Saturday, November 12, 2011

Dogs Urinary Incontinence


The most obvious sign of this condition is to see that the urine comes out when your dog or cat sleeps or gets up. When you get out of bed may notice an odor of urine and bedding may be wet. This is not a case where your pet is to mark territory or express any emotional problems, but the result of urinary incontinence. The condition causes urine to flow without being able to control pet.Hormone therapy is the most common solution but applied by conventional veterinary hormone therapy may have a side effect of weakening the immune system. Holistic vets may advise you to try some remedies that will help your pet naturally produce more estrogen and your pet will help improve bladder control.

Acupressure is a remedy you can try at home. There are several acupressure points that control the bladder, and adrenal gland. When these points are stimulated they can strengthen the urinary sphincter and cause the body to produce more estrogen. After location the correct pressure points on your pet (find diagrams online) only needs to apply pressure at these points. It is not difficult to learn and if you are sensitive, all you can do wrong is to be a little too aggressive.

You can also try a course of homeopathic bladder control. The remedies usually contain ingredients such as Gelsemium (plant Yellow Jasmine), alumina, Plantago, Causticum and Cantharsis (obtained from a beetle called Lytta vesicatoria, which is commonly known as Spanish fly or blister beetle) . Homeopathic remedies are easy to use, since they generally come in the form of drops that can be placed on the tongue or added to water.If you’re pet is elderly sometimes lose bladder control because they are forgetful. Holistic vets may recommend digestive enzymes that help the intestines to absorb nutrients better. More efficient absorption of nutrients helps keep the brain of an older animal of deterioration.