Puppy peeing question

[vandeman17]

Has anyone had a puppy with an inverted vulva? Our pup has it and we are having a hell of a time with her peeing all the time. She even just pees in her sleep. Our water bill is going to be huge with all the laundry we have been doing! 

[smdave]

I have a lab that always peed after having her fixed as a puppy, it was bad she would just leak whenever. this is the medication she takes.  She is now 8 and controls herself most of the time, I only give it to her now when she has a propblem about once every 3-6 months.

Ask your vet if this is something that would help.

[vandeman17]

I have been reading that a good amount of puppy's problem goes away after their first heat. I hope that is true!

[wildweeds]

A crate will cure what ails your laundry room.How old is this pissin puppy? I got a pretty good Idea that she ain't that old.

[Mudman]

My wife says it never goes away completely without surgery.  its rare if it does. Proin is the med to help, ask your vet.

[vandeman17]

A crate will cure what ails your laundry room.How old is this pissin puppy? I got a pretty good Idea that she ain't that old.

She is in her crate most of the time but will pee when we pull her out or even a few minutes after we take her outside and she pees then. She is 8 and a half weeks old

[Happy Gilmore]

She probably has a UTI- urinary tract infection. This almost always happens when pups have inverted vulva's. My litter had a few. One almost died because the owner just thought he was having a hard time potty training. The infection spread to the kidneys due to the wrong antibiotic being administered then, a vet misdiagnosing the problem as congenitive kidney failure.

It was simply an untreated UTI which spread. Get to the vet, MAKE SURE it is not UTI. If it is, do the antibiotics religiously and do multiple follow ups. If pup pees then pees again shortly thereafter it's probably UTI. Also, get on cranberry supplements once you've gotten the antibiotic started.

Antibiotic will probably cost you about $25 so don't "piss" around and wait hoping it will change. Pups are venerable at 8 weeks. Don't go cheap and skip the vet visit. The new pup owner cost himself $3000 because he didn't follow through with the antibiotic and also a misdiagnosis from his vet. Pup is 100% fine now. It took almost 3 months to clear up a simple UTI once it spread to the kidneys. Should have just been a short cycle of antibiotics for $25.

[Mudman]

   Exactly what you need to do and a heat cycle wont change much.  UTI always a concern until surgery.  Dog needs vet care on this one.

[vandeman17]

She probably has a UTI- urinary tract infection. This almost always happens when pups have inverted vulva's. My litter had a few. One almost died because the owner just thought he was having a hard time potty training. The infection spread to the kidneys due to the wrong antibiotic being administered then, a vet misdiagnosing the problem as congenitive kidney failure.

It was simply an untreated UTI which spread. Get to the vet, MAKE SURE it is not UTI. If it is, do the antibiotics religiously and do multiple follow ups. If pup pees then pees again shortly thereafter it's probably UTI. Also, get on cranberry supplements once you've gotten the antibiotic started.

Antibiotic will probably cost you about $25 so don't "piss" around and wait hoping it will change. Pups are venerable at 8 weeks. Don't go cheap and skip the vet visit. The new pup owner cost himself $3000 because he didn't follow through with the antibiotic and also a misdiagnosis from his vet. Pup is 100% fine now. It took almost 3 months to clear up a simple UTI once it spread to the kidneys. Should have just been a short cycle of antibiotics for $25.

We took her into the vet for a series of shots earlier this week and they said that they didn't think it was a UTI but to keep our eye on her. We are going to try and get her in again this week to see what they say. We are just going through too many paper towels!

[wildweeds]

My vet gave me the lecture on what causes UTI,I'm sure someone will call BS on this but the man is an A+ WSU grad with his own practice..................... feed with too much protein.
As to your 8 week old pup whizzin all over,at 8 weeks she should be able to hold it not much more than 2 hours,it's a hour per month of age if I remember right.

I've got to call my dentist,seems he was getting a black booger from the same litter,and a female too!

[vandeman17]

My vet gave me the lecture on what causes UTI,I'm sure someone will call BS on this but the man is an A+ WSU grad with his own practice..................... feed with too much protein.
As to your 8 week old pup whizzin all over,at 8 weeks she should be able to hold it not much more than 2 hours,it's a hour per month of age if I remember right.

I've got to call my dentist,seems he was getting a black booger from the same litter,and a female too!

I totally agree that it takes time for pups to hold their bladders. It is just that she will pee in her sleep and often pees multiple times in a span of 5-10 minutes. Just little bits here and there. Just a few minutes ago she was walking along and just started peeing and kept walking.

[AspenBud]

At 8 weeks you can expect that sort of thing. It's the curse of a puppy. If the dog is still doing it at 9 months you might have a problem. At 8 weeks they're still developing physically and aren't able to keep it in much.

I had a female pup that did something similar. Drove me nuts. At a little over 2 years that dog will hold it all day now (and she is fixed and does not need meds).

If you're really worried have the dog tested for a uti as others have suggested. But I suspect you are going to have to live with it for a while.

Try monitoring the pup's water intake a little too.

[Happy Gilmore]

At 8 weeks you can expect that sort of thing. It's the curse of a puppy. If the dog is still doing it at 9 months you might have a problem. At 8 weeks they're still developing physically and aren't able to keep it in much.

I had a female pup that did something similar. Drove me nuts. At a little over 2 years that dog will hold it all day now (and she is fixed and does not need meds).

If you're really worried have the dog tested for a uti as others have suggested. But I suspect you are going to have to live with it for a while.

Try monitoring the pup's water intake a little too.

With an inverted vulva and peeing too often you'd wait 9 months? Is your dog just now potty trained at 2 years old?

[AspenBud]

At 8 weeks you can expect that sort of thing. It's the curse of a puppy. If the dog is still doing it at 9 months you might have a problem. At 8 weeks they're still developing physically and aren't able to keep it in much.

I had a female pup that did something similar. Drove me nuts. At a little over 2 years that dog will hold it all day now (and she is fixed and does not need meds).

If you're really worried have the dog tested for a uti as others have suggested. But I suspect you are going to have to live with it for a while.

Try monitoring the pup's water intake a little too.

With an inverted vulva and peeing too often you'd wait 9 months? Is your dog just now potty trained at 2 years old?

My point is inverted vulva or not, it's not realistic to expect an 8 week old pup to even remotely be able to show a level of bladder control. Their bodies are still developing. Puppies pee everywhere and at the most inopportune times if you don't keep cycling them out the door throughout the day and even monitor their water intake...and even then they'll still catch you with your pants down. And yes, they even whiz in their sleep sometimes at that age.

I mentioned 9 months because I don't think there is any doubt at that age that you have a problem if the dog is still doing this. It was a random number since when a dog is fully potty trained is often dictated by the owner, dog, breed, and line. Some are easier to potty train than others.

Nothing wrong with testing for a UTI though. But I'd be surprised if the pup has one.

(All of my dogs were water tight by about 6 months)

[wildweeds]

Pretty certain the rule of thumb is an hour per month of age for the first 6 months as Aspen states leakproof at 6 months is well within the realm of possible.The crate training really helps,if it is real crappy outside you'd be surprised how they will not want to come out of the crate when you think they should,last week I had a two year old who gave me the "NO WAY don't have to go!" at the 10 hour mark,he went outside  anyway because I made him.