Reasons for incontinence in dogs

Incontinence in dogs is a symptom of old age in most cases, as the dog gets older, it starts to lose control over its bodily functions and it resorts to relieving itself within the house despite its housebreaking in. There is unfortunately no cure for this issue as this is a symptom associated with old age and as such is not a disease technically. However, there are diseases that make a dog show similar behavior as incontinence in dogs commonly associated with old age. The diseases in question are often related to the liver, kidneys and/or the bladder itself.

One of the diseases that is responsible for incontinence in dogs is bladder infection which creates a desperate desire to relieve the bladder, or if the infection has continued for a prolonged period of time, then the bladder gets scarred which reduces its elastic quality and disables it from stretching larger to readjust itself in order to hold more urine. This might be one of the disease related causes of incontinence in dogs. The issue also shows up with pets that have a partially blocked urethra usually attributed to a tumor in the tract’s region or stones. This leads to difficulty in urination and might cause the bladder to fill up with pressure from the excessive urine and the pressure generates enough force to make the urine leak out through the block. If this problem is visible in your dog, then immediately show it to the vet as this situation turns fatal in about three to four days.

The problem of incontinence in dogs is sometimes attributed to hormonal imbalances and is a common issue in neutered dogs. There is a cure available for this; however it is required to get the prescription from the vet before applying the medication. The medication is different in males and females as the medication is nothing other than external dosages of the appropriate hormones to keep the dogs’ hormone levels balanced out. The prescription for males is testosterone and for females, the medication is diethylstilbestrol which fills up the required quota for the missing estrogen in females.

Cures for incontinence in dogs

The medication used to cure incontinence in dogs has very little to no possibility to side-effects. However, there is an issue with increased aggression in the dogs after getting the medicine applied to them. This is primarily due to the fact that the medication is hormone and as such the medication falls into steroid type of drugs and slight misjudgment of the dosage usually results in increased aggression in the males of the species as the male hormone testosterone is responsible for creating aggression in most every animals including humans.