Stone in the bladder, cystic calculus, is occasionally met with in dogs, more common in advanced age.

Symptoms

Irritability of the bladder, with frequent efforts to void the urine. Considerable pain exists and occasionally blood is passed; the external urinary organs are at times slightly inflamed. The symptoms may be present for a long time, not sufficiently evident to clearly indicate the exact cause which induces them. After a time a severe attack of pain comes on, the urine is retained or passes only in drops; a diagnosis then made suggests treatment, the result of which may relieve the animal somewhat, but only for a time and death finally conquers.

Treatment

The symptoms must indicate the line of treatment to be followed. A cure is out of the question.