This is a continuation of a threat started by Alice mom---

suzi--I recently changed Nora to an evo diet--also a no grain soft food that she loves----

It makes sense that she would pee more, humans do also with high protien.

The thing is I  now have limited her water becasue she was peeing SOO much and having accidents.  At first I attributed to spay and then to behaviour, but I think that the food change might be part of it.

I limited her water yesterday and she had no accidents.  I do not want to hurt her kidneys though.

A couple times in the past when she was overly thirsty, she would look at her water bowel and bark, or even jump in the bathtub and ask me to turn on the faucet.  She knows how to ask for water.

So even though I am giving her less than before, I hope that it is enough to deal with the high protien--I cannot tolerate her peeing in the house all the time))

Whadya thing? anyone?

My babies are crated during the day, Mel.  Only my Snoopy has potty issues, but that's cuz he was crated 24/7 for the first 2-3 years of his life and the only way he could relieve himself was in his crate, so he's not cratetrained.  I keep him in my bathroom with areas he peepees in during the day.

It may take her some time to adjust to the new food and this may only be temporary - guess taking her out more may help, at the same times every day to get her on a schedule.

This is just a suggestion and may not be a good one but can you get pee pads or something to put down so if she needs water she can drink but if she does have an accident it's easy clean up? Just a thought......

When you take her out Mel, be sure to be vocal with her.  Tell her to go pee pee... go pee pee... and when she does, praise her big time!!  Even give her a piece of kibble so that pottying outside is a good thing.

My Sandy's been really bad about pottying before we go to bed.  She just stands there.  For several nights now, I've had to chase her out to the yard to go potty.  Once she hits the grass, she's fine, and she'll go, but the several feet from the back porch over the patio OUT to the yard is the problem!!

I don't know if it's cuz it's been REALLY cold here or what, but little Sandy needs to get a grip!! 

Aren't they odd?  If I let them out too early, my Snoopy is on and off the bed all night - needing to drink and pee... no matter what time lately, Sandy just stands there ... honestly, I had to CHASE her into the yard last night!  I know if they don't go potty before I go to bed, they'll either wake me up, or I'll feel bad that they hadn't gone all night and get me up early... odd little critters they are!!

Once Kaci peed on the bed cuz I don't think he pottied enough outside and same with Mickey once.  Guess when they gotta go they gotta go!!!!!!!!!

Gee, excessive urinating sounds like there may be something else going on.  Diabetes Miellitis and Diabetes Insipidus in dogs can cause excessiv urinating.  Had a dachsie with the latter years ago and he peed nearly hourly until they got the DI under control with Vasopressin injections. 

Another interesting point re your protein comment:  my girls have been on a PURE PROTIEN (Raw Diet) since January and they do not pee one bit more than they always have.  FWIW canned food (not sure if the grain-free you mentioned is canned or not) has a higher water content than kibble and will definitely cause dogs to drink a little less water, but canned food doesn't have enough water in it to cause excessive urinating. 

You might want your vet to rule out a possible UTI or something more complicated going on with the kidneys/urinary tract.  Just food for thought.

Snoopy is really the only one who drinks A LOT more than he used to. He also had crystals, which I'm sure was part of the problem, but he's all OK now... but he def drinks more now than before, as do the others, but not excessively. Perhaps since it's not a pure, natural raw diet like your babies are on, it's causing more water intake and urination.... although I try to make sure they're on a very high quality kibble, I know it's not as good as if they were on raw.