He has nighttime incontinence which is he on PPA for - that means he basically wets the bed. The vet said he sleeps so soundly that he doesn't wake up until he's wet. With the PPA he wakes up and goes and rings his bells, but we are still dilligent about getting him one last trip outside before bed and if he stirs or wakes us up in the middle of the night we go outside, even if he doesn't really want to.
Combine that with the fact that he LOVES water and drinks probably r times as much as he should and well you get a dog who pees a lot. Peeing every 5-15 mins at 8-12 weeks is normal. THe same thing at 4 or 5 months is not. If I left a bowl of water down for Loki he would drink the entire thing immediately. So there was no leaving water for him in the crate because when I did he would drink it all right away then he'd have to pee in 15 mins and wet his crate. The vet never could find anything wrong with him, so we measured his water for a very long time and slowly weaned him down. Now he only drinks about twice what he should (so he only pees about twice as often!). I told him as long as he pees outside he can drink whatever he wants! We just don't fill the whole bowl - he gets little bits at a time so he doesnt over do it and we just make sure to fill it often.
DISCLAIMER-- this is NOT safe to do until you have ruled out medical reasons for excessive drinking. Limiting water in a dog with a serious medical problem is dangerous.
Also, I still think he has something wrong with this bladder besides the incontinence. Like bladder spasms or painful bladder. Once every 2 months he will like have 2 accidents in a day while doing something like walking down the stairs. That's not normal for a housetrained dog, or even a NOT-housetrained dog. |