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Gosh, bless your heart!! I know how frustrating it can be. Kallie was stubborn and hard to train. It took a full year for her to finally "get it"... yet Catcher was trained much sooner than that.

What concerns me is the frequency in which she is going. Did they do a culture, etc.? It just seems to suggest a UTI that she is going so often.

IMHO, the board expert on this subject is JMM. If she doesn't see this post, if I were you, I would PM her.

 

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Originally posted by Fach@Jul 31 2005, 05:57 PM
Dr. cathy made a good point about 11 being too late to feed in Pm. i did it because all I have heard and read made me paronoid of hypoglycemia [sp?] I'll make the last feeding earlier. That may solve the crate peeing. she never poos in there. waits until i let her out at 6am. But what about day time???????????? I do not use puppy pads. Would prefer outdoors if possible. thanks so much everyone!!!!!!!!!!!
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I agree.... I think the reason 3 meals is recommended for puppies is so that food will be spread out over the course of their waking day... such as humans do.... 7:00-ish; 1:00-ish and 7:00-ish in the evening. Those are the times she is awake and needs nourishment. If you are worried about hypoglycemia, perhaps give her a tiny snack later in the evening.... I think it is better for them to have food during their playing and waking hours than just before bed. Also, hypoglycemia is more of a concern before they are 12 weeks old.

 

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Originally posted by babybinks22@Aug 1 2005, 04:07 AM
I was a little reluctant to use a pee-pee pad myself but for Kenji's convenience, I laid one down and haven't found it a bit inconvenient since.  Just plop the poo down the toilet after grabbing it off the piddle pad with some Toilet paper and change the pee pad once a day or when it starts to be too crowding or stained for your dog.  This way, if you are gone for too long, you can rest assure your dog won't be painfully holding it in until you get home.  Poo and pee don't seem to bother me a bit since Kenji has been piddle paddy trained as a pup and I change his pads frequently or as necessary.  It's also helpful to see what the pooch has been digesting and how hard his intestines have been working!  EEwww .. i know to some.. but hey.. i would rather keep an eye out on his matters than not! 

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I'm exactly like you.... I like to make sure everything is coming out OK!!

I love the pads. I would go crazy if I had to take them out in the rain, cold, heat, snow, etc. and wait for them to "go." This way, if we're in the middle of playing and one has to "go", they just go running to their pad...

 

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whe she went in for spaying last monday I discussed the problem with the vet and asked her to keep it in mind while doing surgery. i suppose she didn't find any underlying cause. I will ask again in depth when stitches are removed. is there a test for checking the issues you mentioned?
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I would discuss with the vet whether or not this is starting to sounds more like a medical problem or training issue. It can be quite difficult to tell. The first step would be some bloodwork and abdominal radiographs to ensure liver and kidney function is good and there are no stones that can be seen on x-ray. Depending on the findings and your discussion with the vet, an abdominal ultrasound and perhaps a dye study would be the next steps. I would recommend you see an internal medicine specialist for those if it came to that.

I'm not saying it for sure is a medical issue, but urinating every 30 minutes all day long is a lot...
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I will attempt to print out your suggestion and bring it with me on the next appointment. [She has stitches out Thursday] The urine test i had was extensive. The cost was 70.00 so not a standard test. i also had some blood work done prior to surgery, but don't know if it would be helpful here. Thanks for your in put. I will discuss possibilities with the vet. Until then i am going to limit freedom, make final meal earlier, and final water earlier as well. I'll keep you posted.
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I sure hope everything will be OK with Dixie. I truly can imagine your frustration, etc. Kallie was just terribly difficult to potty train. My first Maltese, Rosebud, was trained almost immediately but as I mentioned before, it took Kallie a year. She peed in her crate every day when I was at work and just didn't seem to "get it". But little by little she got better and then one day I realized she was going on her pad like she should, etc. So, there is hope... but I know... a year probably seems like waaaaay too long!

I hope that the cause of this is training and not medical. A new puppy is stressful enough without this added worry and frustration. I sure hope things get better.

 

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Originally posted by Terri@Aug 16 2005, 01:07 PM
Puddy is going to be 2 years old in October and he is still having accidents in the house.  Sometimes he'll go for weeks without a problem then he'll have 2 accidents in one week.  Should it take this long to fully get them trained?  Of course I never catch him in the act, I just find the spot later.  My carpets are smelling but I don't want to get them professionally cleaned until I break him of this habit!  Please, please help!!
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Mine are the same..... they are fine 99.9999% of the time then all of a sudden... an "accident". For example, when I let them out of their crates when I get home, the first thing I usually do is take them to the pads to "go". But if I don't do that and let them in the rest of the house first, sometimes they'll go there..... I guess they have an "accident" about every couple months or so... maybe a little less...

I still have to make sure they have the opportunity to "go" where they are supposed to.... BTW Kallie is three and Catcher is one.