My dog is 14. She had a water infection. She started urinating on the carpet through the night, had always been house trained and never had a problem. I noticed that there was an awful smell. Guessed she had an infection. Sent a sample to vets, came back that there was protein and blood in it. We had to take her to vets. Vet was new to us, not happy with our last one. Because of Covid 19 we were not able to enter the surgery with out dog. She is very sensitive and scared about lots of things and has separation anxiety. The vet came out to us in the car park and did a quick feel of her bladder, I assume. She gave a course of antibiotics. (two weeks). I have never has a problem giving tablets to the dog but she really hated these. The first day, following the trauma of giving her the tablet she was sick. I managed to get through the whole course but my dog went off her food. Very unusual as Beagles are greedy.

She has dried food all the time except for a couple of desert spoons of natural yoghurt everyday. We got her when she was three, was told that she was used to dry food but she would not entertain it, so gave her tinned food. One day, after me having a glut of strawberries, I gave her a bowl of them, thinking that it wold be good for her. Not so.

She got very ill, very quickly. had to be operated on. We were told that she had a  serious bowel problem, that there were lots of small growths on the bowel. Was told to give her dry food only, without grain. We did this for a couple of years, very expensive. We gradually introduced her to Harringtons dry food, which she has been fine with. then we discovered Wagg, which she seemed okay with.

This has been fine until she had the antibiotics. It may not have been those that caused the problem. She has shown signs of age recently but is quite young looking and still eager to go on walks but her back legs are not as strong. She sits on the sofa and has struggled to get up. Her tummy is very hard. She has eaten a few dog shapes, her treat but has barely eaten much since. She has only eaten half of the yoghurt tonight. Not like her as she usually chases the bowl around to get the last bit.

I am very worried about taking her to the vets and have to have her taken off us in the car park. She will freak out and will have a panic attack, that is what she does with all sorts of things, thunder, heavy rain, fireworks and separation as I mentioned. When she is like that we have to give her some calming drops. my other concern is that I don't always trust that the vet will be
honest with diagnosis. We have been victims of vets basically giving us hope, operating on our other Beagle against my judgement, and that dog died during the operation. I had asked for her to be put to sleep and the vet wouldn't. Another of my Beagles who was 17 had been incontinent for years, was having fits, was blind and deaf, took her to the same vet for him to put her to sleep and he said he was here for the dog, not the owner. Two days later I took her elsewhere and was told that the dog had no quality of life and that it was kinder to have her euthinised.

Clearly your dog is suffering at the moment and you need to get a diagnosis and find out what the problem is.

Call your vet practice and request some trazodone to give her before you bring her in. There are other meds they can give worried dogs as well. If you give her trazodone, she will be half out of it before you even get to the vets. The vet can then give her the sedative injection in the boot of your car and stretcher her into the surgery for tests and scans so you get a diagnosis.

This is what I do with my dogs and it's what my vet routinely does. There is no need in this day and age for a dog to be sh*t scared going to the vet when you and the vet can plan it and have advance warning.

I think you need to have a phone around the vets as some are letting owners in suitably masked. Or alternately there are some vets who do at home visits as their speciality. 

I am not a vet and cannot diagnose your dog but it may be the antibiotics have left her belly a little raw. I had a weimaraner who had issues with wheat and when she had a bad belly . after wheat was sore with other things too. for her for a few days after a bad event I would give her a dish of microwaved white fish fillet and over cooked white rice- this is very gentle on a sore belly and may be worth trying, introduce normal food very slowly once eating and pooping normally

Thank you for your reply.  It is good to get others experiences.

Thanks for the advice. She is picking up a bit. Might have been the Buscapan.