Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2004 2:14 am Post subject: Male Westie Puppy on PPA...alternatives????
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Hi : I am a brand new forum member. I have a 8 yr old Female spayed Pug, Jazmine, and a 6 month old Male Westie,MacDuff. MacDuff is the most wonderful puppy except for:
We have never been able to fully housebreak MacDuff. He was 12 weeks old when we got him (he was hand raised from birth as his mother would have nothing to do with him & his 2 male siblings).He did have a bladder infection at 5 months,took 2 rounds of antibiotics and fully recovered . The urinating continued in the house every houror more.The vet has now taken X Rays and has eliminated kidney and bladder obstructions, stones and pockets. He has put MacDuff on PPA three times a day.He has been on it for 3 weeks now . We keep him on a leash attached to us or in his crate for several hours at a timeday and night. He has only been urinating when he is excited or if someone comes to visit but we are going out every 2 hours. (I know abt submissive urination).He is anything but submissive!He has no idea that he has even dribbled.
My question is: what else can we do to stop this ? Does anyone know if there are any herbal supplements or other things we could try?
Our Vet wants to wait another month or so before neutering him in the hopes that the PPA willtotally eliminate this problem.Will this possibly help?
Thanks for your thoughts and sorry to be sooooooo long winded.....
By the way...Jazzy, the Pug, is great except for a collapsed trachea but we know how to treat this.Have 6 years experience under our belts!
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Hi : I am a brand new forum member. I have a 8 yr old Female spayed Pug, Jazmine, and a 6 month old Male Westie,MacDuff. MacDuff is the most wonderful puppy except for:
We have never been able to fully housebreak MacDuff. He was 12 weeks old when we got him (he was hand raised from birth as his mother would have nothing to do with him & his 2 male siblings).He did have a bladder infection at 5 months,took 2 rounds of antibiotics and fully recovered . The urinating continued in the house every houror more.The vet has now taken X Rays and has eliminated kidney and bladder obstructions, stones and pockets. He has put MacDuff on PPA three times a day.He has been on it for 3 weeks now . We keep him on a leash attached to us or in his crate for several hours at a timeday and night. He has only been urinating when he is excited or if someone comes to visit but we are going out every 2 hours. (I know abt submissive urination).He is anything but submissive!He has no idea that he has even dribbled.
My question is: what else can we do to stop this ? Does anyone know if there are any herbal supplements or other things we could try?
Our Vet wants to wait another month or so before neutering him in the hopes that the PPA willtotally eliminate this problem.Will this possibly help?
Thanks for your thoughts and sorry to be sooooooo long winded.....
By the way...Jazzy, the Pug, is great except for a collapsed trachea but we know how to treat this.Have 6 years experience under our belts!