Posted: 5/25/2025 10:27:48 AM EDT
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She’s around 11, about 100lbs. We had been noticing damp spots on floor when she gets up, but wrote it up as perspiration, or drooling…but this morning when out in the yard, saw her dripping urine as she came back inside Is there a supplement we can put her on? |
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Vet for a blood test. Could be lots of things. Good luck to you and the dog. |
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Our 10yo golden doodle has the same issue. Apparently, it can be the result of being spayed. After all appropriate tests, the vet just put her on this. One pill per day. So far, so good. ETA: Not cheap. $60/mo Attached File |
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Originally Posted By ske714: Our 10yo golden doodle has the same issue. Apparently, it can be the result of being spayed. After all appropriate tests, the vet just put her on this. One pill per day. So far, so good. ETA: Not cheap. $60/mo https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/269725/IMG20250525110443_jpg_compressed_JPEG-3548338.JPG That is what we had to give my female Rottweiler for the same issue. |
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Originally Posted By ParityError: If only there were people who went to school and studied animal anatomy and physiology. They could then establish officer where you could take your pet for medical assessment, diagnosis, and treatment.  It's best to learn all you can before going to the vet, since it's unlikely that you're going to spend less than $500 when you go. OP just learned that it will cost him hundreds of dollars for exam and tests, plus $60/month to prevent the occasional pee spot in the floor. Some people might rather wipe up a little pee. Why do you hate discussion forums? |
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Originally Posted By ske714: Our 10yo golden doodle has the same issue. Apparently, it can be the result of being spayed. After all appropriate tests, the vet just put her on this. One pill per day. So far, so good. ETA: Not cheap. $60/mo https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/269725/IMG20250525110443_jpg_compressed_JPEG-3548338.JPG This, at about ~10 yo our RR had the same, Proin 'fixed' it. |
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| OP, our vet wanted a pee sample. The morning before you go to the vet, catch her pee when she goes out first thing in the morning. Follow her out with something to catch it with, and when she squats, be quick. Put it in the refrigerator until you leave. |
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The best darn dog leaks. Elspeth. GSD mix. Doesn't bark. Good with kids. But she leaks after hard exertion. Or, sometimes, just laying around. Vet offered some sort of surgery, or medicine. Kids chose medicine. Meds are not hugely effective. But she's the best darn dog. Goodluck. |
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Originally Posted By ske714: Our 10yo golden doodle has the same issue. Apparently, it can be the result of being spayed. After all appropriate tests, the vet just put her on this. One pill per day. So far, so good. ETA: Not cheap. $60/mo https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/269725/IMG20250525110443_jpg_compressed_JPEG-3548338.JPG Same. Both of my dogs (girls) had the same issue and both are on this stuff unfortunately. But it does work. |
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Originally Posted By ske714: Our 10yo golden doodle has the same issue. Apparently, it can be the result of being spayed. After all appropriate tests, the vet just put her on this. One pill per day. So far, so good. ETA: Not cheap. $60/mo https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/269725/IMG20250525110443_jpg_compressed_JPEG-3548338.JPG Our husky was on that for years. |
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Originally Posted By ParityError: If only there were people who went to school and studied animal anatomy and physiology. They could then establish officer where you could take your pet for medical assessment, diagnosis, and treatment. Bravo. Well put. Likely incontinence but you definitely need to rule out additional issues |
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Originally Posted By XNARC: She’s around 11, about 100lbs. We had been noticing damp spots on floor when she gets up, but wrote it up as perspiration, or drooling…but this morning when out in the yard, saw her dripping urine as she came back inside Is there a supplement we can put her on? Take her to the vet. The most common causes aren't things that supplements are going to help. And depending on which of the causes, the sooner you address them, the more years you'll have left with her, if you catch my drift. |
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Just an update… yeah, I get the vet scolding, but I usually don’t run to the shop with a car, the emergency room with a headache and so on. Anyway, the vet didn’t want to address the incontinence until he sent out the blood work and urine and culture swabs to an outside lab. But he said from what he sees, no unusual crystals or blood in urine drawn from bladder, she’s too fat (108lbs) she needs a ‘bush trim’, and she has a yeast infection. So directed a diet of hills metabolic food (which they happen to have displays and available for sale in the office), dog aspirin, dog anxiety pills, dog vagisal ointment, a dog antibiotic, and a dog antibacterial shampoo, and with the annual heartworm shot, tab was around 700 bucks PS vet called this evening, lab wasn’t too bad, but high white blood cell, so he believes the infection has been present longer than I thought, and high ph in the urine, so the diet change recommended, filtered water or bottled water instead of the tap water, keep her on the meds until depleted, bring her back in 2 weeks. |
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Originally Posted By XNARC: Anyway, the vet didn’t want to address the incontinence until he sent out the blood work and urine and culture swabs to an outside lab. But he said from what he sees, she’s too fat (108lbs) she needs a ‘bush trim’, and she has a yeast infection. So directed a diet of hills metabolic food (which they happen to have displays and available for sale in the office), dog aspirin, dog anxiety pills, dog vagisal ointment, a dog antibiotic, and a dog antibacterial shampoo, and with the annual heartworm shot, tab was around 700 bucks Believe it or not, that was good news. One of the reasons a dog can go incontinent is spinal issues, which are... much less treatable. |
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Originally Posted By ParityError: If only there were people who went to school and studied animal anatomy and physiology. They could then establish officer where you could take your pet for medical assessment, diagnosis, and treatment. And then not say shit about how the particular surgery they want you have done on your female fido WILL increase the chances of urinary incontinence by a percentage that plenty of studies have validated... Not all Vets preach the same shit about spay / neuter stuff. OR incontinence that it it can lead to... |
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Originally Posted By ske714: Our 10yo golden doodle has the same issue. Apparently, it can be the result of being spayed. After all appropriate tests, the vet just put her on this. One pill per day. So far, so good. ETA: Not cheap. $60/mo https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/269725/IMG20250525110443_jpg_compressed_JPEG-3548338.JPG Came here to post this |
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Originally Posted By XNARC: She’s around 11, about 100lbs. We had been noticing damp spots on floor when she gets up, but wrote it up as perspiration, or drooling…but this morning when out in the yard, saw her dripping urine as she came back inside Is there a supplement we can put her on? Go see a freaking vet. There's a good number of things that can cause this, and you have zero idea which it is. And you don't know if it's one that will get worse over time, and you don't know if it's one that can kill the dog. Go to someone with a degree and get some actual knowledge, don't just throw random herbs and crap at it and hope for the best. This isn't the stone age, we have better options than that. |
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Originally Posted By ske714: Our 10yo golden doodle has the same issue. Apparently, it can be the result of being spayed. After all appropriate tests, the vet just put her on this. One pill per day. So far, so good. ETA: Not cheap. $60/mo https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/269725/IMG20250525110443_jpg_compressed_JPEG-3548338.JPG This. Our now passed Ridgeback started having the same at ~10yo. Proin stopped the leaking for the rest of her years. |
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| Weight [as in overweight] can also create issues like this because that belly fat has to press on something. I've always kept my dogs ''skinny'' healthy and never had issues with any size breed unless something like cancer was involved. |
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