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11-04-2008, 06:30 PM | #1 |
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| Excessive Drooling!!!!!!!!! My wife and I have a 3 year old male Yorkie named Henry. We know the breed has separation anxiety issues, but this little guy drools excessively when we leave the house for any amount of time. Literally there will be a large pool of drool, everything in the kennel will be soaking wet. His fur will drip saliva when we come home and let him out! He a average guy around 7lbs but we worry he could start getting dehydrated. Have you ever heard of this before? Is there anything we can do to help him or is this just part of who he is? By the way this just started 4 months. Thanks BoB Here is my favorite picture of him!!!! http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...n/IMGP0453.jpg |
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11-05-2008, 01:34 AM | #2 |
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| Our little Dolce drooled a lot when we first got him, the breeder warned us about it. It was so bad that when he laid on my shoulder, my shirt was soaked with his drool. He stopped after the first day but he drools again when he's extremely scared or stressed |
11-05-2008, 12:20 PM | #3 | |
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Like blood sugars, ? liver enzymes, ammonia levels? Who knows. Maybe just to give you peace of mind its not some underlying medical problem. Sometimes to solve the problem you have to eliminate the ones that aren't the cause for sure. Its just too bad it can be costly. | |
11-05-2008, 12:30 PM | #4 |
I ♥ Joey & Ralphie! Donating Member | We had an Arizona meet-up last year, and Joey did the same thing, first time I ever saw him do it too. There was a big bubble on his mouth at one time. I took him to another meet-up with lots of dogs a month ago, and the same thing happened, but not to the extreme extent as the first time. Joey's breeder thought it was an anxiety issue and just presenting the situation more often would make it better each time. She did say that when this happens don't coddle, and baby him, which is exactly what I did, this makes the dog think that there is reason for him to be scared. Joey doesn't do this normally so, I haven't had reason to treat it, and I believe if an underlying medical issue were involved it would happen at other times. If this only happens when you leave the house, I believe separation anxiety is the culprit, and there are behavior modification steps to increase his confidence. Once of our member's by the name of scootiebootie, offers step by step advice for those people who need extensive help. You might want to contact her. http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/mem...tiebootie.html He's a little doll, by the way!
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11-05-2008, 01:58 PM | #5 |
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| Teddi definitely has this issue when she is in the car....she has had it for 1 year. It started when she had to go from doctor to hospital to doctor to hospital when she was sick with her liver shunt. I was hoping it would go away but it has not. She never did it before she went to the hospital. I know it's anxiety...she also looks around and freaks out when the car stops because she thinks she is going to the hospital again.
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11-05-2008, 02:28 PM | #6 |
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| I've seen this happen before, not with my yorkie but with other dogs at my work. It seems to just be an anxiety issue. Sometimes dogs in an unfamiliar setting or new environment will do this. I haven't heard of any relating health issues because of it, but if you're concerned about it, I would ask your vet just in case. Unfortunetely in your case, I'm not really sure what could be done to help the problem, but hopefully someone else on here will be able to help you out a little bit more. |
11-05-2008, 02:50 PM | #7 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member | The only time this has happened to my baby is when I take him to the vet. I believe he knows hes at the doctor. The vet said the drooling is a sign he is overheated from anxiety or stress. |
11-05-2008, 04:30 PM | #8 |
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| Did your baby start doing this at the Age of 4 months or 4 months AGO? My yorkie drools when he's extremely stressed out and when he has pre-seizure activity...He has liver issues...
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11-05-2008, 09:15 PM | #9 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: United States
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| no he is 3 years old and started doing it about 4 months ago. Let me also say he doesn't do it when he goes to bed in the kennel. He also doesn't do it when my wife puts him in the kennel before she goes to work. It happens when we leave for a few hours in the middle of the day thats unscheduled. I would also say out of the unscheduled times he's in the kennel, he only does it like 3 out of 5 times. Thanks for any help. |
11-06-2008, 10:45 AM | #10 |
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| I have a female about that age that does that and I can't find a real pattern to when it is likely to occur, but it doesn't seem to be harming her. Some days she gets overanxious/overexcited about being left behind--never completely alone, for there's another Yorkie with her, but just upset that the humans are leaving the room, I guess. She can make quite a sizeable slimy puddle, with her face and front soaked. |
05-27-2010, 11:38 AM | #11 |
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| My Pebbles scared me yesterday. I took her to the park she was OK for a while then she stopped playing and jumped to my lap. She seemed like she wanted to sleep, she rested her head on my arm and began drooling excessively. I went home and the drooling did not stop my sweater was soaking with her drool. She didn’t even bark to the neighbor’s dogs like she usually does. I took her to the vet, he said she ate something that was causing her discomfort in her stomach, gave her 3 shots one to stop the drooling another antibiotics (I can’t remember the other one). When we got home she drank water, a few minutes later she threw up what looked to be her food, a small hair rubber band and some hair. At this moment she is acting as if nothing had happened and is being her playful old self. I did have to pay a pretty penny for the vet but I love her so much, seeing her now I have no regrets. |
05-28-2010, 12:06 AM | #12 |
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12-19-2011, 12:18 PM | #13 |
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| I have an 21 month old male yorkie, Sam. We brought home a new puppy last night and he has been drooling nonstop since then. Our new pup is a 3 month old chocolate lab, female. Sam does not like him at all. Growls, and tries to bite her. He ususally plays with all other dogs, even when some come to visit. What is the difference with this one? and how can I stop the drooling?
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