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Originally Posted by jan cleveland  Friday a.m. Bailey seemed totally normal; ate, walked etc. I came home and he had diarrhea. I tried to take him out and his legs gave out and threw up. I grabbed my son and went to the vet. Then, my son tells me he came into our room at 1 a.m. and Bailey fell off the bed but jumped back on. Bailey stayed in ICU for two days. He had a head injury. Sunday he came home. He's OK, not quite himself but eating. I have him in a crate next to my bed. I have taken him out, he walks around but just not his energetic self yet. The vet gave me a prescription soft diet which he ate.
I am just scared now. He is 9 mos. old weighs 5 1/2 lbs. I had a Maltese for 14 yrs. and never had anything like this. He just wants to leap every where. He wiggles on the chairs on to the kitchen table and jumps off. Now I will have to move the chairs. I had to order a special gate because he climbed out of the kiddy gate, He climbed out of an expen and I bought a crate (the open type). Now I do not know what to do about the bed. Has anyone used the steps successfully?? He obviously can sleep in the crate but he spends time on the bed when I watch tv etc. I cannot let him roam the house or I find him trying to climb something.
Will this dog ever calm down?? He acts like he is in a circus.
Anyone have a dog who had an injury like this?? He did not lose consiousness. TG. |
First you can look in the sick an emergency forum for some similar stories. And yes now you do have to be extra cautious, particularly in these healing days.
In terms of the xpen some folks have good success by placing a blanket over it. I have a 4x4 with a top on it.
Sleeping in a crate at night is a good thing, we have a lil one in a crate at night since he came to us as a young pup. Many other people sleep with their pups in the bed, but we made the decision not to allow this. A couple of reasons for us, with two in the bed normal sized adults I was very afaird we would roll onto him and hurt him, we also have two large dogs and one cat, everyone sleeps in the bedroom with us. The large ones on the floor, the cat in his tower. The one time when my hubby was away I tried to let the little one sleep with me, this was when he was over a year old, well he jumped off the bed to chase the cat! That was it anything could have happened, I got lucky and it didn't. He was put in his crate for the remainder of the night.
There are steps you can use for your dog to climp up and down, but he will need to be trained to use them.
I have a stinker who likes to climb too. I've caught him up on the kitchen table
It takes persistent correction, to correct this behaviour. If you can't do this, then it is best to do what you do, turn the chairs upside down.
Watch your dog carefully over the next 5-7 days as I m sure the vet advised you to.
Dogs pups need lots of exercise in short bursts over the day. So look at how much you exercise your pup. How often do you walk, play, etc with your dog?