[nagdu] Accidents, please help!

Raven Tolliver ravend729 at gmail.com
Sat Oct 10 11:19:50 UTC 2015


Alysha,
You said in your message that it seems like he "really has to go."
What do you mean by this? Does he show signs that he needs to urinate,
but perhaps you are not in a place where you can drop what your doing
to dash out the door?
Does his gait, pace or pull change at all when he's about to have an
accident? Some dogs display very subtle signs that they need to
relieve themselves.

Do you think he is having trouble with bladder control? Two accidents
a month doesn't make me believe that is the case, but it's worth
tossing out there. And there are remedies to help with bladder
control. The sooner we know exactly what the problem is, the sooner it
can be rectified.
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On 10/9/15, Alysha via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> My 2-year-old pup has had several accidents both in the house and in a
> couple of stores while working. Thank goodness he hasn't had any problems
> in
> our low-key office setting, but if we go somewhere where more walking is
> involved, it seems all bets are off. It does not seem like marking
> behavior.
> He usually just starts to pee as he is walking and leaves a long stream
> behind him. He always seems to really have to go, so I don't think he's
> just
> spraying a little to mark his scent. He started doing this the first couple
> of days in class in January when I got him. The instructors thought it
> might
> have been stress-related, and it really died down after the first week of
> class, so we thought he would be fine. He did well for a few months after I
> brought him home, but for the last couple of months it's become a big
> problem again. I try to give him a chance to park every time before we go
> into a store. He's averaging about 2 accidents a month. I do not give him
> free water, and I take him out between 6 and 10 times a day. At the moment,
> he's eating wet (raw) food and only gets 4 cups of water a day on top of
> that. I took him to the vet where they ran bloodwork and did an exam, and
> they said everything was normal. I'm really stressed about this as I feel
> like I can't give him water for several hours before I plan to go somewhere
> without worrying about him leaving puddles. It is truly mortifying when
> your
> guide dog pees in a business, and I'm really worried I may have to retire
> him over this although his work is quite good otherwise. I'm looking for
> any
> suggestions about how to stop this behavior. Has anyone had this problem
> and
> successfully worked through it? Please, any help would be greatly
> appreciated!
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Alysha
>
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