Hello we have 3 females in our family all different lines, all living in different homes and all on different diets. One 4 1/2, one 5 1/2 and one 8. They are all having problems with incontience. Is there any advice for us out there. The vets all have drugs to treat this but we are shying away from that. We are looking for something alittle more natural and easy on the system. Please save our soon to be smelly houses!!! Thank you Susan-Olive's mom
incontience help!!!
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Well, incontinence can have a number of causes (or put differently, it can be sympomatic of different problems).
A urinary tract infection can cause a dog to be incontinent - and that is usually best treated with antibiotics. Cranberry juice is a useful treatment to stop UTIs recurring.
Kidney stones/bladder crystels can also be a cause. A vet would need to take a urine sample to diagnose. For struuvite crystels (the most common sort) adding a capful of natural apple cider vinegar to your pet's water can help a lot by keeping the urine acidic.
For just plain incontinence though, adding a tablespoon or two of fresh chopped parsley to your dog's food every day is extremely helpful. Doesn't cure all cases, but is probably effective for about 75% of dogs, so certainly worth a shot.
A urinary tract infection can cause a dog to be incontinent - and that is usually best treated with antibiotics. Cranberry juice is a useful treatment to stop UTIs recurring.
Kidney stones/bladder crystels can also be a cause. A vet would need to take a urine sample to diagnose. For struuvite crystels (the most common sort) adding a capful of natural apple cider vinegar to your pet's water can help a lot by keeping the urine acidic.
For just plain incontinence though, adding a tablespoon or two of fresh chopped parsley to your dog's food every day is extremely helpful. Doesn't cure all cases, but is probably effective for about 75% of dogs, so certainly worth a shot.
Mason's Moms
Boxer Pal
Have you thought about chiropractic?
I work for a chiropractor that adjusts animals as well. We have a number of dogs that have been helped tremendously by getting adjusted frequently and then maintaining once the problem is under control.
This is, however, after the dog has been cleared by a vet for any infections.
Just a thought!
I work for a chiropractor that adjusts animals as well. We have a number of dogs that have been helped tremendously by getting adjusted frequently and then maintaining once the problem is under control.
This is, however, after the dog has been cleared by a vet for any infections.
Just a thought!
white_boxer
Boxer Pal
My female has incontience (diagnosed) and we do have her on medication which has greatly helped. It started out with 1/2 a pill 3 tiems a day for a week, then 2 twice a day for a week and now it's 1/2 a pill once a day and moving to see if it works with 1/2 a pill every other day. With research and talking to the vet apperently it is very very common in female dogs after they've been spayed, and it can happen soon after or yrs afterward. From research and different vets it happens in about 1 out of every 3-4 female dogs, and in some dogs can be more common. however I didn't find anything that it is for sure common in boxers. Hope this helped some.
debbie knowles
Boxer Insane
My Jaimee was also diagnosed with spay incontinence several months ago. She was put on medication which worked wonders. But I just couldn't see keeping her on meds forever as she is only two years old, so we tried the parsley and I have to say within 2 weeks time, I had her weaned off the meds and on the parsley only and we have not had one single accident since making the switch. If your girl has other medical problems or infections all ruled out, you may want to give the parsley a try. As Gwen says, it may not help all dogs but it worked for us and certainly would be worth a try at least to avoid dailey meds. Good Luck.
mika's mama
Boxer Buddy
No more wet spots.
I thought Mika was drooling excessively when she licked herself on my bed and couch. When she started trickling on the floor just sitting their, I knew I had been wrong. Poor girl she didn't even know she was leaking. Anyway, long story short, She has incontience. I was told to try her on 2 tb. of fresh chopped parsley every night in her food. It started working right away thank heavens and the problem has stopped. You might want to give it a try before any drugs.
Mika and now Samsons mama!
I thought Mika was drooling excessively when she licked herself on my bed and couch. When she started trickling on the floor just sitting their, I knew I had been wrong. Poor girl she didn't even know she was leaking. Anyway, long story short, She has incontience. I was told to try her on 2 tb. of fresh chopped parsley every night in her food. It started working right away thank heavens and the problem has stopped. You might want to give it a try before any drugs.
