[nagdu] Has anyone experienced chronic "urine leakage" from a spayed female dog?

[The Pawpower Pack]

Bryan, 
My service dog, a female Doberman, has had this issue since shortly after she was spayed.  She does take Proin and has done for almost 4 years now.  She was on a very high dose, 150 mgs a day broken up into 3 daily pills.  We have since backed her down to 50 mg a day, with a half a pill twice a day.
We did notice an increase in her flight fight response on the high doses, and this was the reason for the change. She is doing well on this dose.
The pill can increase blood pressure and put the dog at increased risk of stroke, but this risk is small.  Most dogs take it with out issue.


Rox 
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On Apr 1, 2012, at 8:09 PM, Bryan Jones <opensesame at me.com> wrote:

> Hi Folks,
> 
> I'd be interested to hear from folks who've dealt with this issue. Over the past week or two my 5 year old pup Marqi has been leaving a wet spot on her bed, and a few times her bed was soaked. This had happened a handful of times over the 2.5 years I've had her, but it's happened every day and sometimes several times a day this past week or so. I made sure she got extra trips outside but this didn't help. She wasn't randomly peeing on the floor or anything like that, just leaving a wet spot or puddle whereever she was when asleep. Time of day and amount of water intake also seemed to make no difference.
> 
> At the Vet on Friday she checked out healthy in every other way. . . The Vet said she has a condition that some spayed female dogs get where their bladder or something in the urinary system relaxes and "leaks" when they are sleeping. I didn't get the technical name of the condition. The Doc prescribed a chewable pill called "Proin" (phenylpropaolamine hydrochloride). The Doc said this drug will fix the issue but there's a good chance Marqi will need to stay on the drug indefinitely. She's fine otherwise, and, assuming the drug does work as expected, she should have no related problems in her role as guide dog.
> 
> Thank you in advance for any info you might have to share,
> Bryan Jones
> 
> 
> 
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