Dog peeing indoors

GrannyIris Its so sad when you have to consider some of the options that you have,if you are thinking of nappies for your lovely dog I would seriously think the quality of life has deminished its just not the naturel thing to do in my opinion and maybe the time for goodbyes is the right and fair thing to do for your faithful friend.

I think GrannyIris is right. This is such a hard decision for you but I feel the time has come to do the right thing by a terminally ill and much loved pet.

Is it just at night? We put newspaper down and when our dog was ill she wee"d on that. Made it easier to clear up.

Hi GrannyIris, I'm sorry about your old girl's illness and the problem due to this.
I may be being obvious but have you spoken to the vet about the weeing in the night. She could perhaps have a bladder infection, so you could check that out but if not, there are medications your vet can give you for the weeing in old dogs.
Take a sample of her wee to the vets to save time.
I'm no help with the best nappies I'm afraid but I hope someone will be along with advice soon.
I for one would not go down the PTS route just yet, as she is still "happy" and eating.
I think you will know when she is ready to go.

Do you mean puppy pads or bitch pants which are used when dogs are in season? Does she urinate in her sleep or wee inside because she can't get out? If it's the latter then a puppy pad or two should suffice as long as she understands what's required of her. I don't think bitch pads even with an incontinence pad would hold a full wee but I don't know for sure.

She isn’t I’ll enough to warrant PTS at the moment. But because of her problems she needs to drink more and obviously produces a lot of dilute urine. Vet checks this regularly for blood/infection. It’s night time we need a solution. Bought her a new memory foam bed on Saturday and she wet it last night, the other evening it was the other dog’s bed who was most upset. She’s good during the day and will ask or will be let out regularly.

Will both dogs accept having their beds in different rooms at night, so she only wets her own bed?

I would try a thick layer of newspaper both in her bed and on the surrounding floor.

Otherwise I think you are faced with having to get up in the night to let her out unless you could put in a dog-door giving her access to a dog run during the night.

She’s not consistent with her area/nights of floor soiling and hates being shut in the kitchen on her own. I’m trying to make her last few months as pleasant as possible, that’s why I wondered about doggie nappies for overnight

One of my dogs has had bladder problems for several years. He is 14 this year and we work around it but its a lot of work. I use a waterproof mattress cover and a lightweight blanket which can be washed and dried quickly. Fortunately we have hard floors. Can you restrict her to a hard floor area during the night with easily laundered bedding. I'm not sure about the nappies at all and have never used them. It's a case of being armed with disinfectant, kitchen roll and lots of patience I'm afraid.

if you use vet bed with puppy pads under them the bed stays dry because the urine soaks through the vet bed leaving the surface dry.

with the nappies it would depend on how much urine she's producing each night and how absorbent the incontinence pants are but it's worth a try.

I have a rehomed dog who was never taught to piddle outside (he is clean). He was 3 when I got him and, after persistent training, he is slightly better but still wets in the house at some point every day.
Have a look on the glenndarcy website. I bought my boy a belly band and you just use normal incontinence pads with them. Not perfect but better than nothing. They do lots of different items for female dogs as well

Hi I’ve had a few old disabled dogs this happened to. If you feel it isn’t pts time I suggest buying two human waterproof bed covers cover for their bed. One in use and one in the wash. I used baby pull up nappies with a circle cut out for the tail. Is your dog male? if so research belly bands. I also learned how to express bladder. I understand how this wouldn’t be ideal for some people to do but if your dog is still enjoying life, eating normally, socialising with the family then it isn’t time. Best wishes.

Thank you for your suggestions it’s the inconsistency that’s difficult. We have hard floors downstairs. Grannyben, I’ll look after work.

Ah! So it's just the beds that she's wetting and not actually squatting in other places. It sounds as though she is unaware of doing it and is basically leaking on her bed.
Try putting Puppy Pads over her bed to protect it, then a Vet Bed Fleece over the top, as Flexible suggested.
Such a shame for her. Bless her!

No Buffybee this morning it was the lounge floor and her bed unfortunately. Don’t really want to set an alarm for soppy o’clock to let her out. I think I may just have to restrict her water intake overnight/our bedtime..

Oldbat1 that’s a good idea to protect the bed. I’m sure if I put a few of these ideas together I’ll find a solution. Think I need some Zoflora or similar for our oak floor, even the Method wood floor cleaner can’t disguise the urine smell.

Oh right! Try taking her water bowl away an hour before her last trip out and see how it goes.
I do feel for you, your heart must sink when you see a puddle on you carpet and her new bed.
I wonder if ordinary disposable nappies would work, the ones that you can adjust with the sticky tape things, if you cut a hole for her tail.
I really hope you can sort something out for you all.

As someone else suggested Glendarcy do bitch pants and you can combine those with cheap incontinence pads from tesco or wherever. That will greatly diminish the damage and vet bed with puppy pads underneath should deal with the rest. Not sure what to suggest for random tiddles elsewhere though.

We thought we would have to have her PTS when the vet gave us her scan results last Tuesday, but as she said she is not in pain we want to carry on as long as possible, not for our sake, but as the saying goes there’s life in the old dog yet. I will try with the bowl tonight, she’s been so good today we both had to work but I got home for lunch and just gave her a small drink. Left a note for OH to fill bowl again. No accidents.

As recommended I picked up her bowl at 9ish and they went out at 10pm, no wee indoors. Replaced bowl as soon as I got downstairs, she had a big drink and is now settled. If this works every night I’ll love you all forever ?

So sorry to read of your doggy problems. I’ve read through this thread and some good, sensible solutions offered. I applaud your decision to make her last months the happiest possible in return for all she has given you over the years.

All you can do is manage the situation as best as possible using some of these ideas ??

Good news GrannyIris!
I'm crossing my fingers that this routine works for you.

Me too