blackcob
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Have left Ricoh at the vets today to have a contrast dye and x-ray taken to check function of bladder, urethra, prostate etc., house feels very empty and Dax is moping about. 
About a month ago he wet the bed in his sleep, I think leaking gradually throughout the night judging by the wet patch, and continued to leak for another couple of hours the following morning - just a few drops here and there, mostly when lying down, persisting after he'd been taken out for a wee.
He'd stopped by that afternoon when we went to the vet who checked for infection anyway (clear), no crystals, normal dilution, no diabetes etc. Goes without saying that he'd had a good pee last thing and again first thing, no change in routine.
He's been dry since until Tuesday when I went to take him out for a walk and he just started peeing everywhere without cocking his leg, walking along with it gushing out of him as if he had no awareness he was doing it. He does often pee on his front legs so I thought nothing more of it, until we'd been back in the house for about half an hour and I looked up to see him walking around the kitchen doing the same, despite only just having been out and peed loads. Again he seemed to have no awareness of doing it and I had to shove him in the yard until he'd stopped. He leaked a few drops that evening and the next morning but was again dry by the afternoon and has been ever since.
Vet is stumped, apparently this 'just doesn't happen in young male dogs' and we cannot understand why it's so intermittent, you'd expect incontinence to be continual leakage. Not expecting much from the procedure today as if it was a congenital problem it ought to have shown up before now (he's two and a half). He was neutered at ten months so not astonishingly early and, again, hormone related incontinence is usually the preserve of bitches. There is a huge volume of very pale wee despite him not drinking any more than usual.
Any more ideas?
Poor Dax is going to have a shock this afternoon when I drag her out to a second training session this week as Ricoh can't go.
About a month ago he wet the bed in his sleep, I think leaking gradually throughout the night judging by the wet patch, and continued to leak for another couple of hours the following morning - just a few drops here and there, mostly when lying down, persisting after he'd been taken out for a wee.
He'd stopped by that afternoon when we went to the vet who checked for infection anyway (clear), no crystals, normal dilution, no diabetes etc. Goes without saying that he'd had a good pee last thing and again first thing, no change in routine.
He's been dry since until Tuesday when I went to take him out for a walk and he just started peeing everywhere without cocking his leg, walking along with it gushing out of him as if he had no awareness he was doing it. He does often pee on his front legs so I thought nothing more of it, until we'd been back in the house for about half an hour and I looked up to see him walking around the kitchen doing the same, despite only just having been out and peed loads. Again he seemed to have no awareness of doing it and I had to shove him in the yard until he'd stopped. He leaked a few drops that evening and the next morning but was again dry by the afternoon and has been ever since.
Vet is stumped, apparently this 'just doesn't happen in young male dogs' and we cannot understand why it's so intermittent, you'd expect incontinence to be continual leakage. Not expecting much from the procedure today as if it was a congenital problem it ought to have shown up before now (he's two and a half). He was neutered at ten months so not astonishingly early and, again, hormone related incontinence is usually the preserve of bitches. There is a huge volume of very pale wee despite him not drinking any more than usual.
Any more ideas?
Poor Dax is going to have a shock this afternoon when I drag her out to a second training session this week as Ricoh can't go.
It's just if it gets worse as he gets older that it would be a consideration. 
