could she get much else go wrong with her!!

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if any of you saw my previous post my pup has a dislocated and chipped hip. since around saturday evening she has become incontinant and is just peeing in her bed every 5 minutes, iv lined it with puppy sheets and iv gone through 50 sheets since saturday!! iv rang the vet today twice and to my annoyance he hasnt rang me back!! she was weeing normally when i got her home now this has started. is it fairly normal after a trauma round that area, he did say that if she doesn't wee there could be nerve damage but shes doing the opposite and peeing for england, she weed on my lap today without knowing and she wouldnt ever dream of weeing in the house let alone on me!
 
It does sound like she has nerve damage unfortuantely :( This doesn't mean it won't repair naturally though. I had a cat in an RTA with a similar thing once. I'm no expert though, Cayla may be able to help more with the medical side of things. I think you should take her back in to the vet tomorrow though.
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yeah shes waggin her tail like she normally does, and pooing normally when given a lacsative, just thoght it odd that she was weeing in the garden fine then she just would go all day saturday then this happened, it can be a massive wee or a tiny little dribble. but after arond an hour the sheets are soaking, my mum has bought home some incontinance sheets home from her oldies home coz its costing a fortune.
 
being able to poo properly and wag her tail are good signs at least. If she could go ok initially then perhaps internal swelling is causing a temporary problem with the nerves. As I said, I'm no expert that's just my best guess. Is she on any anti inflammatories alongside the pain relief?
 
get in touch with your vet. and discuss. put some old towels in her bed they are absorbant and washable. get some spares for changes! yes puppies and dogs are expensive . did you want a cheap option? the cheap option was NOT to have one. you have one you have to snuggle and reaasure her and cope with the accidents. and when you were a baby your mother had to cope with months of ****ty nappies! get a life and nurrise the one you have! (spelling is dodgy)
 
get in touch with your vet. and discuss. put some old towels in her bed they are absorbant and washable. get some spares for changes! yes puppies and dogs are expensive . did you want a cheap option? the cheap option was NOT to have one. you have one you have to snuggle and reaasure her and cope with the accidents. and when you were a baby your mother had to cope with months of ****ty nappies! get a life and nurrise the one you have! (spelling is dodgy)

Well that was very rude!
Totally uncalled for.

OP. I'm sorry she is having such a rough time. Hopefully it will just be a temporary thing.
Maybe just pop her to the vet as soon as you can!
 
yeah she has 6 mls of an anti inflamatory, il ring the vets again in the morning i think and if they dont ring me back il go in, she is much more alert today and wanting to get up and about but isnt going to the door to go out coz she obviously doesnt need to have a wee, iv let her have a little wander round the living room by herself as shes driving herself mad being in bed all day and all night, shes very happy now shes had a wonder.
 
get in touch with your vet. and discuss. put some old towels in her bed they are absorbant and washable. get some spares for changes! yes puppies and dogs are expensive . did you want a cheap option? the cheap option was NOT to have one. you have one you have to snuggle and reaasure her and cope with the accidents. and when you were a baby your mother had to cope with months of ****ty nappies! get a life and nurrise the one you have! (spelling is dodgy)

That's out of order. The op is worried about her dog and you're having a pop - nice. As for being worried about the cost - I was worried about the cost when my dog was ill too - you want to have a go at me about that? You think that makes me a bad owner?

OP - I hope it is only temporary and that she picks up soon. It is horrible when they are ill:( When Henry was having the runs, I put a bin liner over his bed cushion but under the bed cover (it's a big duvet type thing he has) so the cushion was protected, then washed the covers as needed.
 
what made you think i was annoyed about it?? i adore my dog and she has had any treatment she needs to get better!! the fact is she is poorly and iv come on her for advice, its not everyday your puppy has its leg strapped do its body, cant wee or pooh properly and needs her arse wiping and nannying 24 hours a day, i have stayed up with that dog all night when she cant settle because she is my responsibility and i love her to bits!!
 
What can I say? Sorry you had such a negative reply. Really not necessary imo. You are obviously concerned and rightly so. Definitely have a word with your vet and see what he says. Hopefully this is a short lived problem and she will improve with time. Might be worth pming Colleen Miss Tom as she had a similar pr0oblem when her girlie was hit by a car.
 
