Dog advice - my dog can't quit peeing.

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Little Lady

Cathlete
My dog can't quit peeing or can't hold her pee. She has always let loose when she's scared. She is only 8 months old and I thought that she would grow out of it. She is very skittish and doesn't like strangers or when the neighbors dogs bark.
Today she has been peeing all day. I am planning on taking her to the vet on Monday if she doesn't stop. I may just call if she stops. It is just coming out at any given time, when she's walking, sitting, doing whatever. I don't even understand how she has that much pee in her. Weird and nasty.
 
I wonder if she has a bladder infection or something that is making it harder for her to control herself?

Carrie
 
Yeah maybe, I've never had to deal with that. I don't know anything about it. Is there something that would cause her to have a weak bladder since birth? During the summer I was holding her and the neighbors dogs went crazy barking and she peed and pooped on me. She completely freaked. I feel bad for her. She is always so scared of everything.
 
Take my advice, get her to the vet and have her urine tested AND blood panels taken to see how her kidney and liver are functioning. Make sure you rule out any medical problems before you decide it is behavioral.
 
Your dog needs to see a vet as soon as possible. I also want to say I love weims. We had them for years including a litter of 9 puppies at one point. They are just so beautiful and smart. Our dogs were always so well behaved, not destructive at all and just plain fun. Once we dressed up our girl in a GAP white T shirt for a photography class our son was taking and she wore it all day--everywhere we went and was very reluctant to give it up. So many happy memories of these wonderful dogs. Glad to see you are involved in weim rescue. Right now we have a blue lacey. They look alot like a small weim weighing about 35 lbs and being that beautiful gray color. Good luck with your dog and hope all is easily taken care of.
 
I agree with the others that you should have her examined and at minimum have a urinalysis done to rule out a UTI/medical problem. With her fearfulness, she may have a submissive urinary issue, but it's a bit unusual for a submissive urinator to just dribble all the time unconsciously. They usually piddle when strangers come, etc...but for her to be around just you and constantly going sounds more like a medical issue.

Other than a UTI (which incidentally, I see a lot of in large breed female puppies, it seems), congenital issues like a urinary bladder diverticulum or ectopic ureters are also a possibility.

As long as she's acting ok - eating, drinking, no vomiting and she's active, it probably isn't an emergency TODAY, but I'd definitely get her into your vet tomorrow - and take a first morning urine sample.

Let us know how it goes!
Heidi (DVM)
 
Thanks for the replies. No accidents for Maby today(Sunday). Saturday was the first for uncontrollable nonstop peeing. Before this it was always associated with being scared. I am going to ask for the blood work. Great advice. I feel very confident in my new vet. He is extremely smart. I went thru 3 vets before my new vet finally did blood work on Jake, my 10 year old Weim. He was gaining weight like crazy. His hair was awful and he was so cold all the time. Turns out he has an underactive thyroid. I feel so bad that it took so long for it to get figured out. I've spent thousands on Jimmy, another 10 year old Weim, because of his digestive issues and his ears. Everyone kept treating him for ear mites. Turns out he had an extreme ear infection that wouldn't go away because of food allergies. So I've learned that most vets are idiots.
 
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Wow, I spend my time giving you advice just to find out that most vets are idiots. That's nice!

Heidi (non-idiot DVM)
 
My 13 year old doxie was urinating a lot in the house. I'd decided it was behavioral but happened to mention it to the vet. He couldn't get a urine sample (because the dog had peed in the waiting room) but gave me the anitbiotics to try anyway. It worked. Within a few days, the problem was gone.

I asked about how they get the urine sample. They told me they follow the dog around with a cup and try to catch it. It's probably easier with a big dog than a small dog.

Hope there's a simple solution.

Lauren
 
Heidi,

I pretty sure Little Lady missed yours signature line and didn't know you were a vet. I think her comment was born out of frustration from having to go through several vets to find one she could trust with her fur kids. I can totally relate...
My DH and I are very upset with our vet(ex) too.

We took our boxer girl to our vet last Dec. because she was urinating a lot and leaking urine. She was waking me up 2-3 times a night with a real sense of urgency. I mention this, because my vet felt this was a behavior pattern we had formed. She was getting older, and he believed dogs become more clingy to their owners. While I do agree, I am very sensitive to my boxer's when I hear them up at night (just like real children), I argued with him that I did not believe this was habit.

