by Laura Ramirez
If your dog has crystals in its urine, then you need to take care of this issue right away because it can be very painful and can lead to other more serious complications. In this article, you'll learn how to treat this condition naturally and quickly and prevent it from ever coming back.
A dog with crystals in urine needs to be taken to the vet to determine the cause and type of crystals. Unfortunately, some bladder stones require surgery, while others can be dissolved with antibiotics or natural remedies. If your dog has the Struvite variety of bladder stones then they can be easily treated at home, but there is important information that you'll need to be aware of.
White Pond and Walden are great crystals on the surface of the earth, Lakes of Light.... They are too pure to have a market value; they contain no muck. How much more beautiful than our lives, how much more transparent than our characters are they! We never learned meanness of them.
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
Dogs with Crystals in Urine
If your vet prescribes antibiotics, then you need to think carefully about whether you will follow this advice. This is because antibiotics are drugs and all drugs have side effects, some of which can worsen your dog's condition. Also, since antibiotics do not heal the cause of bladder crystals, but just suppress the symptoms in the hopes that the body will heal itself, they are not always effective. Couple this with that fact that antibiotics are not as effective as they once were because they are so overused that certain strains of bacteria have become resistant to them. This means that if your dog gets a urinary infection in the future, antibiotics may not work to clear it up.
This is why countless pet owners around the world are using natural remedies when their dog has crystals in urine. These remedies are natural, completely safe and have no side effects to speak of. When looking for a good remedy, realize that not all formulations are created equal. Look for a remedy that contains proven ingredients like Uva Ursi, Cantharis, and Staphysagris. These ingredients get to the root cause of bladder crystals, dissolve them, restore the pH of the bladder (which prevents crystals from forming again) and heal painful and inflamed tissues.
Ah, the pickerel of Walden! when I see them lying on the ice, or in the well which the fisherman cuts in the ice, making a little hole to admit the water, I am always surprised by their rare beauty, as if they were fabulous fishes, they are so foreign to the streets, even to the woods, foreign as Arabia to our Concord life. They possess a quite dazzling and transcendent beauty ... as if they were the pearls, the animalized nuclei or crystals of the Walden water. They, of course, are Walden all over and all through; are themselves small Waldens in the animal kingdom, Waldenses.
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
A good remedy will dissolve bladder stones quickly and is gentle enough to use daily for pets that are elderly or tend to have recurring bladder issues. Hands down a quality Laura Ramirez is a passionate researcher of natural remedies which heal urinary problems and keep pets vibrant and healthy. Find out more about safe, effective ways to help when your dog has crystals in urine.