My dog is drinking a lot of water. Is it a UTI? What should I do?

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My dog is drinking a lot of water and I think I gave him too many Blue Buffalo treats. What should I do I was wondering if he has a bladder infection. Pet's info: Dog | Golden Retriever | Male | neutered | 5 years and 2 months old | 85 lbs

Dr. Heidi DVM, CVA, CCRT, CVTP, CVSMT, CVCH · Accepted Answer

Ted is adorable! Thank you for posting a picture. Giving an excessive number of treats can certainly cause an upset stomach, but shouldn't cause an increase in water intake (unless it was salty human food), so the cause of Ted's increase in water intake might be unrelated to the treats. A urinary tract infection is only one of a large number of possible reasons that a dog will drink more water than normal. But the first step in evaluating an increase in water intake is to check a urine sample. That will check for a number of things including a urinary tract infection. Depending on those results, your veterinarian may recommend additional testing or may be able to make a diagnosis. So, I would recommend having Ted evaluated by your veterinarian. They will need to evaluate a urine sample, so they may recommend having you collect one at home or may recommend that he not urinate for a few hours before coming in for his appointment so they can collect a urine sample there. In the meantime, I would recommend measuring Ted's water intake since that will give them additional information about how much water he is drinking. Good luck! I hope that was helpful. Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach.

My dog is drinking a lot of water. Is it a UTI? What should I do?

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