We have a beautiful, extremely inteligent Lab/Chow mix who we had spayed in May of 2007 after allowing her to have one litter of 3 adorable pups January 5th 2007. Breezy is 4 yrs old and I'm wondering if anyone else has had similar problems or could shed some light on this situation we're experiencing. About a month or so after being spayed she started having sporadic bouts of incontinence. It doesn't appear painful to her -in fact she's usually not aware of it until she's wet, uncomfortable and extremely embarrassed. She was super easily housebroken as a pup and never experienced any loss of control of any type. Our new vet suggested (and we tried) an all natural holistic suppliment which didnt seem to make any difference. However we'd hate to think the only othger option is putting her on hormones (which we were told would probably be for the rest of her life. Does this seem excessive to anyone but me? I've been told that this happens to male dogs occasionally when they're nuetered but noone can tell me the cause or better yet,can it be cured? I'm not looking to place blame esp. if it was simply something unforeseen which occurred during the spaying I requested; but find it weird that when I first called his office to explain her symptoms and make an appt his office help said they'd check and get back to me. Future calls informed me he was on vacation one week, overbooked for the following three and basically his full practice didnt allow for the admit of new patients. Thus after assuring me that Breezy's operation was 'normal, nonremarkable and in no way could have attributed to her 'new' problem. We've since found a wonderful vet who just wants to see Breezy get better.She naturally couldnt say some mistake occured during her being spayed but is baffled as to why this condition occured in our young otherwize super healthy dog. I realize the length of this topic may have deterred its even being read, Forgive me for being unable to articulate (my husband says almost any) subject briefly or concisely but when I happened across this forum I felt it might be the answer to my prayers. I would be grateful for any feedback' wether its a similar problem,a suggestion,other websites, anything- even remote sounding may prove helpful. Breezy saved my life. I have to make hers as comfortable and happy as possible.