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RBCZ Mom · 08-04-2010, 08:31 AM

I appreciate the questions! - here are the answers:

I'm not sure if she's constipated so much as not getting the proper opportunity to poo - they are crate trained and are out of the crate in the morning, then several times during the day, then in the evening - but she seems "shy"about pooping (not about peeing though). Her breeder had her in a large crate with a pad and she thought she was supposed to poo IN the crate, and we over the last month have switched that to crate training and potty out of crate on pad, and she has gotten the idea, but the little guy can interrupt the process sometimes. He literally stalks her when she goes in to poo and I pick him up, then he barks and can interrupt the process - she startles easily. They have a bathroom area upstairs in our bathroom that she will use, but she hesitates even more downstairs in her area in our family room. They are still chewing too much to be left alone in a room unsupervised or to have full run of the house.

We can walk them but the heat where I live has been really hot for walking, and they are potty pad trained.

We couldn't spay or neuter them in July as she went into heat unexpectedly - her breeder thought August or September, so both are intact.

I highly doubt that they mated, they were either separated or we literally stood over them the whole of her season. He jumped on her back once for literally two seconds, but they didn't tie. Also he has retained testicles. I actually asked the vet about this incident and he thought it highly unlikely that anything happened.

She has access to water all day, but since she's been on the bland diet (Purina EN moist canned food - she used to eat Royal Canin dry) we don't visually see her drinking, but she could be in her crate. To be safe until she is through this tummy thing we have been encouraging her to drink with 1 kibble in her water bowl while we watch a few times a day, and she takes in water as she tries to get it. Her urine output seems fine.

Thanks so much for your interest, I'm really trying and am so stumped!

08-04-2010, 08:31 AM	#5
RBCZ Mom Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Pittsburgh, PA USA Posts: 10	I appreciate the questions! - here are the answers: I'm not sure if she's constipated so much as not getting the proper opportunity to poo - they are crate trained and are out of the crate in the morning, then several times during the day, then in the evening - but she seems "shy"about pooping (not about peeing though). Her breeder had her in a large crate with a pad and she thought she was supposed to poo IN the crate, and we over the last month have switched that to crate training and potty out of crate on pad, and she has gotten the idea, but the little guy can interrupt the process sometimes. He literally stalks her when she goes in to poo and I pick him up, then he barks and can interrupt the process - she startles easily. They have a bathroom area upstairs in our bathroom that she will use, but she hesitates even more downstairs in her area in our family room. They are still chewing too much to be left alone in a room unsupervised or to have full run of the house. We can walk them but the heat where I live has been really hot for walking, and they are potty pad trained. We couldn't spay or neuter them in July as she went into heat unexpectedly - her breeder thought August or September, so both are intact. I highly doubt that they mated, they were either separated or we literally stood over them the whole of her season. He jumped on her back once for literally two seconds, but they didn't tie. Also he has retained testicles. I actually asked the vet about this incident and he thought it highly unlikely that anything happened. She has access to water all day, but since she's been on the bland diet (Purina EN moist canned food - she used to eat Royal Canin dry) we don't visually see her drinking, but she could be in her crate. To be safe until she is through this tummy thing we have been encouraging her to drink with 1 kibble in her water bowl while we watch a few times a day, and she takes in water as she tries to get it. Her urine output seems fine. Thanks so much for your interest, I'm really trying and am so stumped!