Cranberry pills

[Annie Milliron]

As you may or may not have seen in another thread, I've just starting giving cranberry pills to one of our fosters (who has UTI's).

Does anyone else do this? Cause I have no idea of how much or how often to give.

 

[Angela]

Annie

I have given 1 twice a day for urinary infections along with antibiotics.

 

[BoundlessNewfs]

Don't know about the pills, but when Lucy had a UTI in December, I was adding crushed fresh cranberries to her meals, and she loved it.

 

[NewfMom]

I was giving this to Kimber for a while. I think twice a day after she first was treated for her spay incontinence. I've also added a cup of frozen cranberries to her frozen green beans but she doesn't seem to like them as much anymore.

Our vet also uses the Ester-C to help keep their urine more acidic to help with that.

 

[Annie Milliron]

Thanks everyone! I was sleuthing around on the internet, and I saw a couple of comments where people with dogs who "leak" have used cranberries to help with that problem. Not exactly sure about the results, but I got the impression they were pleased....

 

[Newfs Forever]

Annie,

I use 1 cran tab 400 mg. in their am. meal. And I use 1 - 2 Tbsp. apple cider vinegar (the mother kind) in their pm. meal.

At one point, I had run out of both, and lo and behold Dex came down with a UTI. Off to the emergency clinic at 0400 in the am., and $400.00 later, I make sure I am never without one or the other, and preferably both.

JMHO,

Sue

 

[janices]

Annie, I give cranberry softgels daily to my 2 girls + I take them. I give 2 day, 1 morning and 1 evening. I think helps cut down on uti's.

[ 06-07-2005, 10:13 PM: Message edited by: janices ]

 

[DBaker]

Just a question...is it common for our little girls to get UTI? Should I be giving Macy cranberries or the pill just as a preventitive measure?

 

[Sound Bay Newfs]

I give one a day as a preventative. I know craberry juice is good for humans in this respect and I hear it is the same for dogs.