How to Collect a Urine Sample from a Dog

Collecting a urine sample from your dog is often recommended when your dog needs a urinalysis, but how do you collect a urine sample from a dog? Where do you keep the urine? How do you keep it fresh? How long can you store it? And last but not least, how much urine is needed? So many questions!

A urinalysis is one of the most important tools to diagnose many conditions in dogs. For instance, a urinalysis can detect bladder stones, urinary tract infections, liver disease, kidney disease and even bladder stones. As you can tell, it provides valuable information for diagnostic purposes.

In veterinary terms, when a urine sample is obtained from a dog by letting him urinate naturally is known as "free catch." Because urine samples must be at the peak of their freshness, you want to collect the sample within a few hours.

Following is a video on how to collect a urine sample from a dog, including demos of urine sample collections from male dog and female dogs. Stay tuned until the end as there will be several important tips on how to collect your dog's urine sample, how much and how it should be stored.