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Female dog incontinence medicine.
How to treat incontinence in dogs.
How is urinary incontinence treated.
Your dog will need estrogen in daily doses until her incontinence is under control.
Treating female dog incontinence.
There is some debate about whether early spaying causes more bladder control issues than later spaying but overall female dogs that are spayed have higher rates of bladder control issues than those that are not spayed.
Cocker spaniels springer spaniels doberman pinschers and old english sheepdogs are among the breeds often prone to incontinence.
Once symptoms are under control the vet will give you a treatment schedule.
Often they are mature or middle aged when the incontinence starts.
This condition is the most common cause of urinary incontinence in spayed female dogs.
Most dogs receive hormone replacement therapy to treat incontinence.
So let s move onto question number three and that s all about hormonal incontinence in a female dog.
Female dog incontinence can usually be treated with hormone replacement therapy.
This question is about the different types of medication that we use and generally speaking there are two different types.
It is tolerated well by majority of dog s though discuss with your vet if it is appropriate for your pet.
At the time of this writing this medication is the most common drug used to treat hormonal incontinence in spayed female dogs.
Although urinary incontinence can afflict dogs of any age breed or gender it is most often seen in middle aged to older spayed females.
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