VetriScience Kidney Health Chewable Tablets, Renal Essentials Supplement for Dogs, Urinary Tract and Kidney Support with Mushroom, Astragalus Root, Nettle Seed and Herbs, Smoke, 60 Count

EDIT: It’s just been reaffirmed how much these VetriScience products help! Everywhere had sold out of VetriScience Bladder Strength so my girl hadn’t been taking it for about 4 days. Well - there’s been an increase in the leaking into her diapers at night. She still has her meds and the other supplement - so it’s not like a full on pee - but I’d say there’s about an ounce in there each morning (much better than fully emptying her bladder but very different from the one or two drops/no drops she was having with BOTH supplements + meds). THESE PRODUCTS ARE LEGIT! So glad I came here again to see if it was in stock yet - just ordered another bottle! BUY THIS RIGHT NOW! You’re here reading reviews because your dog is having incontinence issues - BUY THIS! Okay. My 10.5 year old female dog has dealt with spay incontinence since she was a puppy. It was my fault - I trusted the local animal foundation who urged me to get her spayed when I had her litter mate brother neutered - they were very young. Anyways, my girl’s spay incontinence wasn’t intense - it had been very well controlled with Proin her entire life - until this year. It seemed as if the Proin completely stopped working. She was pretty much dripping a little bit all the time, was completely evacuating her bladder overnight about 2 times weekly and her whole personality changed. She went from a confident fun loving dog to an anxious, tentative, shy dog that would hide behind the couch or under the table etc. She was totally ashamed - as any house broken animal would be when they were constantly having accidents. She had a few thorough exams by her vet - NOTHING was wrong with her health - it was just age exacerbating a lifelong problem. She was taken off Proin for 2 weeks to break her tolerance to it and when reintroduced, that reduced the leaking but didn’t make enough of a dent. Her vet added DES (hormonal treatment) to increase bladder control and it did but only for about two days - which wasn’t terribly helpful because she can only have it once a week. $1000 injections to her bladder weren’t possible so I started looking at supplements. A very VERY popular supplement failed her - it actually made the leaking and full on accidents much worse. I kept reading reviews that said to stick with it and I did and I regret that because it made my dog more miserable. I moved on to another supplement - it changed nothing. Another supplement - nothing. Another supplement - yeah again, nothing. I finally found a supplement made by VetriScience (Bladder Strength) and it did help, some. As I went to reorder it, this was recommended to me by Amazon - VetriScience Vetri Bladder - since I liked their other product, I added this one, too. While not a total solution, it has made a world of difference!!!! My dog wears washable cloth dog diapers to bed which I line with women’s sanitary pads (it’s easier to change the pads than to wash the diaper AND the blankets if she has an accident). So with the white pads - I can see if there’s a leak - it’s pee - there is yellowing. Ever since VetriScience Vetri Bladder - IF my dog even leaks at night, it’s literally just a few drops on the pads. Enough that I need to change the pad because I won’t have her sleeping with even one drop of pee - but it’s nothing like what had been happening prior to using this supplement! It’s been months now and it still really works well. I DO increase the two VetriScience supplements by a half supplement twice daily; slightly more than what her weight calls for, towards the end of the week as her DES med becomes useless and she’s nearing needing her next dose. That adds up to one extra supplement daily, for a few days each week. Once she gets her DES dose again, we go back to one chew with breakfast and one chew with dinner until end of week when it’s worn off again. I don’t know if this matters but I give her the supplements and her Proin about 1/2 hour before she eats - to make sure food doesn’t interfere with absorption and she’s always covered (DES must be taken with food). Trust me - having spent thousands on this issue (vet visits, several brands of diapers till I found the right one, all the failed supplements, the pads and laundry detergent and bleach) - I’m just incredibly thankful to have found this! Plus - our Vet loves that these don’t have cranberry in them because she’s seen cranberry cause too many problems in dogs with incontinence issues. I learned that a fee years ago. Gave my girl a doggy cranberry supplement just to keep her bladder healthy and it made her leaky. The leakage stopped when that supplement was thrown away. So VetriScience Bladder strength + VetriScience Vetri Bladder + her meds = my girl has regained her confidence and is happy again. I included all the details in case this might be the right path for someone else to take. I don’t have to wash the dog blanket every single day (the dogs sleep on top of my bed) - just the normal twice weekly washing cuz dogs smell lol. I have a layer of x-large puppy training pads beneath the dog blanket on their side of the bed (my side is blocked off with boxes to keep them off when I’m not in there) because I’m always ready for an accident and don’t want my mattress ruined. Well - I used to have to change those pads everyday, too. Now with her diapers catching just those few drops when they happen - and NO full evacuating of her bladder - I only have to change those pads out every few weeks because of my dust allergy - not because of pee. I told you my dog is happier - I am too! It’s really hard to keep up with a leaky dog - I’m so glad I found products that really work. I LOVE VetriScience! Also, the company itself - is absolutely amazing. I called with a question and they got back to me - Leah is a hugely helpful asset, there. They really believe in what they do and I have benefitted from their products! Since this is a raving review - I’ll say I’m not affiliated with VetriScience or the seller here on Amazon and I have not been rewarded in any way for this review. I just want to spread the word to everyone going through what I’ve gone thru with my dog.

