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Hi. I have a question about something that happened tonight with my little Sassy. I have only had her for one full day and night.

Tonight while I was washing dishes, she came running to me making noises like she was hurt, but I could find nothing wrong and she was fine in a minute or less. She was like....crying. I picked her up and she continued for a few seconds and then stopped and all seemed to be fine.

I looked around in the area she had been and discovered she had pooped on the floor in the dining room. Starting out firm and then going into a bit of what seems to be ....maybe...turning into a little bit of diarreah (sp?).

She has been fine since the incident but it scared the heck out of me. She is back to her old self. I was wondering if maybe something scared her, but I can't for the life of me think of what it might have been.:idontknow

Input?

And thanks in advance.

Sammi

Re: Puppy stool ?
 

How old is your wee baby? I have been told by some dog breeders ( not necessarily Yorkie) that when pups go to new homes there is a certain amount of stress thaat the wee ones go thru which can effect their bowels and eating habits. It is not uncommon to have loose stools appearantly and my vet and breeders have recommended, giving plain boiled rice 2/3 & 1/3 kibble or a mix of boiled chicken breast and rice for a few days until things settle down for the baby. I would suggest as a mom and nurse though to make sure your baby gets access to water at all times and free feed to make sure they are getting adequate nutrition. If your baby has many more diarreah stools in the next 2 days take him/her to the vet with a sample of the stool as well. This is just a suggestion from my dog owning experience. I hope your wee baby gets back on his feetpronto, oh yes was there any blood in the stool or fluid, is the baby constipated??
I hope some of the breeders on this site respond with their wealth of knowledge and please correct any of my suggestions if they are in error as I would not want to misguide.
Cheers
Suellen

It looks as though she is fine. Sorry I forgot to say that she is a year old but I just got her day before yesterday and have the new mommie nervousness. She is an absolute delight.

Her stools seem to be fine now and I am guessing something frightened her. I thought she was in pain and it scared me so. I haave an appointment wit the vet on Tuesday to check her out and make plans for getting her spayed. I'll be a nervous wreck through that as well, I imagine. I just son't want to let her out of my sight.

She is very busy right now protecting her domain from those bad, bad lawncare guys that are in her yard. She is so funny.

Thanks so much for your response.

Congrats on your new baby!!!
 

I agree that it's possibly just nervous tummy, even older dogs can go through that when experiencing a big change (I know mine do!)

It could be nervousness from being in a new environment. Or she was so busy investigating her new surroundings and playing, she just couldn't make it to the door or place she was supposed to go and thought she would be in trouble? or was upset she went on the floor?

Congratulations on your new baby!

One on the way????

Are you getting a new one or is yours expecting? I want a new one too!! Maybe two. :p

No, Bailey is spayed but I did buy another one. I am going to pick her up the weekend of Feb 9th. I have been trying to schedule my flight and my family in Oklahoma want to come with me. It is a bit complicated because only so many pets can fly in the cabin at the same time. So I am flying into OK City and we are driving into MO to pick her up. They are excited to see me & get to do this with me. They are too cute!
I am so excited, I wanted to pick her up sooner but my schedule at work has been busy, then with the Holidays and I took my 16 year old daughter on a mother/daughter vacation that we had planned months ago.
I'll post a picture of her soon, I already have dozens that the breeder has so thoughtfully sent me.

I am excited for you. I have a wonderful idea...

Get one extra and jet over to California and drop the extra one off to me.

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

HEHE....Where is Porterville?

Porterville is central CA. Between Fresno and Bakersfield. We are an agricultural community in the Valley at the foot of the Sierra Nevadas.

Factually, Credence Clearwater's first album (and put out as their first single record) in 1968 was named 'Porterville' for this town.

It is unusually cold here right now. All the citrus growers are very worried. Good thing you aren't going on your trip until later. I don't think you would be able to make it right now and if you could you probably wouldn't want to. Brrrr.

Now, Sammiz, you can always make that trip to Georgia! I have plenty of room :)

Check little Sassy's bum -- she might have an "Alien" you know a cling-on from Planet Poopie.

:sidesplt: That is too funny cause I just got done cleaning a cling-on from Brea! How dare they attach to my little baby!

:bleh:

Actually, I did check that. More than once....you see...my sweet little Sassy has gas. :eek: I was convinced she had more than that. BUT(T) she didn't.

I would :love:love:love: to come to Georgia. I crave boiled peanuts, southern grown pecans and peaches. ;) ;)

and how about pecan pie?????

Just had one of those. Ate it all by myself. Really.

It has been freezing here, negatives at night only a high of 8 degrees today.
I am not going anywhere near the pass right now...I love southern pecan pie...my stepmom is going to make one next month when I visit...yummm

Hey, when you bring me that puppy baby I'll make you as many as you can handle. What else do you like? Cheesecake? I make wonderful cheesecakes.
:D :D :D

I love cheesecake! Were you talking to ME? I want 23..... :) You know they freeze well.

