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Anyone Advice On Getting A Urine Sample From A Dog Who Is Determined You Won't?

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ladybirder | 15:33 Fri 06th Jan 2017 | Animals & Nature
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This has been going on for over a year and will continue as he has kidney problems. He let me do it a couple of times then refused so my neighbour had a go, successfully at first, but not any more. The minute I bend down he stops peeing and moves away, slowly, then starts peeing again, I bend down he stops peeing etc etc. So instead of the garden we went to the park and I kept him on a short lead so he couldn't move away. He started to pee I leant over him with container in hand, he moved the lead around my leg which caused me to lose my balance and I fell over. Somehow I ended up with about half a thimbleful of urine plus a bit of grass and a couple of lumps of mud in the container. For as long as he lives we are going to need samples from him. Any helpful suggestions welcome. Ta. x
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^^^ It looks like we're agreed that you need a receptacle on the end of a long handle!
15:58 Fri 06th Jan 2017

We had to do it with one of the Dobies, same problems. Bought a cheap plastic 1 pint jug, taped it to the end of a short garden cane, problem solved.
^^^ It looks like we're agreed that you need a receptacle on the end of a long handle!
ice cream tub
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Thanks Chris and Baldric very useful. I had thought of a soup ladle but mine seems to have disappeared. Yes Chris I think a stick with a long handle will work. He's only got little legs and his willy (am I allowed to say willy?) is only about 3" off the ground so not sure what to put on the end of the stick and how to secure it. Actually a soup ladle on the end of a stick might work and would be easy to attach. I'll buy another ladle and give it a try. Thank you both.

Bednobs thank you for your answer but I don't understand why you think an ice cream carton would work? It wasn't a fault with the container that was causing the problem.
Note to self:
Refuse all offers of soup at Ladybirder's house ;-)
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How that made me laugh out loud Chris;-)
Disguise yourself as a tree?
LB, if he’s a little dog, you might be better with a serving spoon with the handle bent to the right angle and fastened to a longer handle (stick) The smaller bowl will catch less but should be enough to test and it will be easier to get in the right place without distracting him
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I don't think that'll fool my dog Togo LOL but thanks for the suggestion;-)

Woof, thank you also, the serving spoon will be my Plan B if the ladle proves too big.
Try a long handled dustpan - they are angled just enough to slip underneath and catch it without bending over. Takes a bit of practice not to touch the dog with it and to withdraw it quickly once you've got some wee in it. Reminds me of the story when I worked with greyhounds, at the track we had to take a sample in a bowl for testing - we had a new lad start and nobody told him it was a wee sample so he took a bowl full of poo to the vet for testing!
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Another good idea thank you Lankeela. It will have to be a small dustpan as he's only little but worth a try. Oh and that lad wasn't daft, poo would be much easier to collect than wee as you can pick it up once it's hit the ground!

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