It should be noted however, that incontinent dogs are more susceptible to ascending
bacterial bladder infections because of the mechanism that causes the bladder to leak.
Not exact matches
There are a number of reasons a dog might be suffering from cystitis and these include a
bacterial infection, injury to the
bladder after an accident, urine retention
because of inherited
bladder defects, stones or tumours, dehydration or vitamin A deficiency.
Bacterial infection is the most common type of
infection and is usually seen in female dogs
because they have a short urethra (tube that carries urine from
bladder to outside of body).