So I am sure this may not fit for all dogs, because each case is different, but it worked great for my dog. I have already reordered more. It has been a lifesaver for us. Here is our situation so hopefully this helps others in a similar situation: My dog is a 1.5 yr old Border Collie/Black Lab mix. She was fully house trained very young and really never ever had accidents in the house. She was spayed at about 4 months. She did have 'nervous' excited pee-pee once and a while, for example when new guests came to the house, but that was very predictable, a small amount and happened only once in a great while. Then suddenly one evening recently we found her laying in a puddle - where she always sleeps/relaxes in a corner of the kitchen on the cool floor. She was drenched and it was a huge puddle, not a few drops - really out of nowhere. From then on it was really bad - happening maybe 4 times a day. She had no idea what was happening and was clearly upset by it. It would always happen when she was laying down relaxing or sleeping - mostly in the evenings. I took her to the vet and they gave her antibiotics to clear up any UTI and see if that would fix the issue. She did the full course and no change. Next visit, the vet said that some adult spayed females develop spay incontinence as adult dogs - happening at age 1 or later and they lose control of their bladder because the spaying removes the estrogen source and the dog essentially has no hormones left that help with bladder control. He said there were 2 presciption choices - hormone replacement or Proin. Both choices come with risks so I wanted to check out other options first. Now it gets really interesting...I found this Bladder Strength product and read the good reviews and ordered some. While waiting for it to arrive, I was reading online and found an article where someone cured their dog's bladder problems with soy-based dog food. Then I remembered that the main ingredient in Bladder Strength is a soy extract. And ...women use soy supplements to help with post-menopause and post-hysterectomy symptoms...This all makes total sense with what my vet was telling me about the cause of her incontinence being from spaying! SOY was the key...Soy is a plant estrogen and it can work as a replacement for the missing estrogen in the body. So...armed with all this new knowledge I decide to go look at the ingredients in her current dog food - no soy products. Hmmm. And lo and behold I think back and realize about 4 weeks earlier I had SWITCHED HER FOOD. I looked up her old food ingredients online and voila - loaded with soy. So I inadvertently caused her sudden bladder problems by switching her from her mainstay to a new 'healthier' no filler food!! The soy in the food she had been eating her entire life up to then was soy filled - and was apparently acting as an estrogen replacement for her. I immediately quit giving her the new 'healthy' soy-free food and switched back to the old soy food. Within a few days, her puddles were greatly reduced - not gone - but a big improvement. After about a week back on the old dog food, the Bladder Strength arrived. Since she was not 'cured' completely and because she had always been a 'nervous' pee-pee dog, I decided to start her on the Bladder Strength as well. She is 60 lbs - so 2 pills per day - one on the AM and one in the PM. Within about a week, SHE WAS COMPLETELY CURED!! No puddles, no drips, back to her old happy self!!! And...the nervous pee-pee is also gone! It has been over a month now with no puddles! I think the soy is key, but also the other ingredients in Bladder Strength work together to really help get everything back in working order. She eats them right up like a treat - no problem! So, check your dog food ingredients and see if that might be part of the problem - a soy based food could help...and of course GET SOME BLADDER STRENGTH - it is such a great product.

The pills are large but my dog likes the taste (and if your dog us picky put peanut butter on them they should take it fine) They work really well, My vet says my dogs kidneys and blood levels are so good now that we can change getting blood work done every 6 months to once a year now I’ll definitely buy them again

I had my dog on these bladder strength tablets for a few months and they did not work, but persevered and after a few months they actually worked and we do not have accidents anymore.

I bought these on premise that they were "bladder strengthening " as per the description. However it did the complete opposite for my dog, he was literally weeing non stop. He would get up middle of the night and wet the floor, the amount he was eliminating was excessive, which meant he had to drink more to regain hydration, it was a nightmare. As soon as I stopped the tablets, he went back to normal bladder control. I would be careful about using this product, maybe it worked for others but not my dog.

Very good product👌

My 6 year old mini poodle has suffered with recurrent incontince problems since "puppyhood". Batteries of vet tests, different diets etc have made no difference. I came across this supplement whilst researching the problem and looking for yet another treatment. I've never before bothered to review any products I've purchased via mail order or online, but in this case I'm so impressed I think the product is well worthy of positive feedback. I was sceptical, particularly in view of the price about whether the supplement would live up to its claims, but I can honestly say that they've transformed my little friend's life. They took about a week to start working but we haven't looked back, and I'm about to re-order.