[bobohyde]

I've always had to give Columbo lots of opportunities to pee, because he saves it up to mark every post he passes. Walks are certainly not for our exercise, because since he's always had to stop and pee on everything, it's slow going. We laugh because after awhile, there is no more pee coming out, but he still lifts his leg to mark it. We live in a very large neighborhood with lots of dogs on walks, which means he has lots of places he HAS to leave his business card. The new "urgent" behavior is generally just at night after Daddy gets home, usually after everyone (humans) are done eating, and then after that is when the urgent need to go pee starts. It continues until he finally chills out a couple hours later and becomes a couch potato once again. The only other time I've noticed this is after bath time, which is usually on a weekend morning. I always let him pee before bath time, then once he's out of the tub, he rips and races all over the house and then suddenly has to urgently pee, usually a long one - even though he just went out before the bath. The bath time pees have been going on longer than the new food. I will call to see if he needs to bring in a pee sample before he goes in for his check up so that they can check it. I thought about diabetes as well, because my parents had a cairn that drank a lot of water that was diagnosed later in life. The strange thing is, Columbo isn't drinking anymore water than he ever has throughout his life. I change his water bowl every morning, and there is the same amount in it as always. I don't know about Wellness having a higher protein content than other grain frees. I just did a quick check on Dog Food Advisor of a few 5 star grain free foods: Innova 35%, Holistic 38%, Canidae 32%, Wellness 34%, Merrick 38%, Fromm 30%. I am hoping this is just related to the new food and the weight loss. One can't help but worry, though, that it might be something more.