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16-yr-old pom. can't hold pee overnight - solution?
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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16-yr-old pom. can't hold pee overnight - solution?
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"Roger Taylor" sherryrogeratcomcastdotnet wrote: I am interested in how some of you with older dogs handles this inevitable issue with elderly or incontinent pets. I'd consider getting him a litter box that you can keep near (but not too near) his bed. A small concession for an old dog who is otherwise in good shape. Obviously, ever effort should be made to have him urinate right before bedtime, and you may even choose to do what many people do with a young puppy - set the alarm and take him out before the urge strikes. Has he been to the vet recently? Blood panel? Urinalysis? -- Janet Boss www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com |
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16-yr-old pom. can't hold pee overnight - solution?
"Roger Taylor" sherryrogeratcomcastdotnet said in
rec.pets.dogs.behavior: I am interested in how some of you with older dogs handles this inevitable issue with elderly or incontinent pets. With my old girl, I managed it. At 14 she deserved a lot of respect. You describe retraining your 16 year old dog with aversives. Instead, take him to the vet to make sure he's OK in those parts which pee. If he's OK healthwise, then deal with symptoms of getting old. -- --Matt. Rocky's a Dog. |
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16-yr-old pom. can't hold pee overnight - solution?
Roger Taylor wrote:
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. It sounds like you're trying to deal with a medical problem with behavioral solutions. Take him to the veterinarian first. Mine started my elderly girl with antibiotics for the infections that kept creeping up, then steroids. It might be different for your dog. If that doesn't help, invest in washable towels for her bed and wash them as often as necessary so he always has a clean comfortable place to sleep and enjoy his elder years as much as possible. --Lia |
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16-yr-old pom. can't hold pee overnight - solution?
Roger Taylor wrote:
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 We have a 16.5 year old chihuahua who evidently decided this winter that she should not be expected to go outside in the cold. To compound the problem, she takes Lasix, a diuretic. We put her outside when we see her start acting like she needs to potty, but sometimes we don't catch her in time. What do we do? SpotBot is our friend. I don't think it's a training problem, since she was quite willing to bark to go out up until about three months ago. (Training us, perhaps.) She gets anxious and barks and whines continuously when she is confined, whether in a crate or in the kitchen with her bed, so a crate is out. She has other health issues (heart, arthritis) and we don't think she's going to last that much longer, so we just clean up after her and put up with it and try to keep her comfortable. Probably not the answer you wanted to hear, and your situation may be different. You could try putting his bed in an x-pen lined with lots of old towels, so if he pees during the night, it will just soak a washable towel. FurPaw -- "Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." - Dwight D. Eisenhower To reply, unleash the dogs. |
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16-yr-old pom. can't hold pee overnight - solution?
"Roger Taylor" sherryrogeratcomcastdotnet wrote in message
news 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 Hi Roger~ This is an easy one for me. My senior Basset Hound has reached a "pee break" every night now. It's tough on me to get woken up at all different hours, so I set my alarm at 4 a.m. He usually wakes me up before then, but if not, he goes out via the alarm clock. There's nothing else I can do, so I make the best of it. After all, I signed up for ALL of his life. I am lucky that I don't have to get up bright and early. In fact, by getting him out in the middle of the night, I get a wonderful sleep in every morning... and he sleeps in, as well. I would do anything for this guy. I love him so, soooo much!! :'o) -- ·.·´¨ ¨)) -:¦:- ¸.·´ .·´¨¨)) Laurie ((¸¸.·´ ..·´ -:¦:- ((¸¸ ·.· *~*LiveLoveLaugh*~* All that I am or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother. ~Abraham Lincoln |
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16-yr-old pom. can't hold pee overnight - solution?
"FurPaw" wrote in message: Probably not the answer you wanted to hear, and your situation may be different. You could try putting his bed in an x-pen lined with lots of old towels, so if he pees during the night, it will just soak a washable towel. Khan's nowhere near that old, but when he started having midnight peeing issues (thankfully, he's very good about letting us know), and until we could troubleshoot it, we would just get up as many times as he needed to go out. Even now, since we know he has leakage issues, we are very careful about not making him hold any longer than is absolutely necessary. Suja |
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16-yr-old pom. can't hold pee overnight - solution?
Roger Taylor wrote:
I am interested in how some of you with older dogs handles this inevitable issue with elderly or incontinent pets. Have you seen a vet? Winnie had incontinence problems for her last 4 years or so, and we got a prescription from the vet that handled it. For a male, you can also use belly bands. For nighttime, you can use a crate and put a layer on the bottom that will absorb urine (e.g., towels) and a layer on the top that the urine will pass mostly through (such as artic fleece or Polar fleece) and then he will be comfortable all night long and you will just need to change it every day. |
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16-yr-old pom. can't hold pee overnight - solution?
"Roger Taylor" sherryrogeratcomcastdotnet wrote in message news 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 I have three in the house 2, 3 and 7. With different sleeping habits and squatting needs I am I supposed fortunate that I haven't had a solid night's sleep in 15 years. Partial insomenia, peri-men, my own bladder, plus mother to an almost eleven year old and I'm on patrol every night at least twice. At 16, it's probably harder to hold (think of your old grandpa). Keeping him crated with lots of soak through towels is a fair solution in the short run. Getting up with him once during the night to me would be a sweet way to spend the time you know you are going to miss after he is gone. Leastwise, that's how I think of the friends from past packs. I figure it's what I signed on for. Kind regards, (the)duckster |
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16-yr-old pom. can't hold pee overnight - solution?
my dog is about ten, a mixed shepherd type,and in excellent health. The last
three days, though, I have returned home from work to find that the dog had defecated(diarrhea) on the kitchen floor. The reason is, that the dog has diarrhea and no one is home for about five seven hours in the evening, and thus he can't get outside and he can't hold it that long.. He has never in the five years I had him, ever been any kind of problem as far as cleanliness in the house, and when I am home, sleeping, for example, the dog will seek me out and actually wake me up to let him out. He has not ever messed the floor when someone was home to let him out. So, I just clean up the mess and tolerate it. if he doesn't get better soon, I might take him to the veterinarian, but I am expecting it to clear up on it's own. Mike. "(the)duckster" wrote in message news:R9Yqj.11967$M71.2816@trnddc08... "Roger Taylor" sherryrogeratcomcastdotnet wrote in message news 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 I have three in the house 2, 3 and 7. With different sleeping habits and squatting needs I am I supposed fortunate that I haven't had a solid night's sleep in 15 years. Partial insomenia, peri-men, my own bladder, plus mother to an almost eleven year old and I'm on patrol every night at least twice. At 16, it's probably harder to hold (think of your old grandpa). Keeping him crated with lots of soak through towels is a fair solution in the short run. Getting up with him once during the night to me would be a sweet way to spend the time you know you are going to miss after he is gone. Leastwise, that's how I think of the friends from past packs. I figure it's what I signed on for. Kind regards, (the)duckster |
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