why has my dog starting weeing in the house?

[chelsea25]

she is diabetic but thats under control, she is also blind but don't bother her too much????

[leelapops]

How old is your dog? I tmight be a little bit of dementia/incontinence, related to her age. I hope she is OK.
Lisa x

[chelsea25]

She is 11 years old, taking her to the vets as soon as possible to get her blood checked , thanks x

[Kimmiebear]

When was the last time her glucose levels were checked? They will flutuate with age and you may need to change her insulin levels. Your vet will know. Good luck!

[ProperBoPeep]

It is very common for diabetic dogs to get a urine infection. I would strongly suggest you get a sterile sample pot and collect some urine to take with you when you see the vet - this will save a lot of time if you can take this with you!

Do you have Fructosamine levels checked in your dog (best way of monitoring diabetic control)

[antiguru]

Is it involuntary wee or actually walking round the house, sniffing then squatting? If it�s the former, it�s old age incontinence or related to her diabetes. If it�s the latter, I think she�s a bit confused. She�s forgotten her toilet training and the longer it goes on the more her house smells like somewhere it�s OK to wee. Go back to puppy training principles, but be less harsh with the �no�. Send her outside for a wee at regular intervals (every hour or so for a few days) and praise her when she wees. This way you reaffirm her toilet routine and she�s less in her bladder to wee indoors. If you can�t let her out for some reason, put newspaper down by a door and teach her to use that in the same way.

If this doesn�t work, the vet can give you a diuretic (a tablet you give her every day), but I�m not sure how that works with diabetic treatment.

Hope this helps. In this house we always have one old rescued dog and this comes to them all.

[ProperBoPeep]

Antiguru - diuretics actually make animals urinate MORE! And there is no indication whatsoever to use them with diabetes.

[chelsea25]

Kimmiebear : Her glucose levels were checked around 2 months ago, before that they were as good as they were going to be, according to the vet. she is due to go around about now anyway.

Properbopeep: We have phoned the vet this morning, and he said it is most likely cystitis? and to bring in a sample when we can, didn't seem too worried.
I have never heard of fructosamine? we just have her glucose curve done every 2-3 months or so.

Antiguru: When i was sat stroking her last night, she just got up, stooped, and wee'd, took me by surprise, couldn't believe my eyes! lol! I have been taking her out a lot more, every hour or so.

Thanks for all your replies, much appreciated :)

[antiguru]

Yes ProperBoPeep, they do make dogs wee more and that�s exactly why they work. Diuretics are used with incontinent dogs because it controls release of urine by stimulating the kidneys. As incontinence is as inability to control release, a diuretic is used to empty at regular intervals.

Most of the old dogs in my care have been prescribed this solution at some point.

I know there is no indication to use them with diabetes but I�m more interested in contra-indications.

[ProperBoPeep]

Antiguru - that is not true. All diuretics do is increase the amount of urine produced. They have no effect over the timing of the release of urine.

They will make incontinent dogs worse as it will increase the frequency that they need to urinate!

[Noweia]

Diuretics work by inhibiting concentration of urine in the kidneys, so the animal produces more urine.

Never heard of diuretics being indicated in a diabetes case, as diabetes is already causing the animal to produce too much urine.

Must go do some research!