What can I say? Sorry you had such a negative reply. Really not necessary imo. You are obviously concerned and rightly so. Definitely have a word with your vet and see what he says. Hopefully this is a short lived problem and she will improve with time. Might be worth pming Colleen Miss Tom as she had a similar pr0oblem when her girlie was hit by a car.

will pm her now :D thanks, wasnt really expecting a reply like that, made it seem my dog was a hinderence (sp?) and i was annoyed about it, apart from the title i guess but thats meant sympatheticaly what else could go wrong with her, oh well, sh*t happens haha!!
 
Good point about C M T, she might be able to offer some advice. I would call the vet again tomorrow, but it does sound like some sort of nerve damage, or maybe pressure on her bladder. Hope it resolves itself soon, don't worry about negative posts, I think most of us on here realise that just because you are concerned about cost doesn't mean you don't care about your pup, most of us worry every time we have a large vets bill.:(
 
get in touch with your vet. and discuss. put some old towels in her bed they are absorbant and washable. get some spares for changes! yes puppies and dogs are expensive . did you want a cheap option? the cheap option was NOT to have one. you have one you have to snuggle and reaasure her and cope with the accidents. and when you were a baby your mother had to cope with months of ****ty nappies! get a life and nurrise the one you have! (spelling is dodgy)

Reading this made my heart race with anger.....how bloody dare you be so rude. What on earth was this reply in aid of?!
 
vet has just rang me back and she is going in tomorow morning to have a catheta (sp?) to be emptied and see if its enlarged and leaking out when she lies in certain possitions. i think when anything like this happens you always think about money but i wouldnt let money get in the way of what treatment she gets.i dont think anyone would! she isnt insured, (is now!! learn by your mistakes and all that) but im lucky that i have a lovely mum that loves her as much as i do and payed the £500 for her x-rays and 2 days nursing at the vets. and i have paid for follow up visits and medication and taken time off work to look after her. shes spending the day in the vets while we move house as i couldnt expect someone else to look after her. the vet was nice enough to knock a tenner off as shes only in for boarding rather than treatment. im going to know these vets life storys by the time shes better backwards and forwards there al the time lol
 
Glad she is booked in for the morning, please keep us updated and give her a gentle hug from me.

Please don't feel like you need to justify anything, I don't think anyone else thought anything negative or remotely concerning regarding your care for her or anything you said in your OP (and we are a harsh critical bunch as a rule!! :p) I have no idea what ofcourseyoucan's problem is but please don't think she was saying what we were all thinking or anything because she certainly wasn't!!!
 
thanks guys :D will let you know what the vet says 2moro! better get to bed, no doubt it will be a long and restless night again, they dont tend to sleep well when they sleep all day :S tomorow will be the last time i post for a few weeks coz were moving house on wednesday and wont have broad band for 3 weeks :0 think il be having withdrawel!! thanks again :D
 
In baby stores, and on IKEA I think, you can buy something that is plastic-coated and put in beds to prevent accidents from reaching the mattress, if you buy a few metres, cut them in sheets of for example 1 metre x 1 metre, put over the bed and if there is an accident, wash them in the washing machine, let dry and re-use over and over again.


It can't be easy for you, with all the worry, and indeed also costs, that I presumed you'd already had since her accident, without reading your reply mentioning the costs. It is easier to talk about all the money they cost us, it keeps our minds occupied with something that might keep our worries about their health at bay.
Besides, I don't have unlimited amounts of money myself, available for unforeseen expenses, I do have some money that is earmarked for acute emergencies that involves my pets, but they're not unlimited.


Only because the majority of us seems to have read your first post the way you intended, there is no guarantee for how people will perceive things and they reply to posts from their point of view, just as the rest of us. As long as you know what you meant, don't go and get yourself any brain-ghosts thinking *What if others also thinks that about me blah blah*, it is only a forum, what other people think doesn't really matter in reality, unless you allow it, that is.

Fingers crossed that the catheter helps your girl.
 
