My border collie is 9 years old and over the last 2 weeks she's

Take her out to pee more often. It won't solve the problem but the puddles won't be as bad.

Maybe even invest in doggy diapers if the vet can't find any medical solution.

>>2470712

The door outside is open almost from 6am to 11pm and she can freely go in and out during those times. She pees outside as often as usual :(

>>2470698
>Spayed
I'm sorry anon. Don't fall for this absurd meme again. She's going to have joint and bone issues too, guaranteed. Get her a diaper until you find some meds that work. Hormone replacement therapy can sometimes work, but proin is supposed to be really good too. You might need to experiment with your vet for a bit.

Your vet is probably right, many spayed females develop incontinence when they get older, especially if they were spayed when they were young.

Call your vet to ask about the lab results. In the meantime, look into doggie diapers for her while you're looking for a medical solution. And please be patient with your dog, it's not get fault and she has no control over it so don't be angry with her.

>>2470698

She's a border collie. She's almost guaranteed to have mental issues. She's probably senile at this point because you don't own a farm or field to herd animals with.

They are one of the dog breeds that MUST be worked or they die young, like Dalmatians. Thats why they are hyperactive as fuck.

>>2470817
>joint and bone issues
Like every old person and old animal ever? Fuck off. 9 years is average for a border collie, unaltered or not.

While spaying or neutering too young is fucked, your dog is old, OP. Yes, border collies can live longer but an unspayed one could just as easily kick the bucket already at this age.

Spaying is definitely better than the shit that commonly pops up with not spaying, such as 2k+-6k surgeries when their uterus swells up larger than a football full of puss. I'd show you the pictures of what it looked like when that happened to not one but three of my parent's dogs and my cat. It was an emotional and financial nightmare on us and agony on those pets.

>>2470943
I'm not talking about kicking the bucket, I'm talking about quality of life in the sunset years. Spaying absolutely leads to a significant increase in incontinence and bone/joint problems. Anecdotes are anecdotes. I've seen very few cases of pyo in older bitches, but I have had to euthanize dogs who were suffering from extreme joint pain and urinating on themselves because they couldn't even get up on their own anymore.

>>2470817
>I'm sorry anon. Don't fall for this absurd meme again. She's going to have joint and bone issues too, guaranteed. Get her a diaper until you find some meds that work. Hormone replacement therapy can sometimes work, but proin is supposed to be really good too. You might need to experiment with your vet for a bit.
Recent meta-studies suggest at best a weak correlation between early spaying (before 3 mo) and incontinence. Then again, spaying before 12 mo significantly decreases occurrence of hemangiosarcoma, which is more significant than flimsy anecdotal "evidence" suggesting spaying causes incontinence later on.