Why is my senior diabetic dog drinking and peeing a lot in bed?
Updated On September 23rd, 2025
My female patterdale is diabetic and now blind but she has started drinking a lot again and is eating alot .shes rescued so we we don't know her age we would guess 17 isherwood. She started to wee in her bed
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Published on January 2nd, 2017
It could be that her insulin needs adjusting, and the diabetes is causing her to drink more and then pee in her bed. It could also be she has another medical issue, such as kidney disease, causing her to drink more and urinated in her bed. I would recommend taking her into the vet first thing in the morning for a geriatric blood panel and urinalysis to see what is causing her to drink, eat, and pee more.
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Published on January 1st, 2018
I would be suspicious of diabetes with this history. They do tend to drink a lot though, so this definitely does not fit well. Urinating frequently without drinking more almost never happens, so I would check that there's no possibility that she is drinking more. Otherwise, she could be urinating more frequently due to a urinary tract infection. Either way, it's best to have Lucy evaluated by a vet sometime soon. The vet will be able to further evaluate her and test for the possibility of diabetes. I hope that helps and all is well with Lucy.
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