[NAGDU] Peeing a lot

[Debbie Malone]

Another thought... If your dog was not peeing that often but suddenly
increased his frequency and urgency a trip to the vet may be inorder. That
happened to Penny and she had a UTI. We gave her antibiotics and she is
fine now.

On Fri, Mar 25, 2022 at 10:22 AM Al Sten-Clanton via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> Hi, Tracy!
>
> When we were in class, I ended up giving Sheldon a chance to park before
> the
> trips and sometimes afterwards, along with the regular park times.
>
> What I found out later was that my previous dog, Bessie, had left a residue
> in the dining room way back in 2016.  Sheldon't outside parking got screwed
> up because he was drawn to the dining room.  I won't bore you with the
> details, but it was a royal nuisance from, say, April of 2018, after I let
> him off leash, until the fall of that year.  We needed new flooring in the
> dining room, and we were lucky the guy gave us a break.  I was worried that
> by then he might have become used to his indoor parking place, but the
> problem stopped.
>
> Also, for a time he would get me up early to park.  He almost never does
> now, and he's proved himself quite able to wait for almost twelve hours if
> need be.  (Bessie, the dog before him, could wait a very long time even if
> she didn't have to.)
>
> It does slow me up when Sheldon stops several times while working, and only
> some of those stops are for parking.  Still, I'll take that well over
> risking not giving him a chance he needs.
>
> Wag wag!
> Al
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NAGDU <nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione via
> NAGDU
> Sent: Friday, March 25, 2022 7:57 AM
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> Cc: Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>
> Subject: [NAGDU] Peeing a lot
>
> Hi Al.
>
> You said your dog needs to pee a lot.  I had that problem with my old dog
> Krokus, starting very soon after I got him.  He had to go out every 2-3
> hours, and sometimes even more often.  If he didn't, he'd have an accident
> inside.  Not good.
>
> I had to carefully manage his water intake, and be mindful of when he'd
> been
> out last.  When we were home, I got in the habbit of taking him out every
> time he woke up, pretty much.
>
> I got a diagnosis of overactive bladder, and gave him pills for years that
> seemed to help some-at least he stopped having accidents, though he still
> had to go out often.  It was not ideal, but it was manageable.
>
> Oddly, it got better when we stopped regularly going into New York City
> with
> the beginning of the pandemic, and I weaned him off the pills.  Makes me
> wonder if it was at least partly stress-related.
>
> Anyway, I hope your Sheldon doesn't go as often as Krokus used to.  It was
> a
> pain.
>
> Tracy
>
>
>
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