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Collecting a Urine sample from a Bitch/Dog/Puppy

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#1 ·
Taking a urine sample from a Bitch or Puppy.

This is a more common question than you would would think. many bitches, in the course of their life have actual or suspected urinary infections OR the vet just mneeds a urine sample to test for another possible condition. Sometimes owners are a little stumped how to actually get the sample. Its actually very straightforward.

Use the bitches first wee of the day. So before you let her out in the garden first thing in the morning. Put her on a lead and take her out armed with a very shallow, flat baking tray. Walk her round the garden and as she crouches slip the baking tray underneath her. Let her finish her wee on it even if it overflows, and then leave it there. Believe me if you try and pick it up wee will go EVERYWHERE! Then take her back in, bring out a measuring jug with you. Tip the baking tray contents into the measuring jug, then use the measuring jug to fill the sample tube you will have from the vets. Trying to do it almost any other way is near on impossible. Its handy to USE that first wee partly because she will be busting to go so you won't put her off by standing with her, and ALSO the volume of wee will be much greater.


Taking a sample from a Dog.

Same process. Use the first 'busting to go' wee of the day. If he is a boy that cocks his leg, then use a deeper baking tray and just pop it between his 'flow' and what he is aiming at. Bear in mind you don't need to catch that much for a sample. If he is a 'straddler then its easy to pop the tray below him as he wee's as they often wee for a LONG time. Then again, into the measuring jug, then into the sample tube. If he strddles for AGES then he could just wee into the measuring jug and cut out the middle man.

I'm sure that many will have this covered, but its not always the most obvious thing to do!

Di
 
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#4 ·
how stupid am I...when I first saw this post come up I thought why would Di ask that she must know how to do it...duh, I wonder sometimes whether I actually have a brain! Great idea for a post, can I recommend it's made into a sticky for future reference. Thank you. :)
 
#5 ·
if it's something you've preplanned you can get wee-catching-kits from the vets. It's just a little funnel which you hold in the stream of wee and it then drains down into the container which you take back to the vets. It seems to be pretty effective (used them couple of times now) and saves on washing up a baking tray :wink:

Angela
 
#9 ·
Just another tip to add to Diana's post is that it is important the collecting receptacle is sterile before using. (boiling hot water is normally suffecient to ensure no residue of any food or cleaning materials left behind).

If you are collecting the sample before a vet visit and you do not have an official "sample" pot to put it into. Whatever bottle or container you use ensure it does not have any residue of the original contents in it.

For example - a lady used a tuna tin (?why I dont know!) but was surprised when her dogs sample revealed PROTEIN in it!!!! hmmm :roll: .

It helps if the sample is collected the same day as the vet appointment.

I have a small pot that has a screw lid and a little handle so that if I am asked by my customers to collect a sample from their dog whilst on a walk then I stand a chance of still having the sample at the end of the walk!!!

Great post Di!
 
#10 ·
June do you think maybe Monty is SHY? ;-)

Thank you for making this a sticky Nat and thank you to all the extra VERY helpful tips in the subsequent posts!

Di
 
#14 ·
Urine collection made easy!

My vet suggested a soup ladle which works like a charm (made sure I labelled it dogs! :cheesygrin::cheesygrin:). It was easy sterilize & to transfer the sample to a sterile collection bottle. Unfortunately, Lexie has an E. coli cystitis and is on an 8 week course of alternating antibiotics.
 
#16 ·
So with Molly being treated for UTI I also had to get a wee sample - so I went on Amazon and bough a pack or urine sample pots, AND.... a butter/chocolate melting pot! Yup. Tell you what, It's worked a charm :D :D :D shallow enough to go under when she stooped and the little spouts made accurate pouring!



This one was a kitchencraft one, bout £6.
 
#17 ·
I keep a stock of small foil trays and a syringe for this purpose.

If it’s not possible for you to get a sample, from a puppy for example, there are ways a vet can do it but it involves ultrasound and a long needle. It looks pretty brutal but it gets the job done. Pops had to have this, took minutes and she was none the worse for the experience.
 
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