peeing a lot

[coralee]

I know you're all prolly sick to the high teeth of all my questions...so I apologise in advance.

Throughout this afternoon Harvey has being peeing a lot more than usual. In fact he's peed 3 times in the last 10 minutes and about 12 times in the past 3 hours - which is extremely unusual for him.

I've googled and found all sorts of horror stories - so I thought I'd (again) post here, as you do allay my fears (thank you)

Things that have been a little different today:

He's pulled up and chewed some bulbs in the garden
He's pulled out a wrapper of a joint of lamb from the bin which had blood on it (didn't eat any of the wrapper but was licking it)
He's eaten a whole carrot (as opposed to small bits of carrot)

Could any of those be why he's peeing a lot?

Google is a wonderful thing when you're not trying to find things out about health of your lovely dawg - otherwise it's a bloody nightmare isn't it!

[MaggieR]

Hmmm for me that sounds a lot - and you know your dog better than anyone and what his habits are - so I wouldn't worry about asking this question!  I would be as well!!!!  I don't know if any of those would cause it but I would place money on someone on here having a good idea
On the off chance they don't, if I was you I'd keep an eye on him and if it stays the same give the vet a bell in the morning... but then I'm a worry wart!  Take it he's ok in himself? Still eating ok? Not drinking way more than normal? Hopefully someone will come along with some more practical advise soon 

Lisa

[jann]

My first guess would be cystitis, if it is it can be quite painful. I would see your vet and take a sample if you can for them to test. A course of antibiotics will soon clear it up if it's that 

I wouldn't think any of the things you've mentioned would have affected him in that way 

I'm sure someone else will be along soon with their opinion 

[coralee]

yes, he's acting like a loony as usual (if not moreso - so could that mean he's a bit hyper because of an infection?) - he's perfectly perky - ate his dinner...not drinking oodles...

Maggie, I'm a worry-wart just like you! Sometimes the worry plays havoc with my mental health!  But if I didn't and there was something the matter, I'd never forgive myself!

[coralee]

He's quietened down an awful lot now - hoping it's just tiredness

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[elaine.e]

I hope Harvey is back to normal in the morning, but if not I would phone the vet just to be on the safe side.

I don't want to worry you, but bulbs such as daffodils can cause problems. This link

http://www.dogstrust.org.uk/_resources/resources/factsheets09/factsheetpoisonoussubstances09.pdf

is to a Dogs Trust factsheet on poisonous plants and substances. The list is very comprehensive and includes loads of common plants, many of which will be in loads of gardens, mine included. My 5 year old Cocker, William, was a terror for digging up bulbs when he was a puppy and I'm sure must have eaten a few mouthfuls, but luckily was absolutely fine.

[coralee]

Hi Elaine - thanks for that info - I posted a much shorter list yesterday, yours gives much much more info...it's the bits on there that says "can be fatal"  - maybe I'm going to have to go and take all my bulbs up (I think I planted about 300!)

However, Harvey seems to be much better today, thank you 

[elaine.e]

I'm glad he's better today

With regard to bulbs, William was awful the first winter when he was a puppy. Most of my bulbs were in pots and after he'd excavated a couple of them I simply moved the pots to the front garden, where he couldn't get to them, and put some temporary fencing round a couple of clumps of daffs remaining in the back garden.

By the following autumn he'd lost interest in bulbs so I reinstated them in the back garden. Louis, who is now 9 months, is still a keen gardener but not very interested in bulbs. I have other potentially poisonous plants too, but I work on the theory that if they have monitored access (although I can't watch all the time) to the garden when puppies, the novelty wears off and once it's no longer a really exciting place the gardening tends to stop or be minimal.

I still watch Louis as much as possible and the one restriction I made was to temporarily fence off the bottom of the garden last autumn because he started crunching up acorns from a neighbour's tree that overhangs my garden.

[Sarah1985]

Is he still doing it today? My 2 do it lots at certain times of night (play time). I ruled out anything medical as they were ok the rest of the time.

If its still the same today Id take a urine sample to your vets so they can rule out things like bladder infections.

[coralee]

Hi Elaine - I might just have to fence off the beds for now I think - as soon as he goes out there he makes a dash for the borders  I also planted some in tubs which may have to be removed - but I also have some in a tub that holds a 5 foot cherry blossom - I really don't want to have to get rid of it as it was my Nan's - so I'll dig out those bulbs that are there. Hehe, I was so excited that my little daffs were coming out - at least I got to admire them for..well...about a nanosecond!

Hi Sarah - he seems much better today - normal pees as far as I can see - I took him to work with me today, so he's had lots of activity and seems absolutely dapper - but I will definately bear in mind about taking a sample if it ever happens again and worries me.