Question about beagle?

Just curious, I got a beagle about a year ago. She's a tricolor female, my folks got her at a pet store when she was 10 weeks old. Anyway, we were told she had a hernia when she was born, she also has papers.





When she was a puppy she went to the bathroom a lot, she's gotten better but she still goes but not as much as she did as a pup.





We found out from the vet she also had allergies which is common for dogs that live in Nevada(where I am).





We switched the food that we give her as well as the cleaning product we use to mop the floor. It's helped, but one thing though I was reading an article about pet stores getting pups from puppymills. Several of the petstores I've seen and been to get their dogs from USDA approved breeders. My female beagle came from a beagle breeder in Iowa, her papers even have the breeder's phone number.





Would the hernia have something to do with my beagle's bladder problem or what?





she's a healthly and is best friends with my sister's pug.

Question about beagle?
It's doubtful that the 2 are connected. But if the hernia hasn't closed up on it's own, she needs surgery to close it, as that could be dangerous to her.





As to USDA vs puppymill, it's very easy to be both! A puppymill is not merely a place that is unsanitary, but also a place that has too many dogs to really pay attention to, and common opinion varies as to what that magic number is.
Reply:Yes,it definitely could make her need to urinate more.Is the dog spayed? If not,now is the time to do it,and have the hernia repaired while she's under. Also,because most pet store pups do come from puppy mills,they spend their entire lives in a cage,and learn to go to the bathroom wherever they can,so they are sometimes harder to housebreak. I would get that hernia fixed,though.Oh,and the "papers" mean nothing,any breeder can get "papers" as long as both parents are registered and of the same breed.It does not mean that the dog is healthy or of champion stock.
Reply:I had a schitzu that also had a hernia. We had him from the time he was about 8 months old and he just passed away at 13. Check the protein count on the dog food your feeding her as I know that too high of a protein can cause a lot of bladder problems. In answer to you question, I dont think the hernia is contributing at all. :)
Reply:USDA licence IS a puppy mill! Responsable breeders do not have USDA licences. Think about it.. US Department of Agriculture.. its for farming and livestock. Anyone who has such a licence basically feels that their dogs are nothing more than livestock.








If a dog had an umbilical hernia, its not recommended to use them for breeding.
Reply:You didn't specify what type of hernia it was. It could have been an umbilical hernia (where the belly button is) or inguinal hernia (in the groin). If the bladder is trapped in the groin , you will see a swelling for sure . Since there 's no sign of a swelling , the hernia could not be contributing to the bladder problem .