Around 3 months ago, my husband and I adopted a 2 year old female boxer. After we got her home, we started noticing wet spots on the carpet. They weren't very big and did not smell of urine. We believed it to be from when she drank and laid down on the carpet. She is housetrained and knows to "ask" to go outside. However, last night I woke up in the bed drenched from some unknown wet substance that was spread throughout the bed and soaked the bedspread, sheets and mattress cover. It was on the side that she sleeps on (she sleeps with us) and the majority of it was on the bedspread. Again, it does not smell of urine and she was sleeping in it as well. Now we are very confused as to what it could be. We close the bedroom door when we sleep and there's no water in our room.

Any input would be welcome. Thank you very much!

I'd have my vet do a urinalysis if she were my dog. There are medical conditions, like Cushing's disease and diabetes, that cause the urine to be extremely diluted, so there's little if any odor to it. And she could be leaking urine without being aware of it, too.

[lulusmom]

I absolutely agree with Vetgroomer. I have two dogs and a foster dog with cushing's so I am very familiar with dilute urine. Dilute urine comes when the kidneys lose their ability to concentrate the urine and believe me, the amount of dilute urine that a dog can pee at one time is pretty amazing. Usually, the dog will also drink a lot more water to keep up with the frequent urination so as to not dehydrate. Have you noticed an increase in your baby's water intake? There are many conditions that can cause this, including but not limited to cushing's, diabetes, urinary tract infections and bladder stones. Just remember that dogs with this problem have a lot of accidents in the house, unless they have a doggie door and even then, sometimes they just can't make it.

I am also an active member on a cushing's forum and I can tell you that two years old is very young for cushing's but it's not unheard of. One of my cushdogs was diagnosed at three years old and we suspect she had it at least a year before that. My other one is a rescue and we believe he is about 10 and our foster is about 13 years old. All are on medication and you would never know they have the disease.

Fingers and paws are crossed here hoping that the problem is no more serious than a UTI. Until your vet can determine what the problem is, you may want to consider diapers, especially if she is going to continue to sleep with you. I've used them in the past and they are great.

[@Babygirl]

My dog has the same issue, but I've seen her pee on pads (within the past week) and her pee is very concentrated. What is going on?

[cigwyllt]

I think you should get her checked by a vet. It doesn't sound like a behaviour issue if she is also going to the toilet where she should. How old is she by the way? Is she spayed?

[@Babygirl]

She is almost 6 months old. She a boston/pug cross. As far as I have observed she doesn't really drool. We have an appointment at the vet on Saturday, but I still want to try and figure something out. It's just too weird.

[lange]

It could be anything. Do you notice when it happens? During sleep, awake, both? Does she lick herself a lot? Is it a big wet spots or small? Could it possibly be drool?

Because of her age I would wonder if she's drinking too much & can't hold it well or if it's juvenile vaginitis? My girl just went thru vaginits when she was even younger although her case was mild so she didn't leave wet spots that I was ever aware of.