Hello,

Of course you want to rule out any medical issues- is she on any meds that might make her drink more and then need to pee more??  How old is she? If I remember she is around 11?  Maggie developed incontinence around 11 years old. The incontinence was easily controlled in our case with a drug called Proin. Mag stopped having accidents the day she started on it.  Dr. Pam I think had some concerns or there were some potential side effects, I don't remember.  In Mag's case I knew we were not talking long term so I didn't worry about it.

If it is not a medical issue maybe it is a behavior thing.  My house is single story, with only a couple of stairs off the deck.  My parent's house is split level with lots of stairs.  Maggie had trouble going up stairs because she was so small and a rear amp, she could go down anything. She had doggie doors at both houses and ALWAYS went out to do her business- even in the rain.  Shortly after her amp she decided that she wouldn't go outside at my parents house because she couldn't get back up the stairs by herself.  She peed in their house several times. We had to revert to taking her out several times a day and that solved the problem.  She never peed in my house until she became incontinent.

And you may be right that she can't scratch at the door- but it seems like she would still go over to it.  Maybe you can hang a bell and train her to touch it with her nose- I know people who do that with their pups.

Good luck!

Karen and the pugapalooza

Is Kali still on any opioid or narcotic pain medications? In human medicine, both can cause temporary incontinence, particularly if there have been constipation issues ( due to sphincter relaxation after straining). The effects are transient & usually resolve when medication use is discontinued. It's usually in the older, female population. Isabelle did not have a problem after her amputation, but had some minor urine leaking after her recent surgery when we got home. I took off her fentanyl patch, & it resolved immediately.