[nagdu] Accidents, please help!

[Cindy Ray]

Alysha, how often does he go? How much water is he drinking? Fisher sometimes does this if he had been drinking inordinate amounts of water.
Cindy Lou Ray
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> On Oct 10, 2015, at 8:42 AM, Alysha via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Raven,
> It seems like he really has to go based on the large amount of urine that he
> passes. Usually after he has an accident, I take him immediately outside
> where he pees even more. He gives me absolutely no sign that I, my
> boyfriend, or my mom has noticed that he needs to go, and he has mastered
> peeing while he is walking without really changing his pace or pull. This
> means that I am constantly worried that he will pee and I will not even
> notice it. I was able to reduce the number of accidents he has in the house
> by hanging a bell on the front door and teaching him to ring it when he
> wants to go out. This definitely helped, but it does not work if he is on a
> different floor of the house from the front door (I have 3 levels), or if I
> am doing something like showering, sleeping, etc. when I can't hear the
> bell. I wish I could teach him to do something to indicate that he has to go
> that would work anywhere in or out of the house, but I haven't thought of a
> good signal. Thanks so much for your help!
> 
> Alysha
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Raven Tolliver
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> Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2015 7:20 AM
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> Cc: Raven Tolliver <ravend729 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Accidents, please help!
> 
> 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.
> --
> Raven
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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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