You can come visit me and smell her puppy breath...:D And bring some cheesecake with you.:p LOL

Oh my gosh! Puppy breath. I love puppy breath!

Yeah Cindy, you too. Bring me a pup and I will send you home with 23 frozen cheesecakes. :p

a whole pie????? :eek: now you sound like me!

How did you come up with the number 23 for the cheesecakes? :confused:

Ok, you'll have to tell me about boiled peanuts - never heard of such a thing.

Wouldn't it be fun for a small group of us to meet somewhere and visit and eat and visit and eat.... :D that would be SO cool!

Wow, I just realize how off topic we got on this one. :laugh: I'm assuming Sassy is ok now, right? Where did you get her - just wondering since she is a year old.

I got one of mine when she was six months, another when she was 13 weeks and the last when she was almost 11 weeks. I almost begged the breeder to let me bring Brea home. She didn't want to let her go cause of something that had happened with another pup, but she knows me and how I treat my pups and I promised her I would call her the instant anything seemed wrong. It was right before Christmas and I NEEDED a new pup to love.... :D

goodness, I've gotten off the topic again....:embarasse

I love off topic. Conversation evolves and that is just the natural way of it.

Well, as far as Sassy and the problem. I have solved it at one end of the spectrum and created another at the other end. I bought some wet food to mix with her dry food and she loved it so much she gobbled it right up. I have no idea how much is too much and don't want to over feed her. Should I let her eat her fill or what? Aaarrrggghh!! I leave the dry down for her and figure if she is really still hungry she will eat that. **sigh** I just don't know if I am doing right or wrong.

As to boiled peanuts...it is a very southern thing. You take green peanuts, not dried or roasted like I can get out here in CA. Boil them in salted water for about one and a half hours. Drain the water. Store in refrigerator. They usually don't last long. Especially if you have guests. All southerners love them. They are soft after boiling instead of crunchy. Delicious!!

To the pecan pie I ate...it took me three days. I didn't eat it all in one sitting.

To Cindy.....I figured a couple of dozen cheesecakes. But then, you would have to eat at least one because you wouldn't be able to resist. :D

:hug:,

Sammi

I guess in my way of thinking, I wouldn't let her eat as much as she wants all the time. You might end up with a FAT yorkie! Is she potty trained? If she's not trained all the way - it makes it harder if they eat throughout the day cause then you don't know when they have to relieve themselves - well, that is unless she goes to the door or something to let you know.

My older girls eat twice a day and my baby will be eating three times a day for a while longer. Of course they get their treats, too!

I go by how they look as to how much to feed them. Tinka tends to be such a pig and gains weight easily, so I don't feed her quite as much. Kaya is thin so I feed her a little more and when she gains some weight, I'll adjust it again.

Those boiled peanuts sound interesting... so we're talking peanuts that have been shelled, right? Wow, I would think they would fall apart while cooking that long. They must be really hard? Can't you get them anywhere else but down south? How about the web? (gee- maybe e-bay!:D ) I would like to try them. Maybe some of us northerners might like them! After all we do like pecan pie!!!!!!!

omega

Sammi,

Feeding wet food is a difference of opinion on this site and with Vets.
I only feed Bailey wet food when she is on meds. Unless you brush their teeth after eating wet food, I was told not to use it by both my trainer and vet. They say it sticks to their teeth and over time causes tooth decay.

I leave dry food down for Bailey all the time, she justs eats when she is hungry. I know others don't agree with that, but it works for us and Bailey is healthy. Just make sure it is the healthiest food you can afford & dog will eat. A lot of pet stores will give you samples to try.

Just like raising human kids, you do what works for you and your dog.

And I hate boiled peanuts...It is an aquired taste...:D

So at four pounds....I have no idea of how much I should give her at each feeding. I have been taking a handful (I have small hands) of the dry and mixing it with about one and a half tablespoons of the wet. She eats it up and begs for more. I don't want her to be hungry, but I want a Yorkie baby and not a piggy. :confused:

Peanuts need to be boiled in the shell. Some folks like to suck on the shells much like people suck the heads of crawfish at a crawfish boil. Me? NEVER!!!

I don't know of any place to get them. My neice tried those in the market that are dry but not roasted. She assured me that ehy work fine. NOT!!! Gotta start with green wnad wet. It helps if you know peanut farmers, but I don't, these days. Sadly, I just get to have them when I go home. Maybe there is someone on here that knows how to get them and could be coerced into shipping them.:D

I will keep my eyes peeled for some good fresh green peanuts -- when I find them a shipment will be headed towards Portersville.

Cindy, do you like them? Do they actually taste like peanuts? I'm really curious....

omega