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I am a Veterinary Technician. My American Pit Bull Terrier has had incontinence issues since about a year or so after she was spayed. She was spayed at 10 months old. For the first 4-5 years, she was on PROIN, but we kept having to increase the dose to see results and eventually, the effectiveness of the drug seemed to wear off. She never had a negative reaction while on it, but she started to refuse to take it and we got tired of jamming those huge tablets down her throat twice a day when it wasn't even working 100% anyway. We have just been cleaning up the dribbles as we see them and washing the dog bedding frequently - she usually loses control while sleeping/resting and it's almost always on the dog beds or in her fave place to lay in our kitchen on the rug in the sunlight. So while irritating and a lot of work, I thought it was better than her being on a drug, that wasn't completely working, with potential reactions. But oh the puddles...they have gotten so large this year (she's turning 9 soon) have gotten out of hand. She was waking up covered in pee and our other dog started getting covered in pee too if she slept on the same dog bed. We were bathing both dogs nonstop and washing bedding nonstop. So tired of the smell of pee.
We (hubby too, one who doesn't like to spend money on the dogs) are SO GLAD we gave this a try. She's been on it for 3 weeks now and we started noticing the puddles were gone within a few days of the 3 times daily dose. She still dribbled, but no more lakes. That was awesome enough for me to be really excited and would have been content with just that result alone! Within a week to 2 weeks, the dribbles were gone. Now, she's down to the twice daily dose and we are still seeing no dribbles. She doesn't reek of pee, the dog beds don't reek of pee, it's absolutely awesome. After years of struggling with this, we have finally found something that is doable for her and us and it works!
I couldn't be more pleased!
I don't know how on earth people manage to get their dogs to take this on their food or in their water though! Mine HATES the taste. To avoid having her taste it as much, I put the drops in her closed mouth along her gums towards the back of her mouth, kinda just opening her jowls to do it, wait for her to swallow a couple of times.
*** Update 2018 ***
I still recommend these drops even though they eventually stopped working for her when used long term, as with any other drug/supplement we've tried over the last 13 or so years. When used for a week or 2, here and there with a break in between, it does work again so I still use it especially while traveling.
If you are desperate as we have been, I have a somewhat odd recommendation to try. Last year, she was losing a ton of muscle mass due to aging and old ACL injuries so as a last ditch effort to keep her comfortable and alive in her old age, I decided to try a muscle building supplement called Bully Max (just the tablets, not the food or anything else, but I did also switch her to a higher protein dog food as well). My goal was simply to help her build some muscle to support her ailing joints. Which it truly did, but it had another awesome side effect - she stopped dribbling and stopped gushing lakes uncontrollably. She still sometimes can't make it outside, but 90% of the time, she can and at over 14 years old now and with mobility limitations, I think that's pretty darn good! The dog bed is very rarely wet either! I've tested my theory of Bully Max helping her urinary incontinence 4-5 times by stopping the med and sure enough, she goes back to being completely urinary incontinent until I put her back on Bully Max! I don't know what it is, but it has worked for her and made our lives so much less stressful!
December 2013 · Pet Supplies · verified purchase