Dog urinary incontinence may be due to urinary tract infection

Dog urinary tract infection is divided into upper and lower tract urinary tract infections. Upper urinary tract infection refers to pyelonephritis. Lower urinary tract infections include urethritis and cystitis.

1. Nephritis

Dogs suffering from acute or subacute nephritis will have listlessness, loss of appetite, fever, visible mucous membranes are pale, accompanied by bad breath, vomiting or diarrhea, and severe dogs will show weakness and cramps. , lethargy and other neurological symptoms. Touch and press the waist, abdomen and kidney area, and you will feel the kidneys are enlarged and the pain will be obvious. Symptoms of hunched waist, frequent urination and small amount.

2. Chronic nephritis

Dogs with chronic nephritis will appear to be emaciated, dull hair, skin loss of elasticity, loss of appetite, oliguria, visible pale mucous membranes, accompanied by bad breath, oral cavity and gums Mucosal ulcers, vomiting, indigestion, and ascites. The course of the disease usually lasts for several years, and some may recur.

The treatment principle of nephritis requires strengthening care

The basic treatment principle for dogs suffering from nephritis is to strengthen care, reduce inflammation, diuresis, and prevent uremia.
Let the dog avoid strenuous exercise, feed low-energy protein food, and limit salt. After the body temperature rises, antibiotics need to be injected. Use kanamycin and gentamicin with caution, and sulfa drugs are prohibited to avoid increasing the burden on the kidneys. Injectable procaine penicillin 20,000 to 30,000 units/kg body weight, intramuscular injection; ampicillin 20 mg/kg body weight, intramuscular injection, once a day.

Dog urinary incontinence may be due to urinary tract inflammation

Dog urinary tract inflammation is common in male dogs.
The cause of canine urethritis is that the urethral mucosa is stimulated by mechanical and chemical pathogenic factors, causing damage and secondary infection. Or it may be caused by the spread of inflammation to nearby inflamed organs.
Symptoms of dog urethritis include difficulty in urinating, pain, turbid urine, mixed with pus and blood, intermittent discharge during urination, and sometimes discharge of necrotic and shed urethral mucosa. You can feel that the male dog's penis is swollen and sensitive, and the urethral opening is obviously red and swollen.
The treatment of urethritis must first control the infection and use antibiotics and anti-inflammation. Ampicillin 10.0 mg/kg body weight can be injected intramuscularly, ceftriaxone 20.0 mg/kg body weight; roxithromycin 5 mg/kg orally. At the same time, oral ammonium chloride has a better effect of acidifying urine.

Dog urinary incontinence may be caused by external pressure

Dogs sometimes become incontinent not just because ofCaused by illness, sometimes also caused by external pressure. The dog peeing when he is excited or scared is not something the dog can control. It is an uncontrollable subconscious reaction, especially if it has held back its urine. Especially when the dog knows that the owner is going to punish it, it may be frightened and pee if it is touched.
In this case, let the dog become more familiar with the environment and let it move freely. You can do some basic obedience training, such as sitting down, coming over, etc., so that it knows that if it obeys, it will not be beaten or scolded, and it will no longer be afraid of being beaten. If urinary incontinence has already occurred, don't scold him. Let him play first and clean up the urine before he sees it. No matter what, do not scare it or show dissatisfaction when it is already incontinent. This will only aggravate its condition.

Dog urinary incontinence may be due to bladder problems

Symptoms of urinary incontinence in dogs include increased urination and an empty bladder There will also be a desire to urinate, blood in the urine, a change in the taste of the urine, a fishy smell, excessive licking of the vagina, and a significant increase in thirst.
The factors that cause cystitis in dogs include infection with pathogenic microorganisms, such as Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus aureus, etc. Mechanical damage can also cause bladder inflammation, such as damage to the urinary catheter, friction from bladder stones, etc.
The first thing to do for bladder inflammation is to suppress bacteria, reduce inflammation and treat it symptomatically. Improve the dog's eating structure, allow it to rest properly, feed non-irritating, easy-to-digest food, limit the intake of high-protein foods, and limit the intake of salt. Use a urinary catheter to drain the accumulated urine in the bladder, rinse with warm saline, and then rinse with medicinal solution. You can use 0.05% potassium permanganate solution and 0.1% Reifonol solution for disinfection. After flushing the bladder, instill 800,000-1.2 million units of penicillin into the bladder.