earlthegoat2
Senior Member
My wife and I rescued this dog 9 years ago. She is a spayed female. She was already spayed when we got her. We believe she is between 10-12 years old but we dont know for sure. We think she must have beagle or foxhound or both. She is definitely a mutt or an underbred purebred.
In the last 3 months she has been progressively drinking more and more water and peeing all the time. She used to NEVER make accidents in the house. I know she doesnt want to but she just drinks so much and has to go.
We had the vet do a urinalysis and blood profile and they couldnt come to any conclusions. Not Cushings or diabetes or UTI or bladder infection either. All they noticed of any concern was elevated protein in her urine. We went on a low protein, kidney health food that seemed promising at first. She only weed in the house once in a week. She has gotten worse since though. She basically cant make it more than 2-5 hours now. It seems to vary. When she was initially getting better she could make it between 6-8 hrs.
We are going back to the vet soon for another blood profile and urinalysis.
What are the options if the vet still cannot find anything? I would think they would know if it was kidney failure. She does not seem uncomfortable and is her same old self other than the frequent drinking and urination. Both my wife and I can sometimes make it home around noon to let her out but not always. I work until noon two days a week so that helps. Its Monday and Wednesday that we need to let her out in the middle of the day.
Doggie diapers? Pee pads? Doggie day care?
In the last 3 months she has been progressively drinking more and more water and peeing all the time. She used to NEVER make accidents in the house. I know she doesnt want to but she just drinks so much and has to go.
We had the vet do a urinalysis and blood profile and they couldnt come to any conclusions. Not Cushings or diabetes or UTI or bladder infection either. All they noticed of any concern was elevated protein in her urine. We went on a low protein, kidney health food that seemed promising at first. She only weed in the house once in a week. She has gotten worse since though. She basically cant make it more than 2-5 hours now. It seems to vary. When she was initially getting better she could make it between 6-8 hrs.
We are going back to the vet soon for another blood profile and urinalysis.
What are the options if the vet still cannot find anything? I would think they would know if it was kidney failure. She does not seem uncomfortable and is her same old self other than the frequent drinking and urination. Both my wife and I can sometimes make it home around noon to let her out but not always. I work until noon two days a week so that helps. Its Monday and Wednesday that we need to let her out in the middle of the day.
Doggie diapers? Pee pads? Doggie day care?