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please help, my DDB is constantly wanting to pee

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Sergdman

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Hello everyone. I have a 7 year old DDB female which was spayed. Never had any issues with her and has been healthy. She has been having accidents in the home and wants to go pee all the time. No blood, doesnt seem to be in any pain. She has not been eating her dry food, but gobbles up the boiled turkey or chicken I made her. Diagnosed with UTI. The vet put her on amox. for a week and nothing. Now she has been on clavamax for 5 days and not really getting better. She can sleep through the night but when we are home she wants to go out to pee every hour or so. She was peeing two or three different places if left home alone for 4-5 hours. I now closed her in the kitchen and came back to 5-6 spots on the kitchen and den. (Maybe she is peeing more now because she is anxious and I closed her off, I dont know. I wanted to get some feedback from everyone here to see if they have had similar problems. This is very frustrating and would like to diagnose the issue. Do the meds take over a week to see improvement. Any help guys would be appreciated.
 
angelbears

angelbears

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Have you asked your vet how long it should be before the antibiotics take affect? Also, spay incontinence is common. I would take another urine sample to the vet to see if the infection has cleared up then explore spay incontinence. You shouldn't need to take your dog in. Just drop off a sample. They usually want the first urine of the morning.
 
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Sergdman

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angelbears said:
Have you asked your vet how long it should be before the antibiotics take affect? Also, spay incontinence is common. I would take another urine sample to the vet to see if the infection has cleared up then explore spay incontinence. You shouldn't need to take your dog in. Just drop off a sample. They usually want the first urine of the morning.
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Yes, they said that should have gotten better by the week. They are going to do a urine culture and want to get the urine directly with needle. Will be going in this week if it does not improve. They talked about x-ray and other things. I had great years with her as she never had anything but an ear infection. she has been so healthy. I am sad as many people on the forum say that the DDB life span is 7-8 years, lucky to get more. We love her so much.

My 1.5 year old daughter is crazy about her. Wakes up in the morning yelling her name. She is all over Mya all day, god bless her for putting up with my daughter. We are expecting twins and wanted my twins to meet Mya and have the same time with her. I hope this is just a simple UTI that is taking longer than expected to clear up.

Thanks.
 
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Sergdman

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Hello guys,

Well we had some tests completed. Urine Culture, xrays, blood works and ultrasound. The vet says everything is normal. Why the hell is my dog constantly peeing? He says to try Proin to see if it is incontinence. I started her on Corn Silk to see if that helps and changed her food to grain free, Orijen. I feel so bad for her. We go outside and she just constantly squats to urinate and some does come out. She is squatting every 30 seconds. That is all she does until we go inside. Poor thing. I wish, we all wish that they could tell us whats wrong. Anybody have any thoughts. I am thinking that its not incontinence since she is able to tell me when she wants to go outside. Just so confused? thanks guys
 
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musicdeb

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I would recommend a 2nd opinion. It is not normal for a pup to wait to urinate so often and have very little flow when she does urinate. Orijen is a great food, it could have been her past food causing the issues. How long has she been on the Orijen? What is Corn Silk?
 
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Sergdman

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musicdeb said:
I would recommend a 2nd opinion. It is not normal for a pup to wait to urinate so often and have very little flow when she does urinate. Orijen is a great food, it could have been her past food causing the issues. How long has she been on the Orijen? What is Corn Silk?
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Does the second opinion have to run tests again and do xrays and utlra sound again? Been on the orijen since Saturday, but she has not been eating much. She is always a so so eater anyway. Ate the food Saturday day and night, Sunday night, nothing monday and this morning. Corn silk is a natural herb that is supposed to help with dog incontinence.

thanks
 
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musicdeb

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No, you can bring the xrays and test results from your current vet to the 2nd opinion vet. They will review the findings and give you their opinion.
 
Boxergirl

Boxergirl

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Sergdman, for herbals also take a look at these: nettle, plantain (not the fruit, it's a weed but it's good for tons of stuff), parsley, cranberry, uva ursi, and marshmallow root. I agree with getting a second opinion. I had a boy, Leo, with chronic urinary tract infections. He had testicular cancer and a prostate infection when I adopted him. The cancer we took care of. The prostate infection we were never able to kick. It caused him to drip pus and urine constantly and he had to wear a belly band with a pad in it. I kept him as clean as I could, but the environment was such that he would get a uti often. After much trial and error - and all of the tests you've had done - the antibiotic that worked the best for him was Cephalexin. The vet did have me try Proin, but it can have pretty bad side effects in some dogs and since it didn't well enough for us to stop using the diaper I quit giving it to him. As far as the herbals go, my daughters and I find that nettle, plantain, uva ursi, and parsley work well for us. My kids are both type 1 diabetics and corn silk tended to drop their blood sugar so we don't use that. Plantain, fwi, is a really good little weed. It works very well for bug bites and stings. Pick some leaves, chew them up and put them on the bite/sting. Works great. Oh, and I sweeten our herbal uti tea with raw honey for it's antibacterial qualities. I also just remembered that many people have recommended D-Mannose capsules. You can get them at Amazon and are on my list to try.
 
