how long do you bear an old dog pooing in the house?

[brimfull]

It's been going on for over a yr now.

she quite happy in herself,she's 13 but an old 13 ,lupus and arthritis and just really slow.

she's actually not bothered by the pooing,it just happens and she lies down as if nothing has happened..which I'm glad about really as I wouldn't want her to be distresssed about it..If that was the case I would have maybe thought about ending it.

god it's so hard..she's like my baby

but the shit is getting a bit much tbh

any advice welcome

I am in the same boat; my dalmatian is 13 1/2 and poos everywhere.

I feel the same as you; my spotty boy is quite happy, sleeps on his bed most of the time otherwise he just potters about like an old man.

The poo does get frustrating at times; his bed has been in the washing machine 3 times in the last 24 hours, but I personally think that it would be selfish of me to give him the blue juice (as the vets call it!) just because his old age is inconvenient.

Sorry, that is not much help!

I'm watching this with interest, got a similar problem with my dog (15). I have found it's got much better though by changing her food to food for senior dogs and feeding her on a morning after her walk. I work from home too, so I turf her out every two hours.

problem is she poos almost AS she is eating,there is little time to get to the door

and she hates going outside anyway

have you spoken to the vets about it. Most times there is very little you can do about fecal incontinence, our old rottie used to dribble pooh all the time, it wasn't pleasant. But sometimes they can try things, it might be worth giving them a ring, it could well be a neurological thing and there are vitamin supplements etc that you can try v expensive though.

This is difficult, i do feel for you.

could you possibly change her food to a complete food? I would understand if you didnt want to, but it might reduce the amount of poo and its consistency. Then feed her on some paper/plastic and let her do her business in the kitchen or wherever she has her dinner?

we had this problem when dd1 was just learning to crawl.

i have to admit that having an aging lab that was incontinent and losing control of his legs, plus a tiny tot on all fours, was a combination we couldnt cope with for long...

am aware that at a different time in our lives, we mightve been able to give him a loinger innings, but we just couldnt cope.

very sad.

MCL, I read that as 'feed the dog paper/plastic'. Sorry, I'm not making light of this thread. I had the same problem with two of my olden doggies, I empathise. Eventually, I made the big decision for them(not at the same time)and although it was very hard to do, I know it was the best for my two.
I hope you all get it sorted whichever way for the best. Good luck.

i know gg it is dreadful. my dog had heart failure, he was 14 and really i kept hoping he'd die in his sleep. but he didn't. eventually he couldn't stand up half the time, nor eat or even sniff the air.

it was us keeping him alive for our own sakes, not his. you will know when that stage comes

My old girl died at 15. She had arthritis, and was also like your dog, it would fall out of her as she slept.

Even though not pleasant, I saw it as my problem, not hers,(she was not aware/bothered) so this was not a factor in the final, when it did come, decision to put the dear girl to sleep.

My dog had this too, although she picked up over the summer months, but we had to PTS when her back legs kept giving out, we knew she had very bad arthritis which the vet thinks worsened the problem, hence it was better in the summer. But one weekend it got really bad and she kept falling over, we knew that was it for her. Is your dog on medication for the arthritis, that could help. Ours was on metacam. We also tried treatments for senility, but they didn't work. I hope your vet can help her. If not I'd be minded to try and cope with it while you think she still has a good quality of life. Its one of the hardest decisions you'll have to make though, but when it came to it, I knew I had to do the right thing for my dog.

thanks everyone

she is on a complete food and her poos are solid...thank god!

as for going to the vets...she is a wreck there and shits all over the waiting room,shakes and drools with fear..it's awful to see

It would be a blessing if she dies in her sleep

Ah! I too have an old (11 yr old) dog who has taken to pooing in the house.

Glad I'm not alone as I scrub my carpet - gain .

ah anothr blessing-we have wooden floors
phew

my dog has bum trouble (medical term) so I can't get too irritated - it's a cause for celebration if she does a poo!

Someone told me that Westie's live for about 15 yrs, so that's maybe 4 more years of it!!

I do love her though - so much.

Am a pedant, am at my rogue apostrophe.

well I was going to correct

I did a there/their boob today and breathed through it and ignored

ggirl i got the vet to visit us. it isn't that much more expensive.

blardy hell

she's panicking when she starts pooing and scrabbling desparately to get out,I following behind managed to trod in it.

fuck

I'm so pleased to find I'm not alone with this problem. my Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen is 15 now and just doesn't bother to ask to be let out - he seems to be mentally not all there and doesn't relate very well to us -hates being cuddled, sleeps a lot and sometimes paces about endlessly up and down the hall / kitchen. We know that at 15 he hasn't got very long left anyway and try not to let the incontinence get us down but it is very depressing to cope with. He is also very scared of visits to the vet so think we will have to have the vet come out to us eventually.