3 year old, female, Aussie with sudden incontinence – is this unusual?
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Feb 24, 2011
I have a 3-year-old, female, Australian Shepherd who was spayed as a puppy. The past couple of weeks, I’ve noticed that she is dripping and leaving puddles behind after laying down for a while. The liquid is clear and doesn’t have an odor, so at first I didn’t think it was urine. However, after doing some reading, I think it is urine. It seems rather strange that she would all of a sudden become incontinent when nothing has changed in her life such as diet, routine, water intake etc. I will take her to the vet, but thought it was unusual that this appears to have come from nowhere. If she was older or recently spayed, I could understand. Have any of you had similar experiences and do you have any recommendations? Don’t fret, if this continues, I will definitely take her to the vet.
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Julie D.
Feb 24, 2011
Yep, had this experience with several b*tch’s. Your Vet will want to do an urinalysis to out-rule a UTI, and if that comes back clear, the Vet will put her on Proin or DES. Spay incontinence is a lifelong condition, and she will have to be on medication for her entire life in order to control this. This is VERY common.
ladystang
Feb 24, 2011
yes
take to vet
Single Worker 1230
Feb 24, 2011
Sounds like spay incontinence. This is a problem in 5-10% of dogs that were spayed as really young puppies ie under 8 months of age. The good news is that there is a treatment for it. The bad news is that it lasts the life of the dog. Hopefully she has a UTI instead.
anwen55
Feb 24, 2011
Hopefully, it is just a UTI, but spay incontinence is not something the Neuter Police tell you about when advising you to have your baby puppy spayed – % is far higher than 5-10%.
If it is spay incontinence, as others have said, it is treatable but she will be on medication for her whole life.