[Dailydrool] Incontinance

[Jane Hay]

We were lucky with Ginger. She was losing her back end but didn't go
completely down before she went to the bridge but she had no control of her
bowels for the last two years of her life. I'm home most of the time but
needed a place where she would be semi confined when I went out and she was
too big for our crates so we made an apartment for her under a large table
I use for quilting and padded it from top to bottom. However, even though
I'm home, we had many, many accidents. It got to the point where the house
had a permanent poop odor no matter how much cleaning, spraying, or padding
we did. There was no way I was going to diaper her. The thought of it being
on her fur and next to her skin just really creeped me out. So we just
picked up the trails that she left and replaced beds as we needed to until
she died last September of something totally unrelated (lung cancer). We
never figured out a good answer to fecal incontinence. Suzy has been
incontinent of urine since she was a puppy but, as long as I get her out
very frequently, we don't have too many leaks. Plus, she's on medication
that helps with her leaking but the uncontrolled pooping was a whole
different story. I would love to hear it if anyone has a way of minimizing
the mess. Ginger was the first time we'd had to deal with that but I'm sure
she won't be the last.

The hounds are sending heart healing and get well to all in need. I hope
the bridge gates close for a while. We've lost way too many beloved low
riders lately.

Jane, Toby & the Houndettes
Shadow & Suzy
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