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Old dog cannot hold it, overnight - ideas?
We have a 16 year old active and well exercised Pomeranian in otherwise good
health. In the past year he often cannot make it through the night without popping out of his basket and quietly peeing on the bedroom rug. Half the time, he manages to make it to the door and scratch, and we let him out, but other times he doesn't appear to have time to express his wishes. Our only solution so far is to hop-to, soak up the pee, and apply one of those bio-digesters that is supposed to remove the scent. One option that occurred to me was to put aluminum foil sheet around the base of his basket, so the crinkly sound would awaken us. I tried it, and it wakes us up, but he has too many false alarms, where he just wants to stretch and have a limber-up session. How about reverting to crate training, and putting him in a large open top cardboard box at night, on the assumption he will scratch when he has to pee, rather than soil his nest? I am interested in how some of you with older dogs handles this inevitable issue with elderly or incontinent pets. Roger |
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Old dog cannot hold it, overnight - ideas?
At this age it would surprise me if his kidneys weren't compromised in some
way. A blood panel should be done to check his kidney function and you may have to change diets so as not to overtax his aged kidneys so much. Also a urinalysis should be performed to rule out urinary tract infection or other related bladder abnormalities. Either way, he's uncomfortable. Time to see the vet. -Sharon -- *The first casualty of war is always truth* "Roger Taylor" sherryrogeratcomcastdotnet wrote in message . .. We have a 16 year old active and well exercised Pomeranian in otherwise good health. In the past year he often cannot make it through the night without popping out of his basket and quietly peeing on the bedroom rug. Half the time, he manages to make it to the door and scratch, and we let him out, but other times he doesn't appear to have time to express his wishes. Our only solution so far is to hop-to, soak up the pee, and apply one of those bio-digesters that is supposed to remove the scent. One option that occurred to me was to put aluminum foil sheet around the base of his basket, so the crinkly sound would awaken us. I tried it, and it wakes us up, but he has too many false alarms, where he just wants to stretch and have a limber-up session. How about reverting to crate training, and putting him in a large open top cardboard box at night, on the assumption he will scratch when he has to pee, rather than soil his nest? I am interested in how some of you with older dogs handles this inevitable issue with elderly or incontinent pets. Roger |
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Old dog cannot hold it, overnight - ideas?
"Sharon Too" wrote in message ... At this age it would surprise me if his kidneys weren't compromised in some way. A blood panel should be done to check his kidney function and you may have to change diets so as not to overtax his aged kidneys so much. Also a urinalysis should be performed to rule out urinary tract infection or other related bladder abnormalities. Thanks for the ideas, Sharon. He has been to the vet recently, had a full blood panel, and was a bit low on thyroid, so he has been taking a thyroid supplement. Re his kidneys, two and one half years ago he had his left kidney removed due to renal sarcoma, and had a stone removed from his bladder, but the pee problem at night began at least a year or so later. He has other signs of age, including pacing, both inside and outside, repeating his route, suggestive of some degree of dementia, but has his frisky and perky times, too. Roger |
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Old dog cannot hold it, overnight - ideas?
make him up a couple of belly bands they work great and you can buy on
line or make your own. |
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Old dog cannot hold it, overnight - ideas?
Roger,
Someone here mentioned the belly bands for your incontinent dog. These are also called dog wraps for males and they do work wonderfully well. C and B |
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Old dog cannot hold it, overnight - ideas?
On Mar 4, 9:41 pm, wrote:
Roger, Someone here mentioned the belly bands for your incontinent dog. These are also called dog wraps for males and they do work wonderfully well. C and B I know what you are going thru. I have a 15.5 yr old mini poodle. He can hold it thru the night if he doesn't get up to get water. He has been checked for infection and had blood work. He is a little senile and i think that is the most of the problem. He doesn't have accidetns during the day or night (mostly) it is when i get home. .there is more activity, he forgets where he is and that he was just out an hour ago and will just start peeing in front of me. So sad. I need to measure him for a belly band. He doesn't really squat or hike his leg anymore. Rarely is there any indication that he needs to go out. Sad that I will have to be making a decision this year. The incontinence once in a while i can handle but if his mind starts to go and stays gone.. I can't handle that Good luck tracey |
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