Quote Originally Posted by catnapper
Oh, I forgot.... is he on any meds at the moment? steroids or anything? I ask about steroids because they're famous for increasing thirst and making them pee like crazy.

16 months old is rather late to have him neutered, but I'm glad you did. The peeing could also likely be result of him leaving his scent behind for fellow girlie basset hounds. This may or may not stop because you waited so long that the behavior is now habit. You won't really know for a few weeks because the hormones are still in his system and they'll take a few weeks to fade away.
The only meds he is on is for his HD (glucosamine, fish oil and MSM), but he's been on those since he was diagnosed 8 months ago. I got him fixed now because I could finally afford it and I don't wanna breed him because of his HD. The only change in anything with him is the food. I started switching him from IAMS to Innova Evo three days ago, and that's about the time his thirst increased.