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Why did my house-trained dog pee while playing after a colon issue?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | German Shepherd | Female | spayed | 65 lbs

So my dog is 4 years old and house trained. I was playing with her inside with a ball and all of a sudden she squats at pees. She looks up at me and realized what she did and ran under the table but why did she do this?. .. now I will say she did recently have to get her colon scrapped due to eating bones. So her colon is Still sore and is hard for her to pass a stool. Should I be concerned?

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Answered By Rebecca, DVM

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Published on May 30th, 2017

Hi. Poor Sonoma, housebroken dogs seem to get quite upset when they have an accident. If all else is normal and this was a one time thing I wouldn't worry. She may have just been too excited playing and forgot to ask to go out. If it happens more than once you may want to have her evaluate by her vet to rule out a urinary tract infection or some complication from her earlier procedure.

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    Answered By Jessica Keay, DVM

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    It is possible she has some residual inflammation in her pelvis from her previous issue and she felt an urgency to go. I would monitor her closely for other signs of urinary tract infection including repeated accidents, asking to go out frequently, going very small amounts each time, straining to pee, blood or bad odor in pee, and lethargy. If these occur a vet exam is needed.

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