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1 1/2 yr old lab with leaky bladder
I have a 1 1/2 yr old english lab who has always had a leaky bladder.
The more water she drinks, the leakier she gets. She is not spayed, and has had the problem since birth according to the breeder. She likes to lay on her back, spread out like a playboy centerfold sometimes (LOL). When she does I can push on her lower tummy (where her bladder is), and urine will dribble out. Also, if she's been sleeping for a while she will leak, especially when she gets up. I'm sure if she sneezed she would leak too (just like humans do as they get older). She is house trained, and does go pee outside where she is supposed to go. Poor girl is always wet with pee on her back legs in the am. Thank goodness she's a lab with the semi water proof coat, and that she loves to swim on a daily basis, so she doesn't smell and has no skin problems from urine contact. She doesn't have a bladder infection, and we waited to see if she would grow out of it and she hasn't. The vet refered us to a specialist, but I can't afford it right now. I was wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience with their dog and if they were able to solve the problem with surgery, etc... Hormones aren't the issue with her, so meds wouldn't help according to the vet. Thanks for the responses in advance. Kathy |
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1 1/2 yr old lab with leaky bladder
wrote in message ups.com... I have a 1 1/2 yr old english lab who has always had a leaky bladder. The more water she drinks, the leakier she gets. She is not spayed, and has had the problem since birth according to the breeder I was wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience with their dog and if they were able to solve the problem with surgery, etc... ..........I've never had this problem, but I doubt that anything but surgery will correct it. She must have some kind of congenital abnormality if this has been going on since birth. buglady take out the dog before replying |
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1 1/2 yr old lab with leaky bladder
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ups.com... She doesn't have a bladder infection, and we waited to see if she would grow out of it and she hasn't. The vet refered us to a specialist, but I can't afford it right now. I was wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience with their dog and if they were able to solve the problem with surgery, etc... Hormones aren't the issue with her, so meds wouldn't help according to the vet. Thanks for the responses in advance. Kathy If you haven't already, there's a lot of info here, dunno if any of it would be new to you or helpful: http://www.vetinfo.com/dincont.html You mention hormones and meds, does that include PPA? Good luck, Tirya |
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1 1/2 yr old lab with leaky bladder
"Tirya" composed these thoughts and posted them
: wrote in message ups.com... She doesn't have a bladder infection, and we waited to see if she would grow out of it and she hasn't. The vet refered us to a specialist, but I can't afford it right now. I was wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience with their dog and if they were able to solve the problem with surgery, etc... Hormones aren't the issue with her, so meds wouldn't help according to the vet. Thanks for the responses in advance. Kathy If you haven't already, there's a lot of info here, dunno if any of it would be new to you or helpful: http://www.vetinfo.com/dincont.html You mention hormones and meds, does that include PPA? Good luck, Tirya If it isn't a hormone problem, and it isn't an infection, it may be a physical anomaly where the ureters are attached to the bladder on the wrong side of the valve that keeps it from leaking and allows her to "hold it" This could be corrected by surgical means. If this is a possibility. it would probably require the tools available to a specialist to find it, and then fix it. If this scenario may be the case, all the meds or hormones in the world won't help. |
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1 1/2 yr old lab with leaky bladder
On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 15:36:22 -0600, diddy wrote:
"Tirya" composed these thoughts and posted them : wrote in message ups.com... She doesn't have a bladder infection, and we waited to see if she would grow out of it and she hasn't. The vet refered us to a specialist, but I can't afford it right now. I was wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience with their dog and if they were able to solve the problem with surgery, etc... Hormones aren't the issue with her, so meds wouldn't help according to the vet. Has a tumour been ruled out? I had a very sad day yesterday at the vet's with a friend who had to have her 6yr old shepherd/lab cross put down. He started leaking urine on Saturday and ultrasound found a tumour that was compromising his aorta and urinary tract and bowel. No surgical remedy. I hope this isn't the case with your guy - but please have it checked out. |
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1 1/2 yr old lab with leaky bladder
Have had the same problem with one of my spayed dogs, she would be
sleeping and leaked. Vet suggested Prion which in her case worked. |
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