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1. Timeline
2006
AUSTRALIA Perth
A bichon frise puppy was purchased by a young vet student studying in Murdoch University
5 years of stay in Perth. Dry food convenient.
2010
SINGAPORE. Back. Now the young vet student has graduated.
Dry dog food. Lots of treats from family members. Go outdoors in the evening and mornings. urine marking.
2013 October. 22. Cannot pee. Obstructed
Oct 25, 2013 video
Bichon frise, male, neutered, 7 years
difficulty in peeing
obstruction of urethra - vet catherised and bandaged to hold cathether. E-collar to prevent the dog from pulling the catheter out.
Urinalysis: pH alkaline + bacteria + triple phosphate crystals
X-rays
Lateral view shows two urinary stones. Kidneys OK.
Ventral dorsal view - no stones visible
Syringed 20 ml air into bladder via catheter.
Different vets have their own views for and against this procedure. Pumping air may cause bacterial infection of the bladder and so two vets I spoke to don't want to do it.
My view is that air contrast radiography is useful to show bladder wall tumours as this is an older dog. Urine of this dog has bacteria. Antibiotic is given
TREATMENT
Therapeutic food to dissolve the struvite stone by acidification of the urine. Hills' S/D dry food was fed for the next few years. No complaint of urinary difficulty to old age.
CONCLUSION
Any breed of dog can be affected. This Bichon Frise lived to a ripe old age past 12 - 15 years life-span. He passed away in his sleep in 2023 at the age of 17 years.
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20 MAR 2024.
PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: I used P Mode in 2010 to take this image.
Now I don't use it, but was advised to use P Mode in my younger days
as I was not used to doing Manual Mode, AV or TV Modes.
AP
Mode is often advised by photographers in magazine articles. TV Mode
is used for moving animals. Manual speed is favoured by some
photographers. No magazine recommends P Mode. I am no longer using it
nowadays.
Image of Gatsby, the 4-year-old male Bichon Frise,
Perth, Australia. 2 Apr 2010. 5.26pm. He is active and playful during
his evening exercise in a Perth park. He came to stay in Singapore
from 2010 to his passing away in 2023.
His diet was
Hills' S/D in his later years as he had one or two phosphate stones
leading to difficulty in urination. On this therapeutic diet, his
stones were dissolved as he had normal urination and was not obese
since the first episode of dysuria in 2013 at the age of 7. He had
been on a dry diet since young.
The life span of a Bichon
Frise is 12-15 years. He lived 17 years, passing away in his sleep on
23 May 2023.
Canon EOS 40D, 70-300mm lens, P Mode, 214mm,
1/800sec, f/5.0, IS0 400.
AUSTRALIA - 2 APR 2010: 5.26pm. A
young male Bichon Frise enjoys his evening run in a Perth park
with his master. Exercising a pet dog boosts an owner's mental
and physical wellness.
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UPDATE:
https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-vets-bichon-frise-has-difficulty-in.html
Good morning. Gatsby the Bichon Frise as a 4-year-old enjoying his evening exercise in a Perth park in Australia with my son. My wife and I were visiting him in his final year undergraduate vet studies and we were joyful that he did not stray off his studies. My photography skills were minimal as I used the P mode to take all photos, as that was recommended by a friend. P mode is like Automatic mode. Just shoot and hope for the best.
Gatsby lived to a ripe old age of 17. The life span of Bichon Frise is 12 - 15 years. He passed away in his sleep on 23 May 2023.
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