Lola Peeing uncontrollably

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mrbotto

Boxer Pal
So yesterday Lola started peeing strangly. She was in the bedroom and just let loose. a few minutes later she did it again. She was fine all day today but tonight she let loose again in the kitchen. It isn't stinky and I haven't seen signs of her trying to pee but being unable so I don't think it is UTI.

Any ideas? The only thing i can think of is that she is getting excited or something. She is 8 months now and pretty well house broken.
 

Louise C

Boxer Pal
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My girl Cleo did that not too long after she was spayed. She would let go of her bladder completely when sleeping and I would wake up to change all the sheets and towels I had placed under her. No smell or colour.

The vet tried to tell me that it was normal for females to become incontinent after spaying but I thought no way not under 1 year old. I insisted there was a problem so they wanted to try cortisone. I didn't want to but agreed to try one round. Didn't work. I insisted it was an infection so they reluctantly agreed to antibiotics and the peeing stopped in 2 days and has never returned.

Dripping a bit when excited is not unusual but letting go is. I would get her checked.
 

gmacleod

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Take her along to a vet and get her checked over for any medical problems. Since it seems to have occured so suddenly, a medical problem should be looked into first (and it could be a UTI still).

But if none of the above apply, I'd be inclined to suspect it's a behavioural thing. And I'm not meaning "behavioural" in the problematic sense that you've got to get help with either.

A great many puppies do what is known as submissive peeing - happens when they get over excited, and usually when someone comes home or someone new visits. And it often happens around about your girl's age - since pups go through their second fear imprint stage around then. So that could possibly be what's going on here. If you think that could be it, then the thing to do is primarily ignore it.

Take appropriate steps such as having people ignore the dog when they first come over (you can warn them they'll get their shoes peed on if they don't cooperate LOL) so that she can settle herself down before any greeting goes on. Taking her out to pee before company arrives is worthwhile too (though not foolproof). And ignoring the pup, giving her time to settle down before saying hello, when you or other family members arrive home also is a good idea.

But don't make a fuss of the incidents. Do what is reasonable to try to avoid them (as above) but if it happens, making a fuss (including trying to reassure her) just makes it worse. It's largely something you just have to let pups outgrow.
 
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