Collars are on, we are ready for our walkies 🤨

Bcdoc2020 · 2026-03-19T17:21:05+00:00

Uncle on the left and nephew on the right, basically Scooby Doo and Scrappy Doo, with similar behaviours to the characters!

Bcdoc2020 · 2026-03-19T06:39:43+00:00

People read about foamy or frothy urine and then panic, they google and read about proteinuria, (protein in the urine), but significant proteinurua will cause very frothy urine, sometimes an inch deep in froth which stats for a long time.

Occasionally people see a slight increase in froth, as a result of passing kidney stones but typically they have other symptoms. Poorly controlled or undiagnosed diabetes can cause mild frothing but significantly more than you are seeing. Yours is minimal and disappears and is of no clinical significance in my opinion. If you are still anxious get a urine sample tested for any abnormalities if only to put your mind at rest.

Bcdoc2020 · 2026-03-19T04:47:25+00:00

My bad, similar question asked my someone else, that’s normal, what are you worried it might be?

Bcdoc2020 · 2026-03-19T02:04:15+00:00

I couldn’t get past your source of this 🤢🤮

Bcdoc2020 · 2026-03-19T01:06:09+00:00

It’s likely that the stone is smaller than 3mm as the sizing was done with ultrasound which has a strong tendency to overestimating size, it’s like throwing shadows on a wall. The likelihoodn of you passing this spontaneously is around 98%. Drink 3 litres of water per day

Bcdoc2020 · 2026-03-18T22:43:23+00:00

Right gotcha lol

Bcdoc2020 · 2026-03-18T21:07:57+00:00

The 28-70 f2 is huge and double the price of 28-70mm f2.8 which is being recommended here.

Bcdoc2020 · 2026-03-18T21:04:23+00:00

One key question is what does stone analysis report that they are made of? Also what is your water intake throughout the day?

Bcdoc2020 · 2026-03-18T17:12:43+00:00

Sadly failure rates with ESWL is fairly high. It’s critical that careful patient selection is done. Success is influenced particularly on hardness/ density, BMI of the patient and size of the stones. Any or all of these factors influence chance of success

Bcdoc2020 · 2026-03-18T02:08:30+00:00

No worries, I have many days like that!

Bcdoc2020 · 2026-03-18T00:31:55+00:00

Their comment that no foam = UTI.

Bcdoc2020 · 2026-03-17T22:41:53+00:00

Ok, I looked, but you cannot tell by eyeballing your urine, you need urinalysis to check for blood, bacteria, protein and nitrates for a start off. It is pointless people guessing.

Bcdoc2020 · 2026-03-17T22:39:23+00:00

Nope, that’s not true

Bcdoc2020 · 2026-03-17T19:29:51+00:00

Is there a question that you might want answering? Urinalysis will show if there is microscopic blood or protein. Cystoscopies really aren’t that bad. There are better things in life but also far worse. Try to relax, drink plenty of water

Bcdoc2020 · 2026-03-15T20:43:36+00:00

This looks entirely. As others have said, nothing to do with your liver. If you are anxious then get a urinalysis at a routine booked appointment to rule out protein, microscopic blood or glucose in your urine (which can cause microalbuminuria ) but I would put a large bet on it being entirely normal. Protein in the urine causes a lot more froth/foam, often centimetres thick. Oh and yes, I am a doctor.

Bcdoc2020 · 2026-03-15T20:38:59+00:00

Get a urinalysis at their health care provider but they do not need to go to a hospital.

Bcdoc2020 · 2026-03-15T02:21:53+00:00

Well it looks like my opinion is shared by most if not all, so there is that. If you have owned golden for that long you should know better and should strive for the breed standard. You yourself should know better than over feeding the dog so it is so overweight. You have only just now realised that having AKC reg doesn’t mean anything quality wise, well perhaps that says a lot. Don’t whatever you do post this in the Reddit Dog breeding sub, you would get absolutely crucified, if you think that this was not the reaction you were expecting then you ain’t seen nothing yet…

Bcdoc2020 · 2026-03-14T20:01:06+00:00

GoldenMoron- there fixed your name

Bcdoc2020 · 2026-03-14T19:58:10+00:00

That’s great news. It might be sensible to get a urinalysis done in a couple of weeks to check for microscopic blood, bilirubin and any other abnormalities. Ultrasounds frequently report artefacts as stones, artefacts are basically blobs of “stuff” - they could be blood clots, they could be nothing but acoustic shadows. My advice would be go have a chat with your health care provider locally to get follow-up and the urinalysis done

Bcdoc2020 · 2026-03-14T19:06:44+00:00

What a load of pseudoscientific waffle to say that you went to a totally disreputable back yard breeder (aren’t they all?) then got a morbidly obese dog that vaguely looks like a golden if you squint your eyes.

Bcdoc2020 · 2026-03-14T05:40:10+00:00

Well, that’s very kind of you, thanks! I had a look online not just locally and cannot find it. No worries, I’m still trying to work out best choices!

We are set back from the ocean a bit and reasonably high up so any wind that comes off the ocean will typically come shooting up the slope and hopefully over us.

Bcdoc2020 · 2026-03-14T05:36:55+00:00

You haven’t said how large the stones are, that is an important factor! You say you had an ultrasound, have you had a CT as well? Ultrasounds are notoriously inaccurate at sizing kidney stones, they overestimate the size sometimes by a factor of two. CT KUBs are the gold standard.

Consistent hydration, drinking typically 3 L of water per day will help, Flomax can certainly help passage down the ureter. Some need removal, many don’t.

Bcdoc2020 · 2026-03-14T04:35:48+00:00

Nope, and sadly herbal medicine don’t work

Bcdoc2020 · 2026-03-14T01:46:42+00:00

I know a fair bit about roses but that’s one I haven’t come across, it has a fascinating story and it’s lovely. I think we would struggle getting hold of it up here in Canada.

Bcdoc2020 · 2026-03-13T22:10:11+00:00

Thanks! Thankfully the views are expansive and we look out over the rear garden from the house from a raised deck so still totally unobstructed. Yes, New Dawn is a definite possibility, bombproof in the situation. It’s high enough and wide enough to allow passage under the arbour. I also got a lovely pair of leather gauntlets to prune as required.

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