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Dog Central at MSN.com hosts an article by Shawn Messonnier, DVM that gives hope to human companions of incontinent dogs. Anyone with an aging dog, or a dog that is already dribbling urine, can take some simple and usually safe steps to treat and even correct the problem.  The basics are below, but the article gives a lot of good and useful detailed information to bring to your vet.

Messonnier explains that there are two main types of therapy for incontinent dogs: Conventional (drug based) and Complimentary (Supplemental to the drugs).

Conventional therapy consists of "hormones such as estrogen or testosterone or the drug phenylpropanolamine (PPA.)"

As is usually the case, conventional therapies sound like the most effective but are also the most risky.

Complimentary therapy is based on vitamins and herbs.

Note that any dog exhibiting incontinence should be thoroughly examined by a veterinarian. 

Pets that urinate frequently, urinate large amounts of urine, strain to urinate, or have bloody urine are usually not incontinent, but may have bladder infections or bladder tumors.

For truly incontinent dogs, Messonnier recommends starting with Complimentary types of treatments first, mixing in Conventional (Drug) therapies if the vitamins and herbs do not alleviate the problem. According to Messonnier, a combination of the two therapy types can often erase all symptoms of incontinence in dogs. Messonnier recommends low doses of drugs and hormones with complimentary treatments mixed in.