Full bladder/no control, or not housetrained?
Last night Barney was hanging out with us, doing his usual stuff. We are pretty regular as to the times we feed and take him out for business. He can (and does) easily hold it all night and all day while we are at work, so we know 10 hours is not a problem for him. So last night, about a half hour earlier than the earliest time that I take him out for the night (it varies, depending on what I'm doing, how tired I am, how Barney is acting, etc) he starts getting up and being more active in the room, like walking around and sniffing the floor. So I ask him if he needs to go out and I walk to the back door. Usually when he has to go he follows me and then goes outside. Last night, I asked, went to the door, and he just looked at me and walked away like, nope, don't need to go. So I said, okay, I'll wait (since it WAS early for him to go out). Then, about 10 minutes later he was in the kitchen and was walking around and just dribbling pee (my husband was in there at the time making a snack). It was more than a dribble, but not a pee, and he was moving around when he was doing this, when usually he'll just stand still when he is actually peeing. Any suggestions? Everything else about him seems usual...Do you think he just had a full bladder and didn't realize it? Do you think he knew and just wanted to get a little out? Or do you think he isn't housetrained? Or, do you think there is something 'wrong' with him? |
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| How old is Barney and how long has he been house-trained for? Could be a number of things..Maybe there was something outside that looked or smelled odd, so he didnt' want to go out at that time, but he should have. However, the dribbling part is odd. A dog with a urine infection often dribbles because it hurts to pee, so they let it out little by little. I would chock it up to an odd thing, and keep an eye on him for future occurances. If it doesn't happen again, great, but if it does, and it is totally out of the ordianry for him, I would be bringing in a urine sample. We took in a rescue dog once that the owners said had been dribbling for months, so they didn't want her anymore. 10 minutes after they drooped her off at my house she was peeing blood. 2 days later she had surgery and had 11 stones removed from her bladder. $1100 dollars later...but what a different gal! One of my dogs started peeing more often, and we found she had stones, too. We out her on a speacial diet, changed her to bottled water and the stones cleared up. Just kep an eye on him. |
| Poor Barney and his peeing issues! Could be a UTI. That would make sense as to why he was getting antsy, like he felt like he might have to go but the sensation was different than what he was used to so he got confused and dribbling ensued. Maybe keep an eye on him and see if it happens again before you spend money on the vet. |
| Barney turned 1 in Sept. I don't think there was anything outside that he didn't want to go out for, as far as I could tell--when I went to the back door to ask him to go out, he didn't even get near enough to the door to see outside, so I don't think that was the problem.
I'm not sure how long he's been housetrained for! If you look in the 'housetraining' section of the forum, Barney has been the topic many times! That's another thing, I'm not even sure if he IS housebroken yet. He's much better than he used to be, and like I said earlier, he can go all night, and all day, (but these times he is in the kitchen--where we keep him while we are away and asleep) but he has had several accidents in the carpeted living room, just 2 hours after he's last gone out. I'm getting really nervous about this because my brother is moving in next week for a while and Barney gets a little crazy around him, and then my parents are coming for a week for Thanksgiving, and he always gets crazy when guests come in general. Maybe just stock up on cleaner. 
Right after he started this dribbling (and like I said, it wasn't really dribbling, but wasn't a full pee stream) and we noticed we ran and took him outside and he had a nice full release, steady, strong, complete, and right away, so that's why I'm thinking it might not be medical, but more towards the saga of housetraining... And as for him getting antsy, that's kind of what he does every night, so that part doesn't worry me. Usually I notice that and that's when I ask him if he wants to go out and he usually says yes and all is fine...it was just last night when he said no and then soon after was peeing. I don't know! This is driving me crazy. |
| Stephanie, is a dog door a possibility? You know Clyde and Barney were pee brothers there for awhile but the dog door cleared up all our problems. As I said, my proudest moment (sad as it is) was when Clyde used it all by himself the first time. Plus, you'd never have to get up anymore! |
No, the dog door isn't really a possibilty. My husband cares SO MUCH about where Barney does his business that he wouldn't want him to be able to go out whenever he wanted, unsupervised. I would love to get a dog door, but I don't think that's going to be my answer. 
This is all just getting so frustrating since we have done all we can to be consistent with his training and to still be having accidents at this stage is hard. Then (in true worry-wart form) I began to worry that maybe Barney is having bladder problems because of his hips and that maybe they are hurting him so that he doesn't recognize the signals that his bladder is full due to the pain and that's why he was peeing. His hips are clicking every time he gets up now and it takes him and extra effort to get up. Once he's up he's fine and will run like the wind outside, but it is the quiet moments that wrench my heart... |
Poor Barney! Stephanie I have no experience with this but just wanted you to know I'm channeling lots of support and good house training vibes to you and Barney  |
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