[LucyGoosey]

Hi guys! So my 5 1/2 year old Yorkie/Silky mix has suddenly (literally over the last two days) started spending an inordinate time at the water bowl and subsequently peeing in the house OR, if I catch the signs in time, needs to be taken out and pees a commensurate amount.

She will spend up to 3 or 4 minutes at a pop at the water bowl; then a little while later, sit there and look at us or start shivering, and if I don't get her outside immediately, pee on the floor; even right in front of me/us.

My gf is pretty sure it's behavioral; she says Lucy doesn't drink excessively unless I'm upstairs (my studio is downstairs and the dogs don't like to go downstairs, generally). I really hope she's right. I'm a nurse and naturally go directly to diagnosing diabetes or kidney disease, etc.

In EVERY other way, though, she's fine; she's eating good food (Farmer's Dog) with a healthy appetite, pooing regularly and healthy-looking, playing, loving, sleeping just fine - this obsession with the drinking dish and subsequent peeing is the only thing that's off about her.

I'd love to hear your input, tips, suggestions, experience, etc.

Thanks!


NOTES:
- I just moved in with my gf who has two dogs, and though we've spent a lot of time here before, and Lucy has spent a month here without me, this is the first time we're all together for this long.
- The water bowl is one of those two-tiered ones with the pump and a little waterfall; perhaps she's just developed a fascination?