My dog was locked in a room for 6 days by accident while we were on vacation. Is he okay? He was acting like himself yesterday, but now he is lying under my bed and growls if I touch him.
Sorry to go anonymous here but a lot of “perfect pet owners” are lashing out. I have several animals, both working and pets. This was several years ago.My small terrier mix was locked up for three days once. She had gotten into the master bedroom unnoticed (probably under the bed) and at 5a on a Friday I left for work locking my bedroom door behind me. I was on call for the entire weekend and therefore stayed near the hospital that I worked. I was busy working all weekend and then worked my normal Monday shift. Finally I could go home Monday evening. My 2 large dogs were outside, very happy to see me. The neighbor kid that house sat was there; he asked where the small terrier was. He completely assumed I took her with me. I was very upset thinking she must've gone out the doggie door and was gone forever (country predators). We were both wrong. She was in my room, locked up tight and had kept quiet, the entire time. We were both mortified but she just greeted me as normal, ran out the dog door to go potty and drank a bunch of water. She hadn't even gone to the bathroom in my room. I slowly hand fed her so she wouldn't eat too much/quickly. She was perfectly fine. She didn't have a bad attitude after but she also NEVER went into my room unnoticed. She's 12 now.Don't be too hard on yourself. I hope your dog is doing well.
How do I stop my dog from demanding to go out in the middle of the night?
Does she try to go to the bathroom, but can't? Or does she just want to go outside to play around? Dogs that have a urinary tract infection often feel like they have to go to the bathroom, but then can't, because their bladder is actually empty. They'll squat to pee or lift their leg, but nothing comes out. If this is what is happening, then I would suggest you take her to the vet and check her for a urinary tract infection. If this isn't the case, then it seems like maybe there is something outside that your dog wants to get to. Maybe she hears or smells something. I would suggest that the next time she asks to go out at an odd hour, you make her stay out. Put her in a kennel or on a tie out. See how that works. El Chistoso
My dog holds her poop, we let her outside numerous times a day and she will only pee, help.?
She used to go outside and do her business all the time, and then one day she decides that she will only go out (on a chain, she can't run loose) and pee. Her butt protrudes out, meaning she has to poop so we let her outside. She refuses to poop out on her chain, but will do it when we take her for walks. Her stools seem longer than her body. They are normal in looks, not runny or have any blood or "worms". In these walks, she will go about 2-3 times...each stool bigger. I know that its not healthy for her to hold her poop in, and its hard for us to walk her all the time, because we work, but we shouldn't have to..you think she would poop outside when she is on her chain. Could it be because of all the spots she has gone on, that she thinks she can't go in those same spots. But when we walk her, she tends to go in the places she went before. She also likes her privacy so if there are plants or trees for her to hide in, that is where she usually goes. If it means anything, she is spayed, healthy, 4 yrs old and an ori-pei (shar pei/pug mix). Any help would be great...serious only!
My dog won't stop using bathroom in house?
I have a 1 year old shi'tzu and he goes through phases. He'll go weeks without using it in the house then he starts up again doing it every day. He goes out does his business comes in a little while later does it again. he won't give any signs he needs to go out. Like last night me and my wife were calling him and he wouldn't come. so we went around the corner into the dining room and he was just laying there at first we thought something was wrong till we started patting our legs for him to come and he got up and he was laying in his pee trying to cover it up. That's the first time he's ever tried to hide it most of the time he just stops wherever and will poop or pee. It's getting pretty old. he goes out on a regular basis..I've tried the doggy training pads...tried crate training basically nothing I do seems to work. Had great success with crate training my other dog when he was a pup but this one just won't stop. he just goes wherever he feels like whenever he feels like. I'm about ready to find him a new home since we live in an apartment I can't keep him outside especially right now it's too cold. Any suggestions on getting him to stop this?
How to help Puppy stop peeing inside his crate.?
