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I have had my dog for about 5 years now (dox mix) and she's about 5 1/2 years old. I have never had any issues with her in the past. But for about 5-6 weeks now, whenever I arrive home, she runs around peeing. Not sprinkles, large amounts of pee. Not just one spot, she'll run to about 4-5 spots and urinate a large amount. It started just when I was putting her collar on. Now it's whenever I open the door. It doesn't matter if I'm gone 10 minutes or all day. There are no new animals, people, routines, schedules, nothing is new that could have possibly triggered this behavior. These are some of the things I have tried, none of which have worked:
--go to vet for blood work (everything came back normal)
--take water up when I leave house
--completely ignore her when I get home for about ten minutes
--put her in crate (she pees the second I open it)
--ignore the behavior and clean it up
I have tried every single thing I could possibly think of and none of it works. I am at my end here, pretty much have taken all I can take I just don't know what to do anymore.
Does anybody have ANY other idea to throw out there of something that may possibly work? I am desperate and willing to try anything at this time.
----I should also add that I do not have a fenced yard and live on a road and cannot open the door and let her outside freely the second I get home. -----
If you haven't already done so ( not seeing it in your list), you may want to drop off a urine sample for your vet to test for a UTI. Ideally, the first urine of the day is best and free catch if you can. A urinalysis is pretty cheap, around $30. And is the first thing I do when one of the dogs has a change in urinary behavior. My last foster dog used to flatten to the ground tail tucked between her legs circling while urinating on yourself the entire time whenever I would put try to put her leash on. Sure enough, when I took her back to the vet to check her urine she had a UTI.
Behaviorally, you could also try just ignoring her don't speak to her at all when you first get home. Just attach her leash and take her outside to potty and when she's done praise her and start talking to her. In your case I do strongly suspect a UTI since this is new behavior. I think it would be strange to start submissive urination after five years in your home.
It's best not to withhold water as you don't want to create more problems.
Is she spayed? Many spayed female dogs start to leak (some even flood) when they get older. It's happened with every spayed female dog of a certain breed that I've had over the past 40 years. A few even started leaking/flooding right after the spay operation.
Leaking/flooding is the #1 reason that older female dogs are turned in to shelters. But there's a chewable pill called PROIN that stops the leaking/flooding. It's not expensive so, if your dog's urine has been checked for infection, it might be worth your trouble to try PROIN and see if it stops the problem. (If the dog is overweight, PROIN may reduce the leaking/flooding but not eliminate it entirely.) Talk to your vet.
Thank you all for the advice! I don't believe they checked her urine. I can definitely take her in for that to be checked and if she comes back fine I can try this Proin. Is it vet prescribed?
Yes, she is spayed.
I will update once I go back to vet. Thanks again!!
Yes, you can buy Proin from your vet. Hopefully, he/she has the chewable kind available. It's so much easier to give to the dog than the pill form.
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Thank you all for the advice! I don't believe they checked her urine. I can definitely take her in for that to be checked and if she comes back fine I can try this Proin. Is it vet prescribed?
Yes, she is spayed.
I will update once I go back to vet. Thanks again!!
Yes, you can buy Proin from your vet. Hopefully, he/she has the chewable kind available. It's so much easier to give to the dog than the pill form.
If the vet doesn't have it you can request they give you a 'prescription' for an online pharmacy. (You'll fill out the order and the company will contact your vet for approval.) We've had to do that before for a couple of medications.
There are always pill pockets, which worked great for my big dog but not so much for the chihuahua-mix. She would just nibble the pill pocket away from the pill.
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Is she good to come when she is called? if so, open the door and call her outside and let her get her excited pees over outside.
If she is not good to come when she is called, place a couple of x-pens outside your door so you can call her outside and she is still confined.
Follow vet advice above.
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