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ahui · Joined: 26 Apr 2006 Posts: 21

Hi~ :wink:
Last year,my dog got blader infection and bloody urine. i know most of the cause if my dog doesnt like to drink water,she really drink so little.Vet ask me give her drink more water..
my fren suggest me give her some water with honey.i tried it and my dog love it so much.This can make her drink more water.
but juz wondering...she can really take so much of honey or not..?

Dr Nat · Joined: 07 Dec 2005 Posts: 1834 Location: Klang Valley

Too much of a good thing is never good. What you can do is lessen the amount of honey gradually. Some dogs are a bit fussy, i.e. likes only a clean fresh bowl of water daily, only drink from certain bowls, only drink when you hand-feed it, etc. Try paying attention to those also.

There are other methods to get her overall intake of water increased. Such as changing from dry dog food to wet one. Or soaking her dog biscuits in water.

Bladder infection can also occur due to her overall hygiene and other factors. Where does she normally pee? Does she like to sit on her pee? Does the pee/faeces stick to her fur? Does she "tahan" until you bring her out for a walk?

ahui · Joined: 26 Apr 2006 Posts: 21

Dr Nat wrote: Too much of a good thing is never good. What you can do is lessen the amount of honey gradually. Some dogs are a bit fussy, i.e. likes only a clean fresh bowl of water daily, only drink from certain bowls, only drink when you hand-feed it, etc. Try paying attention to those also.

There are other methods to get her overall intake of water increased. Such as changing from dry dog food to wet one. Or soaking her dog biscuits in water.

Bladder infection can also occur due to her overall hygiene and other factors. Where does she normally pee? Does she like to sit on her pee? Does the pee/faeces stick to her fur? Does she "tahan" until you bring her out for a walk?

i c..i wil try to lessen the amount of honey gradually.

Yes...she wan only very very clean water,even only herself fur drop on the surface of the water she also dun wan drinks that water :? .Tried bottle but she dun know how to drink..now even i change the water she stil doesnt interested to drink..

She normally pee at the yard,never sit on her pee and the pee also din stick to her fur.erm, she always tahan until i let her out to the yard.always let her out to the yard 3 to 4 times per day..