Look at this face! This is a happy dog. Poor Dexter wasn’t feeling so happy when he had painful kidney stones.

A kidney stone is a hard object that is made from chemicals in the urine. The stone-forming chemicals are calcium, oxalate, urate, cystine, xanthine, and phosphate. These chemicals are eliminated in the urine by the body's master chemist: the kidney. So drinking enough water usually washes them out. Kidney stones that build up and block the urinary tract can cause great pain and need urgent treatment.

Luckily, our partners @vcasantacruz were able to remove all the stones for Dexter and get him back to feeling like his regular happy-go-lucky self. We are happy his mom reached out to us for help and we had a hand in this happy ending story for this lovable boy.