Can anyone explain my Greyhound's peeing?

blackcob said:
A work colleague has recently taken on an ex-racer and it's been really enlightening as to their quirks, they're simply not treated the same as a pet dog during their careers and may take a while to adjust.
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'Ere are you calling the Greyhound Gang quirky? :p :) :)

You sound to be really sensible OP and are taking the right approach, as BC has said it might be worth going back to the vets to check out possible incontinence but personally I might be inclined to see how the 'house training' goes first. Good luck, hope all goes well :)
 
Lévrier;12209680 said:
'Ere are you calling the Greyhound Gang quirky? :p :) :)
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To me a dog that sleeps 23 hours a day and doesn't want to go for a walk is quirky. :p He actually sighs and huffs if you disturb him, unless it is to feed him, in which case he sighs a bit less!
 
blackcob said:
Having seen three pyos this week already (and it's only Tuesday, there'll be at least another couple before the week is out) I can't believe anyone wouldn't advocate routine spaying of bitches. Drastically reduces the incidence of mammary cancer as well if done early, the risk increases with each season.

I'm told (by a vet) that the latest studies show only a weak link between early spaying and urinary incontinence. Anecdotally there's as many entire leaky bitches as spayed ones. Risk of a pyo or mammary lump requiring surgery is much higher than the risk of incontinence however you look at it.
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This is very true and in the vet hospital I work, there are more entire bitches on incontinence meds then neutered, I also watched a bitch die of an open pyo only a week ago and the dog was in immense pain something I would not risk in any of mine.
 
Alec Swan said:
Wouldn't the humane act have been to end her suffering, and before she reached the stage of "immense pain"? Just a thought.

Alec.
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Indeed...but sadly the owners did not have a clue of the "symptoms" the dog had begun to display and had brought the dog in way to late, a pyo in it's self is a very painful condition without it rupturing and she was "put to sleep" as it was past the point of no return sadly for the dog and entirely avoidable.
 
Some dogs are practically symptomless until it's too late and for those that display them the early symptoms are easy to attribute to other minor illnesses.

Pyo number five today!
 
Thought I would give you all an update. Neamhnaid is doing really well. We started taking her out the back on a lead after every meal and if we saw her getting anxious and circling in the house. The past few days she has not needed to be taken out the back as all we need to do is call her to the back door and she will go and pee herself. Our command is 'get busy' and she definitely knows what it means now. Since we started there was just one day when she peed a couple of times in the house. We think it was something to do with a friend who stayed over Christmas with his female Westie. The first of Neamhnaid meeting his dog was Christmas day and the for the most part they got on. There were a couple of growls between them and that was it. Nothing to be too concerned about. They left on Boxing Day and not long after that she peed on the lounge floor. Later that day she peed on the floor again. Could any of you explain that?

Anyway, many thanks for the advice. It has definitely been a big help. :)
 
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