Urinary incontinence is a medical condition in which the dog passes urine involuntarily.
Female dogs are found to be more prone to this problem than males.
Sometimes, the owner fails to identify this as a problem and consider this as bad dog grooming.
Hence, if a grown up dog starts urinating frequently around your house, you should consider taking him to the vet and examine the reason.
Causes: Urinary incontinence is very common among puppies especially while sleeping.
However, in grown-up dogs the common causes are as follows: • Bladder infection is a common reason for urinary incontinence in all age groups of dogs.
In this case, the bladder is unable to hold the urine due to which the dog has a strong need to pass it out often.
• Tumor or stone formation at the urethra is the second common cause of this medical condition.
If the dog is not able to empty his bladder properly, urine starts getting collected and exerts so much pressure that it forces itself out.
This is a serious condition and has to be treated immediately.
Otherwise, it may even prove to be fatal.
• Excess relaxation of the sphincter muscles (that control the urine in dogs) results in uncontrollable passing of urine.
• Neutering or spaying of dogs can also result in incontinence as the hormones required for toning the sphincter muscles are no more produced and hence, it affects the functioning.
Natural remedies like feeding grain-free diet and wild yam are found to be effective to treat this problem.