Dog Pee Colour?

EasternCanuck

Sorry, but I always seem to be asking 'stupid' questions. As a kid growing up in Eastern Canada we always had a saying, 'Don't eat yellow snow', for obvious reasons.

IS dog pee always yellow? My pup doesn't seem to drink very much water (though he certainly does pee a fair amount) but I suppose he gets the moisture from his wet dog food.

His pee is always yellow. Does this mean he is a bit dehydrated?

Lightwingcreations

Usually the darker yellow the urine, the more concentrated the urine is. Sometimes when a dog drinks lots and lots of water their urine will be light yellow to clear. It varies from dog to dog, as dogs diets, activities & schedules vary. And, there is no such thing as a stupid question. How else is a person to learn.

Misskiwi67

In my experience, dog pee is almost always yellow, usually a medium yellow, but sometimes pale or even almost orange. When its not, its usually because the dog has been drinking a LOT of water, due to heat, fluids in the hospital, side effects from medicines like prednisone, or diabetes.

Lorina

I've seen pee in colors ranging from almost clear, light yellow, deep amber (like beer), bordering on a greenish yellow (like Mountain Dew), and in very sick dogs and cats, blood red and even burgandy colored. When my kidney failure cat had a urinary infection, her normally almost clear urine had a pinkish tinge.

Normally, it's in the yellow family. If it's not, get a sample to your vet.

EasternCanuck

OK, thanks. I just wanted to be sure his pee was supposed to be a shade of yellow. He doesn't drink a lot of water but he still pees quite a bit so he must be drinking when I'm not looking.

Thanks again.

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