My dog is 12 years old, 45 lbs, very athletic (shepherd mix), but recently (last month or so) started being very lethargic before walks, suddenly changed from being the Willie Mays of catching treats to missing quite a few, has tripped a couple of times, and in general doesn't seem as happy. Our vet recommended seeing an ophthamologist which we will do next week. He also said she is now in renal insufficiency and I need to cut back on her proteins and have her blood checked again in a few months. Her blood test shows Creatinine level 1.8, BUN 31, Potassium 4.9, Calcium 11.2, GGT 9, and Monocytes at 2%. I have all the other values if that's helpful. The rest were all in normal range. I went back and looked through her other blood tests over the previous several years and her Creatinine has varied between 1.6 (2014) to 1.2 (2017) to 1.5 and now to 1.8. Her BUN has always been in the mid 20s until now. Being a can-do family, we want to help her kidneys function better again and get those values back to where they need to be. How serious is this situation and what do you recommend as the best course of action? Thank you.

my dog JAX is almost 2 years old was just neutered 60 days ago after 1 week he started drinking more often and urinating more the usual we have done urine test showing LSG 0f 1.014 and BUN 14.3 and Creatlnlne of 146 my vet says he has kidney problems but other then drinking and urinating more he is himself running playing eating could he be misdiagnosed ?

Hello I have 4 year old German Shepherd dog. Suddenly he stops eating food, then I did some test and found Blood urea level is 210 mg and serum creatinine level is 11.61 mg. What should I do and Renal royal cannin food is good for him or not. Please give me some advice to treat my dog.

My yorkie had diarrhea and vomiting..he is app 12 years old..his BUN is 140 and ALT is 306..calcium is 13.1 and creatinine is 4.5..few others slightly elevated but not as severe as these..was told he is in kidney failure.His breath is also very bad now..Do you agree and do you know what his prognosis would be? Thank you

Zoey has had 3 recent nose bleeds (Feb 2020) from only her left nostril. She had 2-3 of them last year at the same time of year from the same nostril. She clears her nasal passage often (by blowing out hard). She has some pretty intense sneezes at times (only prevalent since last year). I believe it's all related. Physical exam at vet showed nothing obvious. No recent trauma. Could it be a seasonal allergy? Her blood work was normal last year when checked, but her BUN level is slightly elevated this year 31 mg/dL (21 in 2019). Zoey eats homemade food now, but ate processed food last year. We live in MD. All other results from bloodwork have been normal. Any chance the nosebleeds and slightly elevated BUN level are related? Should we be concerned with Kidney problems just yet? We are going back for followup blood work in a month. Doc put her on anti-histamine for the time being. Thanks for any insight.

My 11 year old little terrier mix was recently started on Lorazepam 0.5mg QD and Clomipramine 20mg QD and we did baseline lab work before starting her on the medication and the results were as follows: WBC: 17.81 (range is 6-17) Neu: 15.82 (range is 3.62-12.30) Lym: 0.80 ( range is 0.83-4.91 Neu %: 88.9 (range is 52-81) PLT: 618 ( range is 117-490) BUN: 25.1 ( range is 9-29) Creatine: 0.7 (range is 0.4-1.4) Phosphorus: 3.2 (range is 1.9-5) Total Protein: 7.2 (range is 5.5-7.6) Na: 148 (range is 141-152) K: 4.3 (range is 3.8-5.3) When I took her back recently, which was a month after these baseline results BUN: 42.2 Creatine: 0.9 Phosphorus: 4.1 Calcium: 11.8 Total Protein: 6.9 Based on these results they thought she might have renal disease, so we did X rays and urinalysis but they have come back normal and kidney were WNL. However, she has been losing weight, drinking more water, urinating more, some days she throws up her water, some days she is very finicky with eating and if she could spend the day sleeping she would. I want to note that her glucose levels were normal each time. I am wondering if based on the blood work and symptoms could it be due to stress or should we possibly pursue testing for Addison's disease?

My chihuahua has Glu:254mg/dL, SDMA>100ug/dL, Crea:— —mg/dL, (undetermined) BUN:>130mg/dL, Phos:>16.1mg/dL, Cal:7.5mg/dL Amyl: 2255U/L Na: 132mmol/L Na/K: 24 Cl: 94mmol/L TT4: 0.9ug/dL What do you think? Is he just dehydrated and hungry because I haven’t get a chance to give him soft food for few days. He only have dry food/kibbles and did not eat it because he does not have teeth at all since 7mos ago. After I knew and saw him losing weight for just maybe few days of not eating. I gave him multivitamins in a dropper, Ensure, coconut water for hydration but he did not have vomiting or diarrhea. He is alert but just weak but not lethargic.