My dog who has problems with her spine woke this morning and had trouble walking. Don't know if she trapped a nerve but after a dose of loxicom is back to her normal walking for her. My problem is she hasn't had a wee since last night. I rang the nurse who is a free call with my insurance and she suggested ringing Southern Counties vet which I did but it is only emergencies at weekends. Don't know if you would call it an emergency. How long is it safe for a dog to not wee. She is eating. Not drinking much although I have been giving her water in a syringe. Sorry its a bit long

Finally she has had 2 wees. Never want another day like that for a while

> How long is it safe for a dog to not wee.

Well for what it's worth, my girl absolutely refuses to 'go' anywhere off our property.  The first time we were away overnight, having left by around 8 am when she did both before getting in the car, I spent pretty much all evening taking her out, walking her, from the hotel.  The girls on reception were highly amused.  What did she do - nothing.  In the end I gave up and crated her for the night.  I wasn't worried about the poohing as she'd not eaten much since the previous breakfast. 

The next morning, again nothing, so we set off, and stopped in a service area where, finally, she peed.  That was at about 11 am.  So she'd gone from 8 am the morning before, to then.  I was quite honestly, about to find a vet to catheterise her.  She does hold, normally, for a long time comparatively but that was just too long!  The next overnight trip, she did pee during the evening.

As for the refusal to empty other than in the back garden - heaven knows what happens if we move!!  Early days, I tried taking her out front first thing when she always empties out back.  I walked her up and down - nothing.

I had our first golden refuse to pee for over 24 hours. She knew I had to get a sample and refused point blank to provide one!

I was getting worried encase it had anything to do with her neurological problem. Always worse when it's a weekend and it becomes emergency vets

I've got a girl similar to your MamaBas, but she refuses to pee on lead, not ideal when travelling. I left the house at noon, stopped at a local playing field and she went to the loo there. Then we travelled down to Harwich, took the overnight ferry to Hoek, walked round a park in Hoek - but on lead as wasn't sure then about the local bylaws, I know some places in the Netherlands don't allow sighthounds off lead. I now know it's fine, but didn't know that year. The boys peed at every service station stop in the UK, at the ferry terminal, in the exercise area on the boat and in the park at hoek... Milly done nothing. I arrived for a stopover at a friends in the east of NL, on the German border and let Milly off in her garden, where she done the biggest pee I've ever seen her do

used to take our first weimaraner on holiday to Cornwall every year- at not one single holiday home would she pee in the garden- or on the lead. Only at the beach or the park off lead. made her highly unpopular with my husband who was forced to take her at near midnight every night-and of course she would not pee till had a really nice run round.

boys are soooo much easier