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Kenneth62 · 01-24-2013, 04:19 AM

Thanks for all the thoughts. My boy has been neutered and was very difficult to house break(much more then my first one) I had thought about the possibility of UTI about a 1 1/2 months ago and took him to a Vet. They catherized him and the pee was almost water and they said that he was over drinking and I told them that I was only putting water in his bowl about three times a day because I knew he drank a lot of water. They said that he might be over drinking because he did not know when he would get his next water and suggested that I not restrict his water and then suggested that I pad train him in the winter and wait till summer to teach him to go outside.
They also told me it was possible that he had a very rare condition called Diabetis Insipitus and gave me a syringe to collect another pee specimine so that they could see if he concentrated his pee at times.
I have been unable to collect a specimen because he stopped peeing in his cage after that. I also spoke with a trainer at pet smart and he suggested that I do continue to restrict the amount of water available especially during the evening. I have tried to compromize. I read how much water he should normally drink in a day and he was drinking way more then that so I now try to keep water in his bowl but only the bottom of it to keep him from overdrinking and don't refill later in the evening.
I also decided to not go with suggestion of pad training as I had put so much effort in getting him to go outside and do not want to start over next summer. Also I live in Tennessee and the winters in general are not that bad.
I take him out on a leash so he doesn't roam but I suspect at times he is going out as something else to do in addition to playing with his toys. I don't let him have more then about 5min to do his thing and promting him to go helps now.
I don't think that he has a UTI or he would have problems holding his pee when he is caged overnight and like I said up to about 5 hours in the middle of the day when I am out.
Like I said I am tickled that he seems to be pretty much house broke if I take him out with the freqency that he requests it but if I don't or there is a few minutes delay there he goes peeing.
The idea of putting a belly band on him when he comes in after several freqent trips outside and telling him no for awhile may be the answer for a little break for me so I may try that. Are they something that he could take off with his teeth very easily?
Thanks for all the thoughts and suggestions.

01-24-2013, 04:19 AM	#16
Kenneth62 Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Knoxville,Tn,USA Posts: 20	Thanks for all the thoughts. My boy has been neutered and was very difficult to house break(much more then my first one) I had thought about the possibility of UTI about a 1 1/2 months ago and took him to a Vet. They catherized him and the pee was almost water and they said that he was over drinking and I told them that I was only putting water in his bowl about three times a day because I knew he drank a lot of water. They said that he might be over drinking because he did not know when he would get his next water and suggested that I not restrict his water and then suggested that I pad train him in the winter and wait till summer to teach him to go outside. They also told me it was possible that he had a very rare condition called Diabetis Insipitus and gave me a syringe to collect another pee specimine so that they could see if he concentrated his pee at times. I have been unable to collect a specimen because he stopped peeing in his cage after that. I also spoke with a trainer at pet smart and he suggested that I do continue to restrict the amount of water available especially during the evening. I have tried to compromize. I read how much water he should normally drink in a day and he was drinking way more then that so I now try to keep water in his bowl but only the bottom of it to keep him from overdrinking and don't refill later in the evening. I also decided to not go with suggestion of pad training as I had put so much effort in getting him to go outside and do not want to start over next summer. Also I live in Tennessee and the winters in general are not that bad. I take him out on a leash so he doesn't roam but I suspect at times he is going out as something else to do in addition to playing with his toys. I don't let him have more then about 5min to do his thing and promting him to go helps now. I don't think that he has a UTI or he would have problems holding his pee when he is caged overnight and like I said up to about 5 hours in the middle of the day when I am out. Like I said I am tickled that he seems to be pretty much house broke if I take him out with the freqency that he requests it but if I don't or there is a few minutes delay there he goes peeing. The idea of putting a belly band on him when he comes in after several freqent trips outside and telling him no for awhile may be the answer for a little break for me so I may try that. Are they something that he could take off with his teeth very easily? Thanks for all the thoughts and suggestions.