Anyone have experiencec with older male dog leaking urine? - Page 1

Been this route with my male, who developed prostatitis at the age of 3. Neutering him was the cure, but because he'd had a nasty infeciton, it took quite awhile for the prostate to shrink back to normal. The vet put him on the same drug they use to treat incontinence in bitches, and it did seem to help. It's called Phenylpropanolamine (abbreviated PPA) or propanol.

Mindhunt, my Shiloh, who recently passed, leaked urine, we used a pill like Sunsilver, his leakin was due to antibiotics weirdly enough every time he took antibiotics he leaked, our vets had never seen it before. It was not a big deal though. I really hope your boy is ok and whatever is causing it is no big deal. I admit I was laughing just a bit with you describing crawling around sniffing... I've been there before.

My sisters bitch takes PROIN;  I believe the updated version of PPP.  Works though, there are also some herbal remedey's on line I read about when we were trying to find help for her.  Happens in spayed/neutered dogs but can also be stones, UTI's and I would check his sheath area to be sure something is not up there like a foxtail, etc.  Otherwise I would take a urine specimen with you to the vet, collect just before you take him in,  I use some sort of tray and put in a sterile bottle made for urine specimens, you can pickup at vet's offices or even  human Dr. offices.  So if he does have a urine infection, make sure they due culture and sensitivity;  without fail on the urine and any discharge he may have.  Best of luck  Nan

My male GSD, who has passed away,  had urine leakage a couple of times in his life. Both times it was due to a UTI. A few days on the antibiotic and the leakage stopped. Naturally, I gave him the entire 7 day course of antibiotics. All I had to do was bring in a urine sample to have it diagnosed. A UTI can make them feel  miserable and it can be painful, so don't wait too long. My female has leakage every so often,but her problem is hormonal. It is fairly common with spayed females. I just give her one dose of DES and it solves the problem for a a couple months.  Her hair and skin is sometimes brown in the gential area.The vet said it is due to the urine leakage. Not sure if neutered males can have a hormone related leakage or not. .
The best,
Char

My tweleve year old has been on Proin for a couple of months now due to leakage, works great.

Just a thought, but I've seen wraps you can buy that basically wrap around the dogs midsection and act like a diaper. They are supposed to prevent marking (we had a problem with our old dog marking everything), but I don't see why they couldn't be used  for this situation too.