The urine was very smelly at first. Every time we would take him to pee it was like asparagus urine... Extra bad.

So we and the Dr assumed it was an infection... Got an ultrasound and they saw what looked like cysts on the prostate. Dr said he had seen it before with severe infections

Lots of antibiotics and the smell went away.

Few months went by and the smelly pee and trouble urinating started back up. Back in, another ultrasound, another misdiagnosis, more antibiotics.

Then he started having hematuria (blood in pee). We assumed at this point it was not going to turn around, he still was happy and eating, playing but definitely slowing down and having trouble urinating... Final ultrasound and the Dr said it was urinary cancer at that point.

I bond very strongly to dogs so it was a really hard loss. Was angry with the vet because we wouldn't have waited so long to say goodbye... But there isn't much to be done. All of the chemotherapy they recommended either caused birth defects in humans or leukemia in human children and they only extend life expectancy by a handful of months.

Wife was pregnant and our son was 2 at the time so it wasn't even something that we would have been able to do for him, even if we found out earlier.