calliecritturs
Posted : 10/17/2010 4:16:45 PM
That certainly sounds like a UTI (not a bladder infection hopefully but a urinary tract infection). It burns severely to release urine in such cases.
Typically dogs fall into one of two categories -- some dogs are smart enough to know when they drink MORE it burns less to pee. So some dogs will literally be at the water bowl every time they come in from voiding. So even tho they may be voiding more often it may not have a horrible odor nor be super 'dark' -- but rather may appear almost odorless/colorless.
Some dogs fall into the same category that most of we human women do who get UTIs frequently -- it burns SO bad that you don't want to drink ANYTHING because it hurts SO bad to go.
But then you get this huge bladder "pressure" (so essentially you feel like you gotta go ALL the time) so you may feel the need to void almost constantly which results in repeated attempts (like 4-5 or more times on a walk) TO go usually resulting in not voiding much, if any, at a time.
Is there any blood in what you've found in the accidents? This can happen easily.
She needs to go to the vet absolutely first thing tomorrow morning. It's not "life-threatening" but it is extremely painful. Pick her up and carry her in -- and if you can get her there with a relatively full bladder it will help the vet diagnose.
For me? I hate to see them just do a strip test -- yes, it will tell if there is "infection" present but you don't find out anything else. I would **ASK** to have them also send a urinalysis out to a lab -- then you find out if there are crystals, casts, etc (which can cause repeated UTI's etc). If you gotta take the dog in, honestly it's better to find out ALL you can at one time rather than half-diagnosing the problem. It may cost you an extra $30 to send the urine out *also* but it will tell you a whole lot rather than having to go back and repeat the whole procedure a month later.