Pat thank you for this! I belong to another group and I tried to tell them this but only one person agreed and wanted to listen, the rest, well the disagreed very strongly. I went through this with my girls and I must confess after my hysterectomy I needed hormonal replacement because of my adrenal insufficiency. One of my males had Cushing's disease in the early stages and after he was neutered it went full blown because his adrenal glands weren't healthy enough to produce testosterone. Nancy and the Dogtown Gang :) ----- Original Message ----- From: Pat To: silver-list@eskimo.com Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 6:19 PM Subject: Re: CS>Spay Incontinence in Dogs
Spay Incontinence After a female dog is spayed, their level of the female hormone, estrogen, is significantly lower. Estrogen plays a part in constricting the sphincter muscles dogs use to urinate. The lack of estrogen means a lack of that tone needed to control her sphincter. The adrenal glands also produce estrogen, albeit in small amounts. This is usually enough to keep the sphincter muscles working properly, but in about 20% of cases, this isn't so. Male dogs also suffer this (with the lack of testosterone) however it's not generally as much of a problem as it is with female dogs. Read more: Spay Incontinence in Dogs - VetInfo ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: 123 456 <whiteol...@gmail.com> To: silver-list@eskimo.com Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 4:56 PM Subject: Re: CS>Spay Incontinence in Dogs Incontinence in any warm blooded mammal, human or otherwise, is usually attributed to kidney functions being blocked or damaged in some way. No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2197 / Virus Database: 2437/5208 - Release Date: 08/18/12 "I love dogs. They live in the moment and don't care about anything except affection and food. They're loyal and happy. Humans are just too damn complicated." ~ David Duchovny ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2197 / Virus Database: 2437/5208 - Release Date: 08/18/12
