Incontinence Problem

[MolassesLass]

The above herbal treatment did nothing for my girl unfortunately (it was also very nasty smelling).

[TiffanyAmber]

Doesnt mean to use them. It just explains what maybe the cause of the incontience.

[Bella's Pride]

Our girl suffered with recurring UTIs from about 6 months to 18 months old. At about 12 months she also became incontinent - same as your girl, wetting while sleeping.

Apart from antibiotics for the UTIs, our then vet also put her on HRT for about 6 months (our girl is a rescue dog and was desexed at 8 weeks) to see if that would help as he thought she was missing hormones due to early desexing.

She's off all meds now and is 2 years and three months old. She hasn't wet herself since June.

Good luck.

Thanks for sharing your experiences too.

Good news is my girl had stopped after 3 days so I'm hopeful she is back to normal. I'm keeping a close eye on her though and will see how she goes.

Thanks again to everyone for all your support

[noisymina]

Interesting thread.

I came in to check out any more recent incontinence info and see if I could ask about something.

My Dobe is now about 8 and has been slightly spey incontinent since about 4/5 years old.

She was on stilboestrol 2 per week for quite a while - until the beginning of April last year. It was then the vet I was taking her to became a bit "difficult" about replacing her meds between annual checks and I decided I would not be "over-serviced" and told them where to go.

So .......... after doing some googling etc, I started her on a herbal formula of my own.

These days she gets each day:

!/2 teaspoon each of Rose Hip Granules, Fennel Seed and Dolomite and about 1 teaspoon Corn Silk

All mixed in with a bit of mince and water.

Co-incidentally, the Vet's All Natural mix I am presently using has Garlic in it as well. When I am organised, the herbs go in and soak with that over night.

Now she is about 95% ok, with only occasional problems, usually (it seems) related to occasional stress - eg a particularly active day and/or over-excitement, heat etc.

But.... I have recently found a new vet who is happy to put her back on stilboestrol and not "over service" etc. I am happy to take new urine sample etc and set it all up properly.

NOW...............

She's been going 9 months without the stilboestrol - and still doing ok - they said 6 months would be the max they can go before the affect of it fully wears off - which means that my herbal regime is actually working.

Now I have to make a decision.

Seeing she is getting on in age etc, I'm thinking I might take in a urine sample and get them to do bloods as well and see if anything shows, particularly any contra-indications re either form of treatment.

Any ideas/suggestions would be appreciated, please?