Thanks for responding. My little guy's name is Dobby. He's so sweet and very timid. The reason I think he was mistreated was bc the shelter I adopted him from says he arrived at the shelter completely matted and it looked like he was not taken well care of. He also cowers any time anyone new comes near him. He shakes uncontrollably. It's so sad. He's definitely bonding with me and my family.
I walk him on a leash. Sometimes we are outside walking for almost an hour and nothing! For example, this morning I took him out of the crate after about 8 hours overnight and he had no accidents in the crate. I immediately took him for a walk. We walked for a half hour and nothing. No pee or poop. I took him back inside and fed him. Then took him back out and eventually peed but still has not had a bowel movement.
I took him to the vet yesterday for the diarrhea and they gave him an antibiotic and an anti-inflammatory. They also gave him canned dog food that will be gentler on his stomach. He's been gobbling it up which he hadn't done with his previous food (I bought the same food he'd been eating at the shelter) I'm just concerned that he's not going to the bathroom enough. |