My Doberman Has Started Have Incontinence Of The Bladder. She Will Lay There And Have The Bladder Leak. Do You Have Any Idea What May Be The Cause Of It? The Doctor Has Put Her On Hormones, That Didn't Work, Now He Has Her On Incontinence Meds And It Hasn't Worked Yet.

　　Presumably the vet has already ruled out an infection.  An infection would be treated using anbiotics.  A simple test of her urine for bacteria should be able to verify that they aren't called for.
　
　　Given it's a doberman and a female dog, I think there's a high chance of something called "spay incontinence".  It sounds like your vet realises this and is acting appropriately.  As the name implies, spay incontinence is a common side effect of being spayed, and is particularly common in Dobermans.  It can develop years after the animal was spayed.  Having the uterus removed may damage nerves, which is why the dog leaks without realising it.

　　Read here about non-surgery ways to treat spay incontinence.  Mostly involving herbs and diet changes. Think carefully about this, the herb/ strict diet regime may not be as low risk as the web page makes out.  I'd would confer with the vet before trying any of it.

　Read here about one dog's treatment history when she developed spay incontinence.  Note that the dog required 2 expensive and painful surgeries, and her incontinence was still not fully resolved after that.  But the owners found the final very small leaks manageable, which was good enough for them.

The type of dog that you have is mostly susceptible to this disease. This disease is called as Urethral Sphincter Mechanism Incompetence (USMI). Mostly female dog is its carrier. Its symptom is urine leakage without even noticing by dog. It most common treatment is to raise the tone of the urethral smooth muscle. You can do it medically, surgically or by both. If you want to give medical treatment then it is given by injecting it with estrogens or adrenergic drugs.

Hi. If the spay incontinence. is not the problem you could ask the doc if they haven't already checked, to look for bladder stones. I had a dog that never had any incontinence. or accidents after she was house broke and them one day when she was about 3 she started peeing and it turned out that she had these bladder stones. Not sure if that is the problem with your doberman but it is worth asking about(= Good luck hope this helps a bit.

My 5 month old doberman has an incontinence problem. She has had it since birth. It has gotten worse as she has gotten older. We are having her tested currently to try and solve the problem. There are a number of health issues that may cause this, but testing is expensive. If you search it out, there are organization to help with the cost if you are in need of the financial help for the testing. Renal disease, uterus problems, and as stated above spay incontinence is very common in older females. If you do a web search and simply put in uncontrollable bladder leakage in dog or something similar, it will give you several readings for ideas. Hope this helps. I will also let you know what I find out with my baby girl.

I also have a 5 month old female doberman with the same problems, and found out she has diabetes insupidus along with portal liver problems, sadly the surgery for the liver is going to cost $2000-$3500, the diabetes is going to cost $35 per pill. My vet has told me that its all my choice to pay for the surgery and pills or just let her live as long as she isn't in pain, unfortunely she has taken a turn for the worse and the vet is giving her 3 weeks then I should just put her to sleep. It very painful but reality is she will never be in great health and she will suffer the rest of her life. I hope you find the answer and hopefully its not the same for your puppy. Good luck

Has she been spayed? Unfortunately sometimes the nerves to the urethra can be accidentally damaged during this procedure - not something vets generally tell you - causing this problem. It can be helped as get vet suggests.

No, she has not been spayed as she is too young for it now. The problem has been since birth. She was the runt of the litter so she is small for her breed.