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07/23/2009 6:59 AM  
Hi All,

Thanks to all who responded to my inquiry regarding the Monks of Skete.  I have a puppy buyer who was going to use the system, we shall see...

Anyway, I was asked yesterday if I knew what could be done for a female gsp who has recurring bladder infection and whether she could be given cranberry to help it.  I have never come across that problem and wondered if anyone out there had any suggestions or remedies.

Thanks.  Anne
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07/23/2009 8:06 AM  
Cranberry juice or tablets increase the acidity of the urine, making it a more hostile environment for bacterial growth.  It also contains a chemical which sooths the irritated bladder.
    Pam Parshall
    Roggenfeld Shorthairs

reflectiongsps@aol.com wrote:
Hi All,

Thanks to all who responded to my inquiry regarding the Monks of Skete.  I have a puppy buyer who was going to use the system, we shall see...

Anyway, I was asked yesterday if I knew what could be done for a female gsp who has recurring bladder infection and whether she could be given cranberry to help it.  I have never come across that problem and wondered if anyone out there had any suggestions or remedies.

Thanks.  Anne
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07/23/2009 8:33 AM  
Cranberry works as you said by changing the PH of the urine making it more acidic...the little microscopic crystals than form in a alkaline urine are what starts the UTI..if you see them under the microscope they look like shards of glass..imagine them coming down your urethra...ouch..they wont form in a acidic ph urine...so use it, but get a PH paper from the pharm and check to make sure its working. Donna

--- On Thu, 7/23/09, Pam Parshall wrote:

From: Pam Parshall
Subject: Re: [gsp-l] Bladder Infections
To: gsp-l@web.whc.net
Date: Thursday, July 23, 2009, 9:51 AM

Cranberry juice or tablets increase the acidity of the urine, making it a more hostile environment for bacterial growth.  It also contains a chemical which sooths the irritated bladder.
    Pam Parshall
    Roggenfeld Shorthairs

reflectiongsps@aol.com wrote:
Hi All,

Thanks to all who responded to my inquiry regarding the Monks of Skete.  I have a puppy buyer who was going to use the system, we shall see...

Anyway, I was asked yesterday if I knew what could be done for a female gsp who has recurring bladder infection and whether she could be given cranberry to help it.  I have never come across that problem and wondered if anyone out there had any suggestions or remedies.

Thanks.  Anne
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07/23/2009 1:00 PM  

My Sister’s Vet suggested her to put a little Baking Soda in their drinking water.  It also helps with the spots in the grass .

 

Terina

SouthMTnGSPs

Whole Pet Nutrition (& More!)

 

From: gsp-l-request@web.whc.net [mailto:gsp-l-request@web.whc.net] On Behalf Of false
Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 10:20 AM
To: gsp-l@web.whc.net
Subject: Re: [gsp-l] Bladder Infections

 

Cranberry works as you said by changing the PH of the urine making it more acidic...the little microscopic crystals than form in a alkaline urine are what starts the UTI..if you see them under the microscope they look like shards of glass..imagine them coming down your urethra...ouch..they wont form in a acidic ph urine...so use it, but get a PH paper from the pharm and check to make sure its working. Donna

--- On Thu, 7/23/09, Pam Parshall wrote:


From: Pam Parshall
Subject: Re: [gsp-l] Bladder Infections
To: gsp-l@web.whc.net
Date: Thursday, July 23, 2009, 9:51 AM

Cranberry juice or tablets increase the acidity of the urine, making it a more hostile environment for bacterial growth.  It also contains a chemical which sooths the irritated bladder.
    Pam Parshall
    Roggenfeld Shorthairs

reflectiongsps@aol.com wrote:

Hi All,

Thanks to all who responded to my inquiry regarding the Monks of Skete.  I have a puppy buyer who was going to use the system, we shall see...

Anyway, I was asked yesterday if I knew what could be done for a female gsp who has recurring bladder infection and whether she could be given cranberry to help it.  I have never come across that problem and wondered if anyone out there had any suggestions or remedies.

Thanks.  Anne

 

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