After he gave me "this could be bladder cancer" scare, I agreed to a series of bladder tests. Very expensive tests.
When the test came back her bladder was perfect, he diagnosed her condition as vaginitis and incontinence. He prescribed estrogen and sent us home.

Months later, I noticed her water consumption had increased a lot, her appetite became ravenous. Looking back, I now realize the onset of her symptoms were subtle and gradual. I had taken her to the vet several times this year for odd things like a sore on her toe that wouldn't heal, bald spots in her fur(tested her for ring worm):rolleyes:, nose sore that wouldn't heal. Mercedes was scheduled to have a toe amputation but thankfully, I put that surgery off. I cry when I think of how stupid I was to trust this vet. I blame myself for not getting a second opinion.

I talked with my sister whose dog was going through renal failure at the time, and she asked if my vet had checked Mercedes' blood. He did not.:confused: He never suggested it, I didn't think to ask for it.

I took Mercedes to a different vet in the same vet office and asked for a blood test. Her liver enzymes came back in the 3000 range. The vet wanted to perform the low dose dexamethasone suppression test to see if this was Cushing's disease. (Little Lady, Cushing's is common in middle age to older dogs- very rare in young).

My husband and I completely lost faith in our vet and no longer trusted him with our girl.
We drove her to a University Vet Hospital to see a specialist. We finally had answers that made sense. They took her off the estrogen, because she did not need it. :mad::mad:
Our girl was diagnosed with a pituitary macroadenoma 8 months after my initial complaint. Something as simple as a blood test could have saved my girl from all the stress of needless tests.
 
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I am glad they finally figured out what is going on with Mercedes.

I have had my issues with some vets (as I have had with people doctors) because I think sometimes vets and doctors' education focuses so much on drugs, surgery and expensive testing that they sometimes just miss common sense or the obvious. Not to mention that many vets I have encountered will insist that the highly processed kibble with questionable ingredients is much better for my dogs than real food :rolleyes: But that is a totally different discussion.

That being said, I think there are good and bad vets just as there are good and bad ones of any profession. A general statement like "vets are idiots" is insulting though.
 
I didnt say vets are idiots. I said most vet are idiots after explaining how dumb the ones that I have had as vets have been. I didn't mean that every vet is an idiot. I did say it out of frustration. I've even had a vet kill my dog. I love my vet now and he is extremely smart. Much smarter than me. Sorry. I will stick to facebook. I will never post again on this forum. This is not fun at all.
 
Now how many times have you quit now? ;) You're going to need a thicker skin hon! If I quit every time I disagreed with someone or upset someone or was upset by someone, it would probably be a daily thing for me too. You gotta just buck it up and move on. I've had my share of vets who didn't know their butts from a whole in the ground too. I've also had some WONDERFUL vets. It's not a reflection on the practice itself, just the morons who find their way into ANY profession. And when things are affecting our babies it's hard to reason quite straight and easy to call everyone morons. ;) This is where you just come back and say something like "sorry, I was letting my emotions get the better of me. I realize that there are many wonderful vets out there and I didn't mean to imply that the majority of them were idiots". Then everyone hugs, cries, makes up and continues sharing cute little stories about their doggies. That's how you survive here and anywhere else on the internet. ;) Don't give up.
 
Yes you are right.
I am quitting. I don't understand how to un become a member. I want to invite my friends to facebook first.
I definitely should have said most of the vets that I have had are idiots.
That is what I meant but what I definitely did not say.
I am sorry, that was rude. I greatly appreciate the advice.
 
I agree with Lian! Don't get upset Little Lady. I know first hand how you feel about vets. It's frustrating as can be. I've cried a river of tears because I have to establish my baby with a new vet at the end of her life. The University Vet Hospital is 2 hours away so I had to find a local vet for when it's time to help our girl to the bridge. I honestly wasn't going to change vets. What a rotten time to have to find a new one.
Thankfully, my new vet is super sensitive to our situation.
When your fur baby is sick, you are going to be emotional. :(
 
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