HI All, our beloved Westie, Spike, is a little over 12.5 yrs old and started having symptoms (incontinence) about a month ago. He was first diagnosed with a urinary infection and when that didn't clear up all the tests were started. They found a 3 cm mass in his bladder and the vets are 99% sure it's TCC and put him on piroxicam and meds for his stomach and glucosamine for the lining. We have scheduled a scope and biopsy with a specialist next Friday to see what we're dealing with.Spike also has an enlarged prostate which is worrisome. Still, he acts and plays just like the puppy he's been for the last 12 plus years!! HIs appetite is great, he does strain to try to urinate after he goes but his flow is still good, however there are some drops of blood that is visible to the eye. Doing some reading I found out that Westies are predisposed to bladder cancer and they even conduct studies on that. We want to give Spike 2 or more years of quality life, that's our only hope- we'll put up with the pee accidents as long as he's happy ,and not in pain. I'm so glad I found this site, it will give us hope. God bless these dogs they are so special.