Hi! I have a 3 1/2 month old Puggle that is a wonderful dog. My wife and I have had him for about three weeks now and are working hard on crate/housebreaking him. My wife is home with him all day and has him on a strict every two hour potty break. We've gotten him to stop making poops in the house in short order and the peeing is coming along well. The one question we have is how to keep him from peeing inside his crate at night. She takes away his water 2 hours before bedtime and he goes on a final walk ten minutes before we crate him. But is seems like we aren't doing something right because almost every morning he has soiled inside his crate. He does the usual crying/barking inside his crate when we first put him in but usually calms down pretty quickly and will whine in the morning to let us know he has to go out for a walk. He eats three times per day with treats for training and water is always available for him. Is there something that we are doing wrong or is this just a part of having a puppy? Thanks for any help given, he's really a sweet dog and we just want to get this problem solved before it turns into something bigger.
My dog is 17 years old and seems to be suffering from dementia, she has also completely lost control of her bowels. We are considering putting her to sleep. How do you know when its the right time?
There are two things to consider. The first is determine if the dog is suffering. Dogs hide pain as a defense mechanism so you have to watch carefully. The second thing to consider is their personality. Let me explain. We had two dogs who happened to be siblings, both were very old that they had phases of dementia and difficulty walking. One was all dog. He got into everything no matter how dirty he got. When he started soiling himself we cleaned him up each time but he still interacted with our family and was not in pain and was still happy. We let him live until it became clear that living was a struggle for him. When he went he was blind, near deaf, could not walk but he didn’t suffer. His sibling went down the same road; blind, near deaf, difficulty walking. She had always been a clean dog. She would get dirty as all dogs do but she liked to be clean and so we kept her that way. During her life when she got dirty she would bring us a towel to clean her with. In her weakened age, we carried her out to urinate and defecate but she had gotten very erratic and it was hard to tell what was up. She soiled herself by accident. She was mortified because she hated being dirty; even though we cleaned her the moment it happened. Soon after, just after we had just taken her out to pee she soiled herself again and she cried out until we cleaned her. We could have kept her alive a little longer like her brother; they were both almost 18 years, which is long for Labrador retrievers, but we put her down sooner because even though she was not in pain, she was suffering in her own way. She was stressed out over not being able to get up and poop when she wanted. She did not like being dirty and even with our best effort accidents happened. She was no longer happy, she was stressed out and frantic most the time. It was kinder to her to let her go. Consider the health of your dog to ensure they are not suffering and consider their personality because there are many types of suffering.
Dog won't stop pooping and peeing in the house?
She is 3 now and she still poops and pees in the house. Lately she has been doing it a lot more, and mostly in my room. I keep her in a crate at night but sometimes I let her sleep in my room, but every time I do she poops or pees. Most of the time she pees only a little bit but more than once. I let her out all the time and give her lots of attention, but she still pees and poops in the house. I know I can stop her from peeing in my room just by putting her in her crate, but that doesn't stop her from going in the morning. I have tried to stay with her all day and just watch her very closely but I have school and I cant do that, and every time she does pee or poop I stick her nose in it and scold her, but it hasn't stopped her. I don't know if she is just being a brat or trying to tell me something but she has ruined several rugs and I am sick of cleaning up pee and poop in my room. I love her to death but this is getting really annoying.
Crate training a whining, howling, crying olde english bulldog puppy, how do I make it stop?
We just brought home our second puppy, an 8 week old olde english bulldog puppy. He whines, howls and cries everytime we put him in his crate. We are trying to crate train him and taking him out for socialization etc. but he continues to do this everytime we put him back. We have tried ignoring him but it just gets louder and worse. We've bought books and have another 6 month old puppy, a bichon frise, who've we had training classes for. When we trained her, the books said to just tap the crate and she should stop, which she did. Now I am seeing people say to just ignore our whiney puppy but when we do, he continues to do it louder. We also take him out multiple times throughout the day and night yet he has had 4 poopy accidents in his crate since we've had him (3 days). Any advice on what we should do?