There are some meds for incontinence, I've never tried them on any of my senior dogs when that issue came up. I just took them outside frequently, otherwise confined them when I couldn't supervise them closely and put newspaper down - lots of newspaper. Dogs don't like to pee in the house if they have never (or rarely) done so before, so she is probably stressed as much about it as you. Sorry, no other good advice.

When I had an older female Cairn Terrier become incontinent, she was put on hormones and the problem went away.

Jodi-

Has she been to the vet recently for a work up? Those symptoms are often from infections or problems that can be controlled by medicine. My precious Great Dane had incontinence issues in the latter days of his lymphoma. I would gladly pay any costs or inconvenience just to have him in my life for one more hug and kiss on his sweet soft lips, I miss him every day.

They are not doing it on purpose they are very distressed by the accidents themselves.

My dear sweet Mother is experiencing this stage also and is so disappointed that she is having to wear adult continence products. We all unfortunately experience these kinds of situations, learning to deal with them properly is essential.

It seems we have exhausted all our ideas. She has been to the vet already.
She hates, I mean HATES her crate. She acts like an idiot all night long when I used to have her there. She would constantly pant, pee on her pillow, rip up her pillow case on the bed, rip up the paper on the cage floor, spill her water and do the moon walk the rest of the time. It disrupts our sleep and makes our other dog distressed. The minute she is out of the crate she is BACK TO NORMAL., completely!

As I contemplate what could be done this afternoon, I'm thinking that I will have our breezeway/ mudroom fitted with linoleum and will try to keep her in there. She doesn't like it much, but she will tolerate it.
I have to do something because this is tough on the family.

jodi are you in a snow belt location where she hasn't had access to the yard? her system might be all messed up...bless you for adding flooring, but! make sure it's seamless (not the squares), and i'd put puddle pads down as well...

Heck no, I'm in Southern Calif where the earth shakes and the sun shines daily. :-)

Toni on the other hand might be. :-)

Jodi-

When our previous Yorkie started having problems, he wore diapers. I made cloth diapers with padding. (I bought one pair at a pet store and used it as a pattern to make others.) The diapers had velcro closures, and I put sanitary napkins in them for absorbency. He didn't mind them at all. They surely saved our hardwood floors and carpets.

Another good idea she enjoys undoing. I plan on making a custom diaper that hopefully she can't get off. There aren't any washable pre formed diapers in this town but when I get one, she is wearing it , tail hole added. She can wiggle a disposable off in seconds.

toni - why not just have her put to sleep if you can't find a new home that is able to deal with her problems? I'm sure she is able to sense your and your DH's displeasure with her and that only adds to her stress.

Here's Belly Bands. Not sure exactly how they work but you might take a look.

Sorry for this trouble. I totally understand why you are upset.

Here is a link that might be useful: Belly Bands

Socks, thank you so much! I ordered two belly Bands tonight. The reviews are good and they look like something she could wear comfortably. Can hardly wait to try them out!

The disposables are so awkward and she just looks at me like she's planning her way out of them as soon as I turn a corner. LOL, and she does get them off that soon. She has been the house princess for 14 years so I'm hoping these washables will fit her better so she is finally comfortable.

Moonie, just because Toni doesn't want her peeing everywhere, doesn't mean she doesn't care deeply for the dog. What chance does this dog have of being adopted, if sent to a shelter? I can tell you....zero. Or so close to zero. And it would be much more stressful on her to leave home. Sounds to me like she is doing everything she can. I hope the Belly Bands solve the problem. Good luck to you, Toni.

I take care of animals all day long. I don't have much time for anything else, and I think anything else would be the straw that broke the camel's back. I found a dog on the road a few weeks ago....I thought it was a boxer. I picked it up because I had passed by it for two days, watching it run first one way and then another....looking for someone or something familiar. I thought the boxer rescue would take her....since she isn't a boxer, no. I took her to the humane society but they were so over full, I didn't have the heart to leave her there. And so now I have a dog to deal with that tears up stuff, tries to catch chickens, wants to chase the pigs. She is a full time job in herself. I think if I had raised her, she would be a good dog, and I hope she will eventually be, but it is all time consuming and I don't have a lot of time, but we trudge on. ;)

Toni, I hope they help and she doesn't tear them off. . You got the "girl" kind, right? I'd suggest washing first so they don't have a strange smell. Maybe lay them in her bed for a while so they are familiar. Good luck.

What's the house princess' name?

I'm sitting my son's dog and he has peed 4 times in the house. One more slip up and the belly bands will be ordered. I remove water after 6 pm and take him out at 9 pm and once more in the middle of the night. We cannot have a dog door.

We have always trained all of our dogs to use the papers on the floor in the laundry room when they can't get outdoors into the fenced in yard. We put thick clear vinyl on the floor first, to protect the linolem or tiles, then the newspapers. As dogs age or have medical problems, (people too) accidents are bound to happen. Odoban is an excellent product for removing odors.