Is you Shiba THAT clean?
I heard that Shibas were very clean dogs, but to that extent!!! I never knew.
I don't know what she could have eaten outside, but Sachi got sick last week.
We are not home during the day and we leave her in the cage, so she really had to go. Instead of doing it in a corner of her cage, she sticked her ass on the cage and pooped on the other side...which is my floor, lucky it's not carpet.
Then the next day she was outside in the backward, started crying and walking towards the field (I'm not fence in the back, there's no neighbourg). I followed her 'cause I thought she found something. I went into the woods, saw her sticked her head under branches and just barf. That same night she cried and I let her go outside and followed her from far, again she took off in the woods to go barf.
Does you Shiba wants to go outside when she feel sick?
I don't know what she could have eaten outside, but Sachi got sick last week.
We are not home during the day and we leave her in the cage, so she really had to go. Instead of doing it in a corner of her cage, she sticked her ass on the cage and pooped on the other side...which is my floor, lucky it's not carpet.
Then the next day she was outside in the backward, started crying and walking towards the field (I'm not fence in the back, there's no neighbourg). I followed her 'cause I thought she found something. I went into the woods, saw her sticked her head under branches and just barf. That same night she cried and I let her go outside and followed her from far, again she took off in the woods to go barf.
Does you Shiba wants to go outside when she feel sick?
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The barfing thing is pretty interesting though...~
they defnitely are clean dogs and dont like to go to the bathroom near places where they eat and sleep
I suspect the going into the woods was more an attempt to hide it from you than to be clean. Dogs, especially Shibas, try to hide weakness. One way I know that Lucy isn't feeling well is that she won't want to be near me. She'll prefer to be under the table in the next room by herself. So, I suspect that's what Sachi was doing. Makes sense in my head anyway.
Jen posted a link to this a few months ago, but I was reminded of it so I thought I'd repost because I was cracking up when I read it: 4 types of dog vomit.
Sachi, I hope your pup is feeling better, I have all the same questions as Jen (tsukisune)
Yes, that's right : ( I can see only a bit of left over in her cage. Maybe if I make the cage bigger and has an accident she will leave it there.
tsukitsune wrote: Besides the answer to MommyofNiko's question - how old is Sachi? How long is she confined to her crate? How long has she been sick? Has she been to the vet since she's been sick?
Sachi is 4 month old.
She's in her crate for about 9hrs, but that's not the problem she did 12hrs in the past. This last month she had diarrea on and off. I talked to the vet about it, but did not bring her since she eats well and is very active.
Do you think I should try to get a poop sample to bring to the vet anyway?
Yeah as Rachel stated, maybe a dog sitter/walker person can come in during the day to help with the routine. Nine hours is a long time to wait for a four month old pup. Many dogs are not reliable in the potty training department until 8 months or more. It depends on the dog. Puppies need to be allowed to relieve themselves often.
Most Shibas are very tidy but ones that have been kenneled too long in dirty cages, such as pet stores etc sometimes have developed the poop eating habit. Some outgrow it, others have to have diversion training using a clicker so that you can teach them to come to you instead of nosing around in the grass for left over "dookies".
Talk to you vet to gain more advice.
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Unfortunately, everybody around works during the day and I work way too far to come back home during lunch time.
Just thinking that my collegue is gone in vacation for 3 weeks now and that I have to work 5 days/week when usually I don't work on Wednesday. I wonder if I was home for those 3 last Wednesday if Sachi would have been better or it has nothing to do with that.
I think I'll call tomorrow for an appointment and go drop a sample.
Besides going to the vet and bringing them a stool sample, have you considered an x-pen for leave her in during the day, a bed on one side and pee pads on the other? She's probably very distressed about having to go and not being let out for so long than eating it to clean it. An x-pen would give her a bit more space and comfort if she cannot hold it. Poor Sachi.
Last night she went to bed at 9pm and did not cry until we got up this morning at 9am (12hrs) and when I took her outside she did not seems in a hurry to go do her stuff. It's been 2 days now that she is fine. I'll take it from there and watch more carefully what she eats when she goes out. There's a school nearby and kids throw all kinds of stuff on the other side of the fence which is part of our woods.
Today it is Thanksgiving for us, so vetenerians are closed. I'll go tomorrow for a check up and bring a sample. When she was 3 months she had worms (disgusting), I gave her the pill the vet gave me and since then she's fine, maybe this has to do with todays diarrea.
I'm getting really concern about her and please don't think I don't care enough for her because she's stuck in her cage the whole day ... I have no other choice. The reason why I took so long before going to the vet, is because she was getting better and then boom! sick again.
Sachi is so full of energy, you should have seen her yesterday when we went up north, she had a blast in the woods. I cannot imagine her being this sick, maybe it's only the kind of food she's eating, but It's been a month now that I'm slowly switching her to Eagle Pack.
I'll give you some more news tomorrow night, after my appointment with the vet.
Nine hours does seem like a really long time for four months. Our pup can do the eight hours overnight, but he goes more often than that during the day when his sleep pattern is more broken up into naps.
So more news about Sachi in 3 days folks!
Good luck.
The bad thing is: when I came back home tonight, she had an explosive diarrea during the day.
The good thing is: I gave her full size of the cage and she did not ate her poop since she had a lot more free space. It's a X-large dog cage, which I had for my other dog.
And the other good thing is that she's starting her medecine tonight and it should get better within 24hrs. I have to give her a sort of powder (panacur) with her food once a day for 3 days and again the same thing 10 days later. So November 3rd, I have to give an other sample to see if everything is fine.
Don't be discouraged if it doesn't work the first time. Depending on the particular parasite, it can take two or three (or more) treatments before you see results. Lucy had hookworm and giardia when I got her from the "breeder" and it took three treatments before she got better.
But I agree with Jen, at least you've got a diagnosis!