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

[Tracy Carcione]

Hi Bryan.
I've had 2 dogs with spayed bitch incontinence.  They both took 1 pill
every day, which cleared up the problem.  I didn't notice any bad effects
from the meds, either.
Echo took the pill for years, but, a while after she retired, we decided
to try stopping the pill, and she still did not start leaking again.  But
I wouldn't have stopped the meds while she was working, because a couple
times she did leak when we were out somewhere.
I think the problem is pretty common, but the meds seem to work well.
Tracy

> 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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