Does anyone have any past experience in pants for incontinence?

I have an old bitch who had been a little bit dribbly in her sleep sicne she was spayed 7 years ago but now it is getting worse than she can no longer sleep on the bed without it seeping through to the duvet so she is now being banned from upstairs. I would love her to come back up again and dont think she would have an issue with wearing something overnight. Which is the best brand, most comfortable and effective. I would prefer for example 2 pairs that she can wear on alternate days and just chuck them in the washing machine without messing round having to change liners.

Shes always been on propalin which does help and without steroids she cannot medically increase her dosage. Shes a 25kg dalmation/labrador size dog.

I don't have any experience of pants or pads,sorry,but thought you may be interested in something that worked for my 14 year old spayed lab bitch.
She made huge puddles every night  but since putting her on Garlic and Fenugreek and Mixed vegetable tablets from Dorwest Herbs she has been clean every night.
She has 3 of each,twice a day and they worked within a week.
Hope this may help.

I used pants on my old girl,(weimaraner) she had the mikki ones but they did need a pant liner in them and did need changing every couple of hours .(this was for when we visited a relative who had carpets) depends really how much your dog is losing but I can't see the pants working without a liner. don't need to buy the dog ones - just get normal ones and cut them down-far cheaper!
I don't think any of the pants are likely to work well on a dog while you are all asleep either though as they do slip about a bit and need pulling straight when go adrift or you will end up with puddles.
my dog accepted them very well, was quite happy in them and took no notice.

a better idea might be a thick washable pad at side of your bed and teach her she must stay on it. get a few and throw in wash each day.

Have you tried her on Incurin tablets? They worked brilliantly for my old girl, when Propalin didn't.

This may be a totally ridiculous idea but what about some of the tena nappie type pads you can get they last all night for an adult human and cut a hole for her tail. It may be trial and error to find which ones suit best. Tena will even send you some free. (May have to claim they are for you though lol)

I once had an old boy like it.  I had a plastic dog bed in my bedroom (easily scrubbable) and used those old tumble twist rugs inside.  They were 100% cotton, and easily machine washable.  I had a whole pile of them, and just kept changing them for him.

Am I the only person that finds the idea of an incontinent dog sleeping on a (human) bed bizarre ?

Daisy

Probably.

> Am I the only person that finds the idea of an incontinent dog sleeping on a (human) bed bizarre ?
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> Daisy

definitely not Daisy! My dogs don't sleep on the bed during the night anyway, although I have had them in the bedroom in the past, but on the floor in their own beds. Although its very sad if you have had a dog that has always slept on the bed to have to remove it because it was incontinent through no fault of its own, I'm afraid it would just be a good reason to never let it sleep on the bed in the first place. Having a puppy who has twice decided that my bed is a good place to wee and then the rigmarole of having to wash and dry everything including the feather duvet (fortunately we have a waterproof mattress cover so at least the memory foam mattress didn't get soaked too) , there is no way I would even contemplate it.

equalfleece  sell incontinece pants

>Am I the only person that finds the idea of an incontinent dog sleeping on a (human) bed bizarre ?

No, you're not!

Am I the only person that finds the idea of an incontinent dog sleeping on a (human) bed bizarre ?

Don't understand why it would be seen as bizarre, I understand that not everyone wants a dog on their bed or in their ned room but don't understand why it should be seens as 'bizarre' if someone likes dogs in their bedroom that they would like to find a way of making them and the dog comfy to cary on with that if a medical problem makes it a bit more difficult. 

My inconctinent dog sleeps on my bed, she slept there before she became incontinent, so wouldn't do something to add stress to her because she developed a medical problem especially when it is compeltely manageable.  I wouldn't use incontinent pants because I would worry about urine burns if it was a lot of leakage and don't konw if it would incresae risk of infection.  I deal with my girsl by, she has her own duvet which I place a waterproof mattress cover under, with a bit of vet bed on top so that she doesn't get wet and then just wash the covers when needed and if she's going through a bad phase then I just over the duvet with incontinence pads.  Easy and she gets to be where we are both happiest with her being :-)

>Am I the only person that finds the idea of an incontinent dog sleeping on a (human) bed bizarre ?

Nope. With you all the way there.

Thanks for the ideas, I guess it will be a trial and error thing till we find a way that suits her and us. I have ordered a pair of pants to try so I can see if thats an option if shes ok wearing them. I hope they wont move around as somebody says as once this girl goes to sleep a bomb could drop and she wouldnt move, doesnt lick and clean in the night so as long as they are absorbant to catch the little trickle I hope shes more comfortable.

In response to the finding it bizarre, well its not exactly floods like a full bladder wetting, only a patch and shes been up with us all her life, who am I to shove her downstairs in her old age just when she needs a bit of comfort!

Ill give this a go for a while then next trip may be to vets to discuss alternate meds (last time the other option mentioned was steroids and I dont want to go down that route.)

In response to the finding it bizarre, well its not exactly floods like a full bladder wetting, only a patch and shes been up with us all her life, who am I to shove her downstairs in her old age just when she needs a bit of comfort!

Absolutely agree with you, I'm sure you'll find a way of working round it :-)  With somethig like this it is just down to personal preference, everyone is different and you're doing what is best for you and your dog so doesn't really matter what others think.

With regards to it not being spay related, it does often happen within a year or two after but not always and often in principle old age casues the same thing any way.  Actually male dogs that are incontinent can benefit from propalin too so it's not just used for spay incontinence so if she hasn't been on that it is definitely worth a try or as already suggested incurin.  They both can make a massive difference to incontinence so really worth discussing with your vet.