{"id":23132,"date":"2022-03-25T11:11:36","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T11:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/why-is-my-dog-peeing-a-long-time\/"},"modified":"2022-03-25T11:11:36","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T11:11:36","slug":"why-is-my-dog-peeing-a-long-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/why-is-my-dog-peeing-a-long-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is my dog peeing a long time?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy counter-decimal ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><i class=\"ez-toc-glyphicon ez-toc-icon-toggle\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/why-is-my-dog-peeing-a-long-time\/#Why_is_my_dog_peeing_a_long_time\" title=\"Why is my dog peeing a long time?\">Why is my dog peeing a long time?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/why-is-my-dog-peeing-a-long-time\/#How_can_you_tell_if_your_dog_has_a_urinary_infection\" title=\"How can you tell if your dog has a urinary infection?\">How can you tell if your dog has a urinary infection?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/why-is-my-dog-peeing-a-long-time\/#What_to_do_if_your_dog_cant_stop_peeing\" title=\"What to do if your dog can&#8217;t stop peeing?\">What to do if your dog can&#8217;t stop peeing?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/why-is-my-dog-peeing-a-long-time\/#How_long_should_a_dog_wee_for\" title=\"How long should a dog wee for?\">How long should a dog wee for?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_is_my_dog_peeing_a_long_time\"><\/span>Why is my dog peeing a long time?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Reasons for dogs to start urinating more frequently include <b>urinary tract infections, diabetes, kidney or liver disease, or incontinence. It would be best to have your dog seen by a veterinarian as soon as possible, and they may want to run some lab work to see what is going on.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_can_you_tell_if_your_dog_has_a_urinary_infection\"><\/span>How can you tell if your dog has a urinary infection?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Symptoms of UTI in Dogs<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bloody and\/or cloudy urine.<\/li>\n<li>Straining or whimpering during urination.<\/li>\n<li>Accidents in the house.<\/li>\n<li>Needing to be let outside more frequently.<\/li>\n<li>Licking around the urinary opening.<\/li>\n<li>Fever.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_to_do_if_your_dog_cant_stop_peeing\"><\/span>What to do if your dog can&#8217;t stop peeing?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If he is urinating in the house, he may have a urinary tract or prostate infection. It would be best to <b>have him seen by your veterinarian, as they can examine him, see what might be going on, and let you know what treatment he may need.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_long_should_a_dog_wee_for\"><\/span>How long should a dog wee for?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Adult dogs typically need to go out every 6-8 hours at a minimum. Crate-trained dogs and those whose pet parents are frequently gone for longer hours may be able to hold for as much as 10-12 hours. This is, however, fairly uncommon and should not be expected of your dog.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Table of Contents Why is my dog peeing a long time?How can you tell if your dog has a urinary infection?What to do if your dog can&#8217;t stop peeing?How long should a dog wee for? Why is my dog peeing a long time? Reasons for dogs to start urinating more frequently include urinary tract infections,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23132"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23132\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}