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Dog with bladder stones & liver issues: What food until stone results?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed | Female | 11 years old

Dear madam, ser, bladder stone was removed from my dog terier female 11y old. The stone is on analyze, but I go to holiday, and dont know the results - struvite or ca oxalat. She has problem with high alp only and cholesterol, probably metabolical character. Last year she had stone also, removed, ate s/o royal, but the results alp, ast, chol, was terrible. Change to royal low fat, results good, but stone again. Whas is appropriate food until i come back from holiday when i know results?

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Answered By Destini R. Holloway, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on July 25th, 2019

The appropriate diet here would be the urinary diet either Urinary S/O or Hill's C/D, and then placing your pet on a liver protectant medication to address the liver issues. The liver protectant medication is called Denamarin, and has to be prescribed by your vet. I would then consider getting your pet an abdominal ultrasound to better define what is specifically going on with the liver, so that we know what mode of therapy would be best to manage things going forward, because these values (ALKP, CHOL) can be changed by not just the liver, but also the gallbladder and adrenal glands. I hope that your pet Ceca is able to manage both of her conditions well moving forward. Best wishes and take care. : )

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