Somthing Wrong With My Dog

by Sandra
(St Thomas Ontario)

I have a 2 year old jack Russel and he continues to pee on everything. Right now he pees often on our bed, or in my daughters room and it seems uncontrollable Also we have been fighting to get rid of worms but the medication doesn't seem to help could he possibly have some sort of infection?

My Comment:

Hi Sandra

As I understand is he knowing hi is urinating - is that true?

How much is he drinking?

If he is drinking too much this can cause extra load on the bladder and make him pee more often. Often this would be bigger amounts of clear urine you would see.

Most common causes of dogs drinking too much is kidney or liver diseases, diabetes or lack of ADH hormone (diabetes insipidus)

In a young dog this is not that likely but could be ruled out by some blood samples.

The other option is a urinary irritation. The bladder can be irritated, not inflamed like in a cystitis.

An irritated bladder can have difficulty to keep the urine and the dog will pee often and small amounts. Blood need not to be visible.

So, it is Important to examine the urine to see if there is any signs of blood, cells or crystals in it. Your vet can help you with this.

If no signs of any disease and the urine is normal when examined, then the final solution is a behavioral problem.

He is young and I don't know if he is castrated. If no other physiological problem can be found I would recommend to castrate him chemically and see if his (and yours!) disappeared.

In Sweden we have a drug called Suprelorin. It will completely castrated him within a month and last for 6 months. Then he will return to be a normal male dog if nothing else is done. So, its is perfect for at test castration.

6 months will often be enough to see if the behaviour changes. Some dogs need a longer time before the behaviour changes than others.

I would contact your vet for an appointment. Before you go there measure his water intake during 24 hr on several 24 hr periods.

This will make it easy for your vet to know if he drinks too much water (and impress him/her to!)

Then the blood samples and urine test can be done as well.

All the best

Per Schonbeck