I guess that is something that could be true. The clinic didn't flag any abnormalities from her urine sample, but if it was something on it's way out already, maybe nothing was enough to be detected?
Katyusha and Zastava
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That could be but I'm just speculating too.
I'll be looking forward to hearing about it - I'm sure she'll pass!
Thanks! This place hands out pup cups and Z knows it, so we will have to get there a little early and sneak that in before the evaluation starts
That's how I understood it. Only because I don't think there's anything that 'cures'. It just treats. Which means it will be ongoing the rest of their life.
@JanS and @jazzies mum have some experience with this. and I'm sure there's others. Is that true or were you able to treat incontinence and then stop the medication?
I didn't stop it but she was down to one tablet every 3 or 4 weeks.
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Jazz was on one a week for life. I did try gradually extending time between doses but this was the sweet spot.
Thank you. Good information .
And what was the prescription you were both using?
I recently helped at our little kennel club CGCA test. There were 3 dogs tested. On the off leash recall a dog food dish with a piece of hotdog was set about 6 feet off the direct path of recall. Two of the 3 dogs went to the dog food bowl (it had a screen over it so the dogs could not get the hotdog) and they did not leave it when told to, nor did they continue their recall. The third dog slowed and did a sniff circle but continued the recall to the owner. So recall with distraction failed 2 of 3 dogs that day. I think Z has a better background of obedience, but that might be a good thing to practice a couple of times since she knows sometimes treats happen at that place.Thanks! This place hands out pup cups and Z knows it, so we will have to get there a little early and sneak that in before the evaluation starts
While we aren't capable at this point of obedience in the sense of trials, I will say that Z has the best recall and willingness to respond to commands or even suggestions from me out of any of my dogs
. With that being said, she also has the highest drive for food of any of them too, so your suggestion is probably very well worth running through ahead of time. Our evaluator, if I recall correctly, uses kibble in a covered dog dish, at least for one of the tests, as I recall from Katyusha's evaluations. The pup cups come from the coffee shop that is inside a larger outfitter's store, and our standard operating procedure in the past has been that I let her be amped and get to the coffee part right away, she gets her pup cup as a "bribe" for good behavior, and then she's satisfied. So I feel pretty good that once that is done, she will behave well enough to pass, but the second food source will be new to her, so practice will be worthwhile. I ended up taking 4 days off prior to the tests, for general bonding time, finishing touches, and reinforcement for passing behaviors.
That's interesting. I remember back when we had Boris (our first Doberman) that the trainer has us walk the "trail of treats" and the dog had to ignore it. He did a good job since he wouldn't take treats from strangers but Olive would fail miserably. LOL
Katyusha has showed no further symptoms of incontinence, so I am thrilled about that. Maybe it was a once and done tail end of a UTI I was seeing, after all? I had the day off mostly to polish up the relationship between Z and I ahead of her tests, but that doesn't take the whole day, so I took Katyusha to the nursing home before z's training run. It was a very blessed day for her and I, and I think some residents, too.
I took Zastava to her CGCA and CGCU test location yesterday and today, not to cheat the system, but to reintroduce her to that particular store. I would love feedback from the rest of you who have trained and competed in nosework, but I feel like Z has a nose that is turned up to 11 all the time because of that training, and I would love to hear if anyone feels that with us. Both days went pretty great, as long as I let her sniff the whole store out first. After that, she could relax and give me some great long lead down stays with recall and down stays with me returning to her. Her "LEAVE IT" is strong, so I feel confident for the food distraction. All in all, she was calm at all times, complimented by many folks who said things like 'my dog could never do this'. We have had a great couple of days for moving into testing territory. I think we will take tomorrow off, then hit a short training Saturday, and hopefully be ready for evaluations Sunday, where we can hopefully wrap this all on a high note.
I took Zastava to her CGCA and CGCU test location yesterday and today, not to cheat the system, but to reintroduce her to that particular store. I would love feedback from the rest of you who have trained and competed in nosework, but I feel like Z has a nose that is turned up to 11 all the time because of that training, and I would love to hear if anyone feels that with us. Both days went pretty great, as long as I let her sniff the whole store out first. After that, she could relax and give me some great long lead down stays with recall and down stays with me returning to her. Her "LEAVE IT" is strong, so I feel confident for the food distraction. All in all, she was calm at all times, complimented by many folks who said things like 'my dog could never do this'. We have had a great couple of days for moving into testing territory. I think we will take tomorrow off, then hit a short training Saturday, and hopefully be ready for evaluations Sunday, where we can hopefully wrap this all on a high note.
Of course, if we have earned the right to pose with AKC community dog and AKC CGC urban ribbons, or either one, I will certainly share here first!
