How to Express a Dog or a Cat
Thursday, October 27th, 2005An injured animal often loses its ability to urinate. This is a critical, sometimes fatal problem unless the caretaker knows how to manually cause the animal to urinate, called ‘expressing’ the animal. Your vet will show you, step-by-step, how to do this and it is important that you follow your vet’s instructions carefully. This page is a discussion of expressing and not intended to be a substitute for a vet’s advice.


