The common way to diagnose a urinary tract infection is to look for blood in the urine. Sometimes the blood isn’t so obvious that the pet owner sees it, but a veterinarian can detect the presence of blood with a urinalysis strip. The assumption is if blood is present...
This is a great question! Some dogs make it really hard to know and that’s part of the answer that question. Some veterinarians send home pain medication as a matter of course. But many patients really don’t need it, and the pain medication can have side...
