[Dailydrool] Drool needed in the desert

[Esther Strom]

My Basil leaks, too.  He does get the occasional UTI, but mostly the vet 
figures it's just weak muscles. (He doesn't urinate in his sleep, as 
truly incontinent dogs do - he's aware that he has to go; just can't 
always hold it long enough to get outside.) I'm not sure how you can 
train a dog to do Kegels, so he's on a drug called Proin that helps with 
incontinence by somehow medically tightening the muscles. It's not 100% 
effective, but it's cheap, has no side effects that we've run into, and 
it does help. When I'm gone during the day he wears a belly band.

I don't think it's as uncommon in males as your vet thinks - I know of 
quite a number of male dogs who leak for one reason or another (UTI, 
prostate, weak muscles, nerve damage, etc. In females, it's usually for 
the same reason human females leak - weak muscles after childbirth or 
spaying.

-Esther, Basil, and Waldo ATB

On 12/16/11 10:21 AM, anniebh at acsol.net wrote:
>
> My three boys are all leaking.  Conrad has his 4th bladder infection 
> this year.  Doc says he may have to go on permanent antibiotics for 
> the rest of his life.  He did a culture yesterday and says he wants to 
> do 3 more before he decides what type of antiobiotic he will need on a 
> permanent basis.  We also decided Conrad can't hear. We thought he was 
> just ignoring us, but we've now dropped things on the floor behind him 
> and he doesn't flinch.  Arthur leaks as he walks through the house. 
> Doc thinks it is from spinal cord degeneration.  Lance leaks in his 
> sleep in our bed. Doc thinks that is probably a kidney function 
> problem, and we will need to do more testing.  He says he hardly ever 
> sees males with leaking problems, mostly females and that it is 
> strange that I happen to have 3. Lance is always starving and eating 
> poop. He may not be digesting his good food.  He went out 4 times 
> during the night last night to eat poop. Mom here is absolutely exhausted.
>

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