Pelvic Bladder

OVERVIEW
Describes a condition in which the neck of the bladder is located extremely caudally in the pelvic canal and the urethra is shortened or displaced; most often associated with incontinence in young intact female dogs, but some dogs with pelvic bladder do not exhibit urinary incontinence

SIGNALMENT
Dogs and rarely cats; the difference in prevalence between species is presumably because the cat has a longer urethra than a dog of similar size.
May occur in dogs of both sexes, either intact or neutered, but primarily affects young intact female dogs (< 1 year of age); usually detected in male dogs after neutering