Puppy Survival Thread Part 6

[Elphame]

As thread 5 is almost full!

[BitOfFun]

I can't tell you how happy I am to be joining this thread, having just got our puppy this weekend. I lost my beautiful girl Pickle in November and it broke my heart, but little Rory is proving an excellent distraction and is settling in brilliantly. Here he is- eight and a half weeks old, and a real little character!

[newme175]

Aww they are so cute! My pup also wakes in the night and does a poo about 2ish, so feel your pain. And exactly same with wees, a big wee can be followed by small one moments later - I wasn’t prepared for that for some reason (thought they held their bladder one hour for each month +1 as I read this online lol)

Sorry to hear about Pickle, Rory looks adorable and will certainly help heal your heart

[BiteyShark]

If you find they do a pee again very soon after a big one I would just stay outside for a bit longer so they get used to fully emptying their bladder before coming inside.

[BitOfFun]

Rory has been fantastic on the toilet training- all wees so far have been outside! He even asked to go out for a poop once.

[Elphame]

Going to be a long night

. Elfpup had some tests done under sedation this morning and is clearly feeling very rough. Poor little thing. I wish there was something I could do to make him feel better but the drugs just have to work themselves through. He was so happy and bouncy this morning.

[BiteyShark]

Elphame it's horrible to see them so confused and wobbly but all you can do is be there for him. How did it go otherwise?

[BiteyShark]

How's Elfpup this morning? I found with BiteyDog that he needed a good snooze overnight and although a bit subdued mostly back to normal the next day. If you are anything like me you will be shattered not having slept properly so hope you get some rest.

Does he have any stitches? Not sure how much they would need for a needle aspiration? BiteyDog is stuck with a doughnut inflatable ring round his neck for at least another week which he tolerates very well having destroyed every other cone we have used

[OldEnglishSheepDog]

Sorry to hear there are poorly pups on here. Hope they are all better soon.

My pup has terrified me by vomiting up his dinner last night. He then pretty much refused to sleep in his crate so I (possibly foolishly) spent the night with him on my lap. He ate a bit of breakfast this morning and stools have been normal so I'm hoping it's just a bit of overeating.

He's pretty subdued this morning which may be due to lack of sleep last night but I'm keeping a close eye (except when I sneak off to have a proper snooze myself!).

[BiteyShark]

OldEnglishSheepDog make sure he's drinking as vomiting can make them dehydrated. Hope he's keeping everything down now.

[OldEnglishSheepdog]

@Biteyshark Yes thanks, he seems to be eating and drinking perfectly normally this morning and doing healthy wees and poos so I reckon he's ok now.

[papayasareyum]

I’ve found that our puppy sleeps better when she’s tucked up in bed with me. That’s probably not the right way to do crate training!

[Cath2907]

Recall training has begun with 15 week old puppy. We take him to a field 2 or 3 times per day, let him off his lead and then try and catch the speedy little sod! He comes back but it is the getting him to stop when he reaches you that is the problem! Have done is for a few days and not lost him yet - am hoping the power of the sausage will soon eclipse the power of "running like a mad thing round a field as fast as possible" and he will run up and actually pause momentarily to take the sausage :)

[Elphame]

Well Elfpup has found the will to raise his tail from between his legs to the aloft position this morning so clearly felt a lot better! Not keen on eating but making his meat into meat balls and tempting him with co -op griddled chicken breast fillets did the trick and he's made a reasonable meal. We were in the holiday cottage so my options were a bit limited.

We had a remarkably good night considering. He cried when I put him in his crate so I let him sleep on my bed with me (that's a first!). He woke up many times crying but went straight back to sleep after a bit of a cuddle.

He has no stitches - the aspiration is just a fine needle inserted into the bladder, he has a tiny shaved area. I was worried he was in pain with all the crying but I couldn't see why he should be. The test is often done without sedation but I wanted it to be as least stressful for him as it could be so opted for sedation. In retrospect I'm not sure that was the right decision given how badly he seems to have reacted to the drug.

Anyway he's starting to bounce around again so clearly normal life is resuming (it also helps that we are back home. I was planning on staying a few extra days but given the miserable little scrap he was last night I wanted to be back near the vet just in case)

[BiteyShark]

So glad Elfpup is feeling better. BiteyDog reacts differently depending on what sedation/GA they use.

For his neutering he cried and cried afterwards which broke my heart but for other investigations and OPs he was wobbly and depressed.

[Cath2907]

Glad Elfpup is feeling better!

[Elphame]

Just had the call from the vet - unfortunately no infection :( Now awaiting the referral.

Elfpup is totally back to normal and driving me crazy (I'm delighted!). He's a little dynamo of energy, we've had a 5 mile walk, 5 minutes of zoomies, half an hour game of ball and he's now remembered his marrowbone so some serious work going on which gives me time to post.

It's lovely to have my pup back. He's obviously feeling OK today! Even eating thank goodness (even if he has just produced his first ever runny poo in the middle of my dining room floor!).

[BiteyShark]

The drugs can make them have upset stomachs .

So sorry it wasn't 'just' an infection. Any idea of how long the referral will take?

[Elphame]

Not an "emergency" apparently (which I guess is good). Normally a couple of days but of course Easter is in the way so I'm expecting an appt early next week.

[BiteyShark]

Whilst I love bank holidays as I get time off work they are a pain when you want stuff to happen. We don't go back to the vets until Tuesday because of the Easter holidays.

Hoping you don't have to wait too long.

[BiteyShark]

Cath2907 I always used cheese and hot dog sausages for recall training. Good luck with the training.

[Collywobbles1984]

We've had Wilf for an overnight stay before he comes to us full time in 2 weeks. He's been a very good boy, only a few accidents and stayed in his crate no problems from 10.30pm until 7 this morning. He's settled very well and the kids have exhausted him!

[delshwragon]

So Delshpup was sick this afternoon - in the garden thankfully, and then tried his level best to eat it! Is this normal?? I did manage to get him contained, and bag it up, but when released he lovingly licked all the remains off the grass!! He has had tea and is now resting, should i be worried?

[BiteyShark]

delshwragon if you are asking if it is normal for them to try and eat their own vomit the answer is yes. To them it just smells and tastes like food [boak]. I have to be on the ready when BiteyDog is sick to get there before he recovers and tries to hide the evidence.

[BiteyShark]

Dogs are disgusting creatures, they eat vomit and poo and anything gross

[OldEnglishSheepDog]

Between Pup and the Boy I am dangerously close to rediscovering the joys of alcohol. We were getting somewhere with the house training and then today he has steadfastly refused to pee in the designated spot (actually howled to get back in the house) and has instead run around peeing in as many different spots as possible. It feels like he's marking his territory but I have no idea why all of a sudden. Tell me this too shall pass?

(Oh and he has also vomited today and then carefully cleaned it up. I left him to it on the basis that it had come out that way anyway.)