What A Way to Start A Sunday
 

Woke this morning to my lil Izzie trying real hard to poop, but she was having a hard time.....so I checked her and she had poop hanging halfway out....(could this be what you all call Butt Plugs?) I was thinking she might have been constipated as I gave quite a bit of plain cheerios yesterday for good girl treats and that along with her dry Eukunaba knibbles might have been a bit too much dryness for her....anyway (sorry to get so explitite) I was able to help her by soaking her bottom in warm water and helping her get rid of what was on the outside....after that she did eat a bit and had some water....but then started shaking like she was scared or cold...so I have her a small bit of Nutri-Cal....if I rubbed her tummy she had a very slight wimper....she has not tried to poop to since this morning and I have tried giving her a small bit of apple/putting some water in her dry food and 1/4 tsp of canola oil with her food.......she has been sleeping alot today and just not quite herself, but has seemed to perk up a lil bit this afternoon....she has been eating/drinking and going potty, but still no poop.....should I run her into the vet or is this something that is common for such a small breed....this is all so new to me as I am used to having much larger dogs.....she will be 3 months old tomorrow and at last vet visit was 2.5 lbs....Thank you all for you help...

Worried Mom :confused:

I am sorry your baby isn't feeling well. If she seems worse or stops eating and drinking I would get her into the vet. These little ones can get sick pretty fast. I believe canned pumpkin will helo them go. Keep us posted.

Awww, poor little thing! You might want to trim the hair around her butt. Many times, they will get the poop stuck to that hair, and it causes the #2 not to be able to come out. If she's acting strange, you might run her over to the vet. You can give her a little canned pumpkin to help with the constipation. Good luck and keep us posted!!

Yeah, this might be the problem because it happened to Tobey when he was about that age. I freaked out and rushed him to the vet who removed a plug of poo and recommended I shave the hair around the opening. he went like 3 times in a matter of hours after I brought him home...poor guy!! :( I hope your little one gets some relief soon!

Thanks to all for the replies......right now she seems to be doing fine....gave her a bath (which she ran around nutsooooo aferwards) and she has eaten her full 1/3c of food for the day and has been playing with her toys..... did call an emergency animal hospital this afternoon and their advice was to just keep an eye on her....they said it didn't sound like anything to serious...whew...thank goodness.....I am going to give her vet a call in the morning though and let him know about today.....I just wish she would poop......ohhhhhhhhhhhh, but that's just the worrysome mom in me :eek:

Update....

Izzie is back to normal and poopin like crazy.... :D

I can't believe I got so worry, but she is my baby and I luv her.....

Talked to a few of my friends who have also had yorkies in the past and they all experienced the same with their furbabies....

Thank you to everyone for all your help....we are both feeling much much better now:)