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My house-trained dog peed in her kennel. Can I treat a suspected UTI at home?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Great Dane | Female | spayed | 9 months and 16 days old | 100 lbs

My 10 month old Great Dane has peed in her kennel a few times now, and she is very well house-trained and has never broken her training. Even still, it had only been a couple hours since she was last out. I'm worried that she probably has a UTI. Can I treat this at home any way? I have work tomorrow and don't want her sitting around in pee while I'm away, is there anything I can do to prevent this?

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Answered By Vanessa Yeager DVM MPH

Veterinarian

Published on December 10th, 2018

Hi and thanks for posting! There are really no home treatments for a urinary tract infection. Your best bet is taking her to be seen by her veterinarian so a diagnosis can be reached in order to appropriately treat her. Your veterinarian will likely take a sterile sample of urine from Athena to be analyzed in order to determine if Athena has a urinary tract infection or perhaps another health issue such as estrogen responsive urinary incontinence which can be common after spaying. Both conditions have different treatments so it is important Athena have these checked with her vet. Urinary tract infections are more common in female dogs and sometimes can be more common in females that have a hooded vulva which is a anatomically variation. Some owners may opt to place their pets on a special urinary food while others may turn to a daily cranberry supplement to help prevent them in the future. I hope this helps!

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