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Originally Posted by aweitzm1  Hi All,
Sorry I have not posted in a while I have been very busy with work and then working with Bella this past week. She is transitioning wonderful. Thumper and her get along real well. I have gotten her to start eating kibble and wet food. No more human food.
She has checked out physically with the vet and insurance kicks in next month. She goes for a dental cleaning on March 11 and will do a CBC Blood Work and Urinalysis.
Three issues I am having and hope you all have some ideas or can keep me from worrying too much
1. Bella does not pee consistently. It seems she will only pee when she wants to and will wait hours upon hours to go. For instance she has not peed at all today. Not even squatted to try. She just hold it which I know is no good. I can take her for an hour walk and she will not go. Some days she will go twice outside or on the pee pad other days not at all.
There is no blood in the urine that I can see and when I press on her tummy there is on obvious pain. I am trying to wait to take her to the vet but I don't know if I should get her in sooner? She is not lethargic and her normal energetic self.
I think she gets very startled and likes privacy to go but since I live in the city with lots of noise she may not be use to it. This is my biggest concern at the moment
2. She had a little diarrhea today and one soft stool.
3. Other issue is she likes to rub up against anything and everything. I think she likes the feel of it. Sometimes she will fall because she leans so far over she can't catch her grip. Thumper gets annoyed when she does it to him. What are some techniques I can use to train her to stop.
Thanks... will post pictures soon |
Some dogs can hold it longer then others but there also could be an issue. Does she strain to go and is it a sold stream when she does? You can picked canned pumpkin into her food to help with diarrhea or even constipation just a spoon full and make sure is pure canned pumpkin not pumpkin pie filling. She could be rubbing up against things to put her scent on them and I'm not sure how you would train to stop that.