Other reasons why your female dog might have difficulty urinating include a Urinary Tract Infection (UTI), in which the muscles of the urinary tract spasm and prevent the flow of urine (see the Related Links below for more information), and
weakened bladder muscles.
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During older ages, the pelvic
muscles have grown weak and therefore
weaken the walls that are between the
bladder and the vagina.
When estrogen levels begin to drop the
muscles weaken and the
bladder is more difficult to control.
As a woman gets older, her pelvic
muscles start to
weaken, which also leads to a
weakening of the walls located between the vagina and the
bladder.
But all that does is stretch your
bladder, which may
weaken muscles over time, making it harder for you to empty your
bladder completely.
As the
muscles weaken the
bladder will fill with urine and overflow.
In female spayed dogs the most common cause is USMI, which is a
weakening of the
muscle in the urethra (leads from the
bladder to the outside of the body) that shuts off the flow of urine.
Prolapse is usually due to
weakening of the pelvic
muscles, which allows the uterus,
bladder or rectum to enter the vagina.
Stress incontinence is caused by a
weakening of the sphincter pelvic
muscles, which support the
bladder and urethra.