angelbears

angelbears

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I have an Australian Cattle Dog. She was very incontinent to the point of we would be walking down the hall to go out and urine would be shooting out. We did proin, it helped a little bit but the side effects sucked. After a few months we switched to raw because of issues with another dog. Feeding raw all but cured her incontinence. Then it came back while we were still feeding raw. However, we had started letting her have weenies and lunchmeat as treats. For her it was the salt in the processed foods.

Check the salt content of all foods you are feeding including the kibble, treats and any people food. Hopefully, it will help, it sure did for ours.
 
Boxergirl

Boxergirl

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angelbears said:
I have an Australian Cattle Dog. She was very incontinent to the point of we would be walking down the hall to go out and urine would be shooting out. We did proin, it helped a little bit but the side effects sucked. After a few months we switched to raw because of issues with another dog. Feeding raw all but cured her incontinence. Then it came back while we were still feeding raw. However, we had started letting her have weenies and lunchmeat as treats. For her it was the salt in the processed foods.

Check the salt content of all foods you are feeding including the kibble, treats and any people food. Hopefully, it will help, it sure did for ours.
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This is an excellent point.
 
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Sergdman

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musicdeb said:
No, you can bring the xrays and test results from your current vet to the 2nd opinion vet. They will review the findings and give you their opinion.
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thanks i will be going for another opinion tomorrow. My poor baby, I really hope that she get diagnosed with something to help her. thanks
 
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Sergdman

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Boxergirl said:
Sergdman, for herbals also take a look at these: nettle, plantain (not the fruit, it's a weed but it's good for tons of stuff), parsley, cranberry, uva ursi, and marshmallow root. I agree with getting a second opinion. I had a boy, Leo, with chronic urinary tract infections. He had testicular cancer and a prostate infection when I adopted him. The cancer we took care of. The prostate infection we were never able to kick. It caused him to drip pus and urine constantly and he had to wear a belly band with a pad in it. I kept him as clean as I could, but the environment was such that he would get a uti often. After much trial and error - and all of the tests you've had done - the antibiotic that worked the best for him was Cephalexin. The vet did have me try Proin, but it can have pretty bad side effects in some dogs and since it didn't well enough for us to stop using the diaper I quit giving it to him. As far as the herbals go, my daughters and I find that nettle, plantain, uva ursi, and parsley work well for us. My kids are both type 1 diabetics and corn silk tended to drop their blood sugar so we don't use that. Plantain, fwi, is a really good little weed. It works very well for bug bites and stings. Pick some leaves, chew them up and put them on the bite/sting. Works great. Oh, and I sweeten our herbal uti tea with raw honey for it's antibacterial qualities. I also just remembered that many people have recommended D-Mannose capsules. You can get them at Amazon and are on my list to try.
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Thanks i will look into the herbs. I will continue to look into them.
Thanks
 
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Sergdman

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angelbears said:
I have an Australian Cattle Dog. She was very incontinent to the point of we would be walking down the hall to go out and urine would be shooting out. We did proin, it helped a little bit but the side effects sucked. After a few months we switched to raw because of issues with another dog. Feeding raw all but cured her incontinence. Then it came back while we were still feeding raw. However, we had started letting her have weenies and lunchmeat as treats. For her it was the salt in the processed foods.

Check the salt content of all foods you are feeding including the kibble, treats and any people food. Hopefully, it will help, it sure did for ours.
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I was going to try the raw food after the orijen. I was reading about it but did not want to try it without a bit more of research. I heard that you have to make sure the dog gets all the nutrients. Hopefully the Orijen works and we get some answers from the new vet tomorrow.
Thanks
 
angelbears

angelbears

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You don't have to go raw, just find out if what you are feeding has salt.

Even raw meats like pork and chicken can have up to 18% solution pumped into it. So, even feeding raw you have to watch because they do sneak salt in.

Good luck!
 
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Sergdman

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angelbears said:
You don't have to go raw, just find out if what you are feeding has salt.

Even raw meats like pork and chicken can have up to 18% solution pumped into it. So, even feeding raw you have to watch because they do sneak salt in.

Good luck!
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Thanks, I was looking at the Orijen salt content. Cannot find it it on the bag. I really do not think it is incontinence. Took for a second opinion and they feel its not as well.
 
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