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

[Natalie]

Hi Bryan,
I do wish I did have some suggestions for you, but I don't.  What I can do, 
however, is pray for you and Marqi.  Please do keep us posted on what you 
find out.
Best,
Nat and Liam Joshua

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bryan Jones" <opensesame at me.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2012 7:09 PM
Subject: [nagdu] Has anyone experienced chronic "urine leakage" from a 
spayed female dog?


> 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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