Originally Posted by
Trudy
Thank you, Patty.
I am not sure about the urine culture. The way they did it, the vet took the dog and they withdrew urine from her and did a culture. The first time we brought her in ,they tested something that a came back with a result very quickly, and then did an additional test that took a few days. On the latter test, they determined it was a drug-resistant form of bacteria.
Then, when we retested her 3 days after the last pill, they withdrew urine from the dog (11 am) and called me the same day (but several hours later) with results showing no bacteria in her urine.
I'm really frustrated with our vet. I told him she's still licking and he brushed it off, saying oh just clean around the vulva and call it a day, or something like that. I was surprised that the most recent test came back clean, due to the persistent licking. The vet probably did not notice the irritation around her vulva and I'm left wondering how the heck to treat it. Do I wipe her frequently? What about hydrogen peroxide and neosporin? I'd never heard of this before for use on a dog.