Leaking Urine In Sleep Only

[woodbyne]

My bitch 3 year old is desexed and has started leaking a small amount of urine only when in a deep sleep. She is due for vax in 2 weeks so i will ask the vet then but i think it might be a bit of hormone incontinenace my old girl who has now passed away had the same thing. I used to give her a stibolestrol tablet once a week (i think that was the does it was a while ago so can't remember exactly) but wondering if anyone knew if there had been any advance in the miedicating of this problem.

Thanks

[OSoSwift]

Yep sounds like hormone related incontinence. There are a few different drugs available these days to deal with incontinence, Propalin and Incurine are two I can think of

[Remarkabull]

I have a 4yr old desexed JRT bitch who has been peeing on the beds for a while now. It was always on my daughters bed and we were shocked by this behaviour as she has been toilet trained since she was a puppy and has never routinely pee'd inside ever. Last night she wee'd in my bed. Not just a little dribble, it was a big wee and I woke up with a soaking bed and a wet leg! Initially I was angry about it but then I realised that every single time she has done this she has been sleeping on the beds and so now I'm wondering if it is possible for her to lose control of her bladder in her sleep, but not so much at any other time? I will ask the vet about it next time I go but was just wondering if anyone here had some thoughts on this?

[OSoSwift]

It sounds like incontinence to me, especially if she is asleep and she has no idea unti she wakes up.

[HollyMilo]

My bitch had some hormonal incontinence last year. She was prescribed stilboestrol which did the trick and *touch wood* she's not had any problems since.

[Mason_Gibbs]

Yip Sounds like incontinence to me. My previous dogs had it

[woodbyne]

Thanks guys looks like the stilboestrol is still they way to go will find out next week. Hers is only minimal and she has no idea she does it.

[Pretty Miss Emma]

Emma has incontinence. Usually fine during the day but we used to have problems when she fell asleep. It did turn out that she also had diabetes so was drinking heaps and heaps as well - but in those couple of weeks before diagnosis she was having accidents all the time not just overnight.

Anyway, it may be worth having a urine test done just to make sure there is no infection and possibly a blood test to rule out anything else (I'm a bit paranoid about changes these days so don't hesitate to spend the money on these tests if rules out all other possibilities!!!).

But Em is on Propalin - liquid that goes in their food every 12 hours. It is very effective. She was on Stilboestrol but she became resistant to it. So that's when we moved to Propalin. the only time we have problems now is if her diabetes is out of whack, otherwise we are an accident-free household!!