[Maschka1]

So I was reading some threads that lead me to other threads and more researching and now I have gone and read enough to concern me but not enough to feel I should have any need to worry.

I had posted another thread about my puppy having incontinence issues (she is about 24 weeks old.) We had a urinalysis done and they found that it had a significant amount of RBC but did not see any WBC. It had pH of 6.0, Specific Gravity of 1.048 (that seems pretty high to me), and just trace protein. The vet put her on antibiotics and said to recheck in 10 days.

now as one thing lead to another, I somehow stumbled onto information regarding Hepatitis and how it has been seen to run in certain lines, more then others. I am not sure how accurate that information was, but I was concerned that my little kid might fit in that group of dogs.

As I read some of the symptoms I started to worry. She has been a VERY thirsty puppy and in turn, urinates quite frequently. I have asked my vet about it several times, run UA's and never found any reason for it. We chalked it up to puppy ADHD and never finishing her "job" when outside.
The second symptom is twice she has had a greyish colored BM with a diarrhea like consistency in the past 2 months. I hadnt thought a whole lot about it and decided she must have gotten into something strange.

I am just curious, could these be early signs of a liver problem? We ran blood work in June and everything looked fine, except a slightly elevated Glucose.

What have other's experienced with this disease? has anyone ever seen a very young puppy with symptoms?

 

[Maschka1]

The main dog that I would worry about is Lex Luthor. While this is controversial, he does have a number of descendants that have developed CAH. I would worry if he is in a pups pedigree more then once or twice.

Thanks! She does have Lex, twice in her pedigree. She falls in the Marienberg/SA category-(Inaqui X Bond Girl). I figured if she had symptoms it would show up in her blood work, but wanted to double check. In June her liver values were all at the low end of the range. I will ask the vet to run a panel that includes pancreas, just to be safe.

thanks again

 

[Maschka1]

It would be pretty unusual to see a young puppy showing symptoms of chronic active hepatitis. The average age of diagnosis is around 5 years of age, it's generally a late onset disease. That's not to say symptoms can't happen sooner-but there's a big difference between possible and probable.

Thanks, that's exactly what I wanted to hear. I figured I was most likely "finding Zebras" but hadn't found anything that really came out and said it was a later in life, disease (generally). I will keep it in mind during future appointments, but perhaps I dont have to worry SOOO much, right this minute.