to prevent anemia. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/any-advice-about-managing-dogs-with-kidney-failure#post-2140578 Tue, 25 Aug 2020 19:52:15 +0000 Tina 2140578@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have no advice on pets with kidney failure but if it is anything like human kidney failure I have lots of experience. I have been through it twice, my second transplant is 18 years old.<br /> I lived with very low function for a number of years before my second transplant, extreme fatigue and high urea were my main issues (the urea made me lose my appetite). One thing that can help is to really restrict any foods that are high in potassium and sodium. Trying to keep hemoglobin stable was tough because of the role the kidneys play, there was a shot we could get that would boost hemoglobin- not sure if that is available for dogs.<br /> Hopefully you can at least get your pup to the point where it can rest comfortably and you know they are not feeling terrible. Unfortunately, with time there is no help outside of dialysis. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/any-advice-about-managing-dogs-with-kidney-failure#post-2140384 Tue, 25 Aug 2020 00:01:07 +0000 nemosmom 2140384@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My only experience is with a cat, so I am no help. Sending you much love and hope right now! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/any-advice-about-managing-dogs-with-kidney-failure#post-2140296 Mon, 24 Aug 2020 18:40:32 +0000 Style Fan 2140296@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Joyce, he is a sweetie. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/any-advice-about-managing-dogs-with-kidney-failure#post-2140284 Mon, 24 Aug 2020 17:40:27 +0000 Angie 2140284@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, <b>Joyce</b>. What a sweetheart. Much love and strength.&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/any-advice-about-managing-dogs-with-kidney-failure#post-2140257 Mon, 24 Aug 2020 16:05:40 +0000 Joyce B 2140257@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you very much to all of you for your support and advice. Inge and Pil, I signed up to the groups you suggested.<br /> I will get lots of good info.<br /> Bijou, you give me hope that maybe...</p> <p>To everyone, I will answer in more detail when I get a chance. He is very delicate now. </p>