Sorry to hear about your dog. If it's any help when my cat was attacked by a dog he was badly bruised internally and became very incontinant. I used to put baby nappies under him to soak up the pee, which meant he wasn't lying in the wet. He also was peeing blood so it helped to be able to monitor that. He had a complete recovery, vets were amazed as they thought he was a goner, he was unconcious on a drip for a week.
Hope your dog gets better soon!
 
Well said finny.
I for one am forever saying things like 'blinking animals costing a fortune again!' That doesn't mean I actually begrudge them that money or indeed that I don't love them very very much. I think sometimes saying things like that distracts from the real worry which is for the animal.
That said, Miss Buffays post just read to me that she had figured a way (with the waterproof sheets) to keep costs down instead of spending a fortune on puppy pads, which to me is just a normal thing to have said and didn't suggest to me that she was cross about the cost of caring for her poorly puppy!
 
miss_buffay just replied to your pm .

I've just skimmed through this post . If there is nerve damage and compression to the nerves, it does take time . Reading back on my posts with regards to Tikka's RTA I just seemed sooo impatient ! :o . I hope the vet can bring some positive news tomorrow .

Please do let us know how she is and what the vet says :) .


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I think OCYC has a bit of a problem with most posts he/she/it replies to, don't take it personally! I don't think I know one horse/dog/animal owner that hasn't moaned about how much they cost, doesn't mean a thing!

Hope your little girl feels better once her bladder is emptied and is soon mended.
 
So sorry to hear your dogs so unwell.
Something that may help and that we hear all about for bruises but probably wouldn't think of for an injury like this is arnica.
It's apparently very useful for injury-induced incontinence, and while I do take some herbal stuff with a pinch of salt, what I do know is that after one of my cats had a broken and dislocated tail - clearly seen by x-ray - the vets told me that the likely nerve damage would mean that he would be incontinent and also need to have his tail removed at the base. I gave him an arnica tablet daily for 2 weeks and it may just be placebo or just may have going to be alright anyway - whatever - but I have a healthy cat with no bladder problems and a full tail.
This is the link to the book which encouraged me to try it (at this point I was desperate thinking I was going to have to rehome him or have him PTS) http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=...#v=onepage&q=cat broken tail + arnica&f=false (just so you can see I'm not completely nuts - and it does apply the theory to dogs too :)) The vet thought I was a bit bonkers (he's v. old fashioned) but I just wanted to give him every chance, so it may be worth discussing with your vet.
 
I have not followed your post, so not sure what happened? or how long ago it happened.
I commonlt nurse cats at work with fractured pelvis, obs dogs aswell but more commonly cats.
I also had a whippet I took on with a fractured pelvis, it took 4 months for her to become mobile and begin to urinate on her own, we had to express her bladder for a good while, and some days her faeces would run away from her and others she would have to have meds to loosen her to help her pass, I aided her with a towel under her stomach just infront of her hind legs and held her up with either end of the towel, like a wheel barrow:D
These injurys take alot of recovery, u have to be patient and rest the dog like it's life depends on it (which in most cases it does)
As suggested use a comfy bed but cover with a plastic lining and buy some vet bed, it's easy to wash and dry, it will save on the pads.
It take a while for the bruising and inflamation to subside in the area and for bones to begin repairing, or to callus in other words, obs this effects balance and inturn effects walking and straining, she may well know she is urinating some of the time, but as it takes so much effort to get up and it hurts it's easier to let it trickle away from her as she lays, obs sometimes she may not be aware if she has suffered nerve damage.
It's a very good sign if she is trying to strain and managing to pass urine and faeces most of the time herself.

Hopefully her case is a temporary one, patience really is a vertue with this kind of injury, try to stay positive and keep her comfortable and rested
 
Hope your move went well... what a stressful life you have at the moment.. moving and a poorly pupster... I really feel for you. I think it was very sensible to let pupster have the day at the vets... and I hope that they were able to answer your questions about her incontinance... if it helps at all bruising can take some time to show when it is nerves that are bruised, and also takes time to subside... it is very positive that she can wag her tail/presume use good hind leg.... I'm sure you will without me saying anything, but make sure you keep her as clean as possible as urine can cause nasty scalds to the skin and you both have enough on your plate as it is!! I hope your vet is being supportive, and please ask them as many questions as you have... they are there to answer them to help you help pupster!!
 
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