Mika and now Samsons mama!
traciar
Boxer Pal
I'll try parsley
thanks to all who wrote about parsley. My 5 month old Bonnie pee's the bed and dribbles pee without knowing she is doing it. I have been giving her an herbal remedy called Tinkle Tonic by Animals Apawthecary(www.animalessentials.com)-it is a formual to soothe the bladder-I have noticed some improvement when she is awake, (less dribbling) but still she pee's in her sleep.
but parsley sounds even more natural and I am anxious to try it. Thanks!
thanks to all who wrote about parsley. My 5 month old Bonnie pee's the bed and dribbles pee without knowing she is doing it. I have been giving her an herbal remedy called Tinkle Tonic by Animals Apawthecary(www.animalessentials.com)-it is a formual to soothe the bladder-I have noticed some improvement when she is awake, (less dribbling) but still she pee's in her sleep.
but parsley sounds even more natural and I am anxious to try it. Thanks!
traciar said:
Before you self-diagnose it as incontinence you should really take her to the vet and make sure she doesn't have a urinary infection. If she does, 2-3 weeks of antibiotics will clear it up and save you alot of headaches and her alot of pain. Sometimes the longer you prolong treatment for things the worse it may get with permanent consequences. I am of the belief that you should use drugs as a last resort but you also need to balance the pros and cons before coming to that decision.
Incidently, in my experience with UTIs, I would also recommend the cranberry as more of a preventative rather than a treatment.
traciar
Boxer Pal
Incontinence issues-response
When I got Bonnie one month ago at age four months she was being treated for a UTI and had been on antibiotics for 14 days. (Do they have to just keep taking the antiobiotics and won't this lead to yeast infections and intestinal imbalance, lowered immune system, etc? )
A little background:Bonnies breeder admitted that she had not been training the puppy to go outside to pee, (too many dogs, kids-not a good excuse, but life happens)and had been being putting Bonnie in her crate from dinner time through the night- also, Bonnie could not drink enough water when we first got her- but the vet had told my Aunt (her breeder) that Bonnie's urine was very diluted when she was diagnosed with a UTI. Anyways, I am trying to give her consistency and stability-plus I am feeding her only Innova-but I did give her a cheap chew bone last week, and now I am dealing with a rash that looks like hives. Anyways I prefer to treat her as natural as possible in lieu of conventional meds, I would like to get her immune system built up so she doesn't chronically have UTI's-and constantly have to take antibiotics.
Question: anyone know about natural antiobiotics for dogs? I know people can take goldenseal.
Thanks
When I got Bonnie one month ago at age four months she was being treated for a UTI and had been on antibiotics for 14 days. (Do they have to just keep taking the antiobiotics and won't this lead to yeast infections and intestinal imbalance, lowered immune system, etc? )
A little background:Bonnies breeder admitted that she had not been training the puppy to go outside to pee, (too many dogs, kids-not a good excuse, but life happens)and had been being putting Bonnie in her crate from dinner time through the night- also, Bonnie could not drink enough water when we first got her- but the vet had told my Aunt (her breeder) that Bonnie's urine was very diluted when she was diagnosed with a UTI. Anyways, I am trying to give her consistency and stability-plus I am feeding her only Innova-but I did give her a cheap chew bone last week, and now I am dealing with a rash that looks like hives. Anyways I prefer to treat her as natural as possible in lieu of conventional meds, I would like to get her immune system built up so she doesn't chronically have UTI's-and constantly have to take antibiotics.
Question: anyone know about natural antiobiotics for dogs? I know people can take goldenseal.
Thanks
traciar
Boxer Pal
KonaKoffe said:Before you self-diagnose it as incontinence you should really take her to the vet and make sure she doesn't have a urinary infection. If she does, 2-3 weeks of antibiotics will clear it up and save you alot of headaches and her alot of pain. Sometimes the longer you prolong treatment for things the worse it may get with permanent consequences. I am of the belief that you should use drugs as a last resort but you also need to balance the pros and cons before coming to that decision.
Incidently, in my experience with UTIs, I would also recommend the cranberry as more of a preventative rather than a treatment.
Took Bonnie to vet today-no UTI, (she did have one when we got her one month ago as was on antibiotics)I agree with drugs as last resort too, but sometimes the bad bugs just take over
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