This is our first posting and we would appreciate any comments that anyone would have regarding our Teddy. Teddy is an 11 year old Cockapoo that was just diagnosed with inoperable bladder cancer. He also was treated for the last 2 months for crystals in his bladder which we thought was his only problem. Unfortunately it appears that he also had this bladder cancer and this was also the cause of him having a lot of trouble peeing. His medication (he just started) is 5mg Piroxicam per day and we've just tarted him on Graviola (450 mg capsules - 3 daily mixed with water and put on his food).
Our frustration is what to feed him. For 2 1/2 months he was on a strict diet of Hill's Prescription S/D to get rid of the crystals (unfortunately we did not know that he also had a cancerous tumor on his bladder). Last week whrough an ultra sound, we saw the tumor plus he stil still has some crystals. His food now is Hill's Prescription C/D wet & dry. Surely there's something I could make him that would be tastier and better for him without aggrevating the tumor & hopefully eliminating the crystals.
As with everyone on this site, we love our dog and have had some tough emotional times recently.
Any comments will be greatly appreciated - it's comforting to know that we are not alone with this terrible disease.
Teddy's Mom - Dallas