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I have read quite a bit about spay incontanance and am wondering what on earth everyone is talking about

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My girl Brandy has this and it is controlled by one pill of stilbestrol every 5 days, here is some stuff I got off the net. We tried Brandy on Phenylproanolamine and she had a horrible reaction, we also get her blood and urine checked every 6 months to make sue everything is ok.

The pesky condition of "leaky" dogs is otherwise known as incontinence. Sometimes dogs, especially females, have a tendency to leak or dribble urine. This usually happens while they are sleeping and unaware of what is happening. You may notice that your dog wakes up embarrassed at what she has done. She should not be punished for having this kind of accident; it's not her fault!


Some breeds, such as Dobermans, commonly suffer from what has been termed "spay incontinence," which begins sometime after the spay surgery. There is no "usual" time period between the surgery and the onset of incontinence symptoms. Neither does there seem to be any link between the age of the dog when spayed, and the onset of symptoms; they may begin immediately or not until years later. It is a very individualized thing. Older dogs also tend to develop incontinence as a function of aging, regardless of breed or spay status.

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Involuntary loss of urine due to some kind of damage or trauma from spaying.

Incontinence can occur for other reasons as well usually due to weak bladder sphincter muscles, the meds help to strenghten muscles so dog can hold.

Bladder control lose can occur from UTI's and stones or in the case of stress

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It could be from damage, but usually it's just from depleted estrogen reserves. Some dogs just don't have enough estrogen to get through their lives. So either you can treat it by giving estrogen pills (DES) or Propalin, which just strengthens the bladder sphincter muscles.

It's kind of a gradual thing. They pee once out of nowhere while they're sleeping, and then it doesn't happen again for a while, and then the episodes gradually get more and more frequent.

Jemma varies. She was at one pill every week and a half, and then a pill every 5 days, and now a pill every 7. She tells you when she needs it. She gets kind of grumpy and submissive when she needs a pill.

The side effects of the DES are possible bone marrow suppression, which is very serious, but the studies (according to my vet) show that it's unrelated to dose, and unrelated to duration of use. So skimping out on the pills serves no purpose- and they're only about $30 a bottle, which is 28 pills (but they're supposed to go up a bit).

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