Incontinence tip.

[janedoe]

Our Nikki is periodically incontinent. The latest issue has been that she licks and licks until she's raw and painful. So I bought a water bottle and started spritzing her then blotting the area with Charmin Ultra Soft. Basically I'm wiping her but in a very gentle way. Her tongue is too abrasive and contains bacteria. I have found that we can prevent infections and overall discomfort by doing this.

[SunDance]

Good idea.

We wipe/blot after every potty trip anyhow...dog butts sleep on our furniture and ours aren't prone to investigating themselves. Sunnie is also very furry back there and I trim her from time to time...urine will seep into her girl fuzzies otherwise and Bob's not too thorough about blotting so I periodically "wet wipe" her. Dan's really furry at the tip of his sheath and stays trimmed although it's not really a problem with him since he stopped trying to hump his mother's shoulder/face (at about 3 months or so...he scared himself when he couldn't retract...too much hair was implicated in that...and I had to help him...saw him try only one more time...neutering took care of that urge, thankfully).

[POPTOP]

Excellent suggestion I assume using warm water makes it easier.

[Dennis Thomas, DVM]

Why not focus on the incontinence while you are working with the secondary complications? I have had really good success treating urinary incontinence in dogs from a Chinese medicine perspective. Urinary incontinence is regarded as a kidney qi (energy) deficiency and by focusing on strengthening the kidney qi, using acupuncture and Chinese herbs, this will often stop. Not only does it stop the leakage but strengthens the kidney imbalance that most likely in time will create other problems (arthritis, hearing deficits, etc.). Might give it some thought.

[shelly]

We have a 4 year old female Newfoundland who is spay incontinent. We have had her on prescription Incurin for a couple of years and it has worked great. Last month we couldn't get it due to a shortage and the Vet proscribed Proin. I asked about it on a Newf forum and someone suggested "Leaks No More" by Homeo Pet. It is a homeopathic remedy for incontinence. We tried it and it worked. We no longer give her prescription meds. For a dog her size she gets 20 drops in her food twice a day. We have not had any leaks or side effects. We got it from Amazon.

[janedoe]

I appreciate the suggestions here. I really do. Unfortunately, my patience has run out.

I have been treating all of my dogs through a holistic vet who has each of them on a custom program for more than six years. This program includes a very specific diet for each of them as well as approximately twenty supplements (yes, you read that right - twenty supplements) per dog. Three conventional vets told me to put my dogs down before I explored other options.

Most dogs are completely intolerant to Proin.

"Chinese" is not a cure all. There are many, many herbs and supplements which do not involve a particular country or culture.

I have not lectured on this board for what everyone could be doing for their dogs because I realize that most people cannot afford it but I am, in fact, the expert.

Please, please, if you have not actually read any of my posts over the last 12 years, do not tell me what I am doing wrong.

This post is about a "tip". That's it. Just a tip. She has been much much worse in the past. There is no magic cure.

[janedoe]

Why not focus on the incontinence while you are working with the secondary complications? I have had really good success treating urinary incontinence in dogs from a Chinese medicine perspective. Urinary incontinence is regarded as a kidney qi (energy) deficiency and by focusing on strengthening the kidney qi, using acupuncture and Chinese herbs, this will often stop. Not only does it stop the leakage but strengthens the kidney imbalance that most likely in time will create other problems (arthritis, hearing deficits, etc.). Might give it some thought.

What is your experience with autonomic response testing? Might give it some thought.