Female lab urinary incontinence

[Kettle]

I have a 8 year old female lab, very active and energetic for her age. Acts and looks like a 4-5 year old dog. She developed urinary incontinence several months ago. Only happens when she sleeps and not every night, currently have her sleeping on a dog pad with several towels on it.

Had her checked for urinary tract infection and she was negative, they still ran her on antibiotics with no help. Vet suggested hormones but upon reading a lot on the subject many dog owners have had minimal results. Read about Prion a medication they often used but has dexometaphine in it so the FDA took it off the human market and have read many people using it on their dogs and the dogs having very outward odd behavior.

She is a spayed dog, I switched her to a grain free diet as well with no results (that is some expensive dog food!!! She has a beautiful coat though from it.) Has anyone tried cranberry capsules or any other form of treatment?

She would literately drink water till she vomits if I let her, had her checked for diabetes as well which was negative. Any suggestions for my pup REMMY or for myself would be greatly appreciated!

Kettle

[Orion]

I have a 5 year old GSP very active also with the same thing believe that is the medicine shes on, never noticed any change in behavior or energy. Been about a year now started out at about every 4 days but now up to once a week with no accidents

[Kettle]

Orion,

Thank you for your input, just like every-other dog owner I always need reassurance before I start medicating my dog. I am going to keep doing research and meet with the vet next week.

Thank you,

Kettle

[gspman]

This is not uncommon in spayed dogs. I had a female gsp with the same issue. Estrogen hormone supplementation is the answer. Her bladder muscle has lost it's tone to shut off the flow. As soon as I had my dog on estrogen the problem went away. It doesn't take much hormone to correct the issue so I wouldn't worry too much.

[Kyhl]

We have a female GSP that had similar issues. Had her on Proin for a few months and the problem is solved with no ill side effects.

The good part is that Proin is cheap.

[Kettle]

Well my dog has been on Estridol (hormone replacement) for 6 days now. Vet told me to dose her every day for 5 days then every other day and eventually every 3 days. Still peeing what seems like liters in her sleep and I always let her out right before bed time and as soon as I wake up which is about 6 hours. Going to give it a few weeks before I jump to any conclusions.

Kettle

[corncob]

You need to pick up your dogs water bowl about 6 pm. No water after that time can go a long way to controlling her urine.

[fishingstar]

We went trough the same thing with our lab. We tried a lot of different thing because I read a lot of bad side affects from proin. I finally gave in. she has be on it for three years now with out a accident.

[eric29]

My lab had same problem but not just at night. Started her proin probably 7 years ago. No accidents since, no ill side effects

[Kettle]

The typical time of the day where I last give her water is around 530-6 and after that she still goes to the bathroom outside and somehow finds more to let go when she is sleeping. I'm going to give it a few more weeks on the estridol and if I see no relief I will switch her to proin

Thnaks

Kettle

[Kettle]

Just thought I would update everyone who helped me with info for my dog. after trying estridol for two months with no relief I have had remmy on prion for about two months started her at 2 tabs a day then down to one tab a day and now just one tab every other day. she has not had any issues and has had no side affects. Thank you to everyone who help me on this!

Kettle