Strangest thing, really. She’s four years old now, fixed, about sixty pounds. Nothing has changed in her world, and I haven’t noticed any changes in her behavior, or health.
But . . .
Couple of nights ago, I lay in bed, reading. She came to the side of the bed, and whimpered, asking to be let up onto the bed. I patted the mattress beside me, and up she hopped. Everything seemed normal. She found a comfy spot and lay down beside me. Soon, she was sleeping. Later, I bent down to pull the cover up onto my legs and woke her up. She is always a bit irritated when you move and wake her, so she hopped off the bed, leaving behind a big wet patch.
I was shocked. I was stunned. I couldn’t believe she had peed in my bed! It couldnt be! I sniffed the patch, but it didn’t smell like urine. In fact, it didn’t smell like anything at all. She hadn’t asked to go outside. She had to have done it in her sleep.
I called my hubby up to see it. He offered the explanation that maybe she had just been licking the sheets (which she does for some odd reason) but it was too big of a wet patch to be saliva.
Then, a day or so later, she was lying in her doggy bed sleeping. I was about to leave, so I called her to go outside, and saw that she had left another big wet spot. I still can’t believe she’s peeing in my house, so again, I sniffed it. Nothing-- no smell at all.
She’s never soiled in the house before. I leave her at home alone all day while I’m at work, and I’ve never come home to an unpleasant surprise. What would make a well-trained dog suddenly start peeing her bed? I really don’t think she’s doing it intentionally. Is it urine? Could she be, uhm, leaking something? Is she losing control of her bladder while she’s sleeping? Is this a symptom of something physical? Should I be worried?
Of, course, her successor Phyllis gets a bedtime biscuit, but we use a lot less peanut butter now.