This post is brought to you by the letter P.
Posted on Thursday, July 29th, 2010
P as in poop, pee, and puke. Our week has been filled with the aforementioned. While a great lesson for Ryann on what words start with the letter P, it is not a great stress reliever, in fact poop, pee and puke are wreaking havoc in our lives right now. Our dogs have left their mark all over the house this week. And JPW is at his wits end. He’s done. D-O-N-E.
Those foam play tiles you see in the bathtub, their Ryann’s, the were violated with dog pee, and shortly after they lined our hallway to dry off and get sprayed with Clorox Sanitizing spray.
Reese eats the liner of his crate= puke
Cali is scared of thunder= pee (and escapes from the designated dog area and pees on RYANN’S PLAY AREA!)
Reese drinks his water too fast= puke
Cali eats grass or doesn’t get fed fast enough=puke
Reese doesn’t get his routine 2 poops out each morning=poop in the crate (what dog poops where they sleep, Reese does!)
So what do we do? JPW is ready to ship them off to a shelter. I can’t bear to do it, when I signed up to have pets, I signed up for the long haul. But they are truly causing a rift in our lives. I wish we had more time for them. I’d like to say I’ll get up even earlier than I do now and run with them, or play with them, but then I fear I’ll lose my already sleep deprived mind and that’s just dangerous.
Any suggestions besides diapering my dogs? Because as working parents and other household duties, we are physically, emotionally and financially drained. And if your suggestion is you’ll take one of them? You got it! You want a real bargain, I’ll throw in the other dog for FREE, I’ll even deliver them to your doorstep.
This is MY LIFE. Only my dog goes through serious separation issues when my husband is gone. So when Cody is home Rocky is good. If Cody doesn't come home in 24 hours Rocky begins his reign of terror on my carpet. (He poops in his kennel every time he goes in there when Cody is out of town.). I feel like I am constantly cleaning up pee. And I worry constantly about it ever smelling like pee.
I don't have any tips, only I am the one that would love to get rid of Rocky and Cody is the one that says "we caaaaaan't" (which I find unfair since he only deals with Rocky when Rocky is good).
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LCW Reply:
July 29th, 2010 at 6:00 am
JPW is seriously considering bringing them back to a rescue organization, but i can't. It makes me cry. I've had two other pets in my life growing up and we had them until they passed and they're buried in my parents yard. It's just what we do. But I completely understand how you feel. It's stressful. Everyday we come home and it's *something*. And seriously what dogs pee/poop in their home? Apparently Reese isn't the only weirdo dog who does that!
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Oh no! I understand the added stress. If we don't let one of my dogs out right away he poops in the house.
For the drinking water situation, have you seen those bowls that have ridges in them to slow their eating/drinking? We were going to try it out for my other dog because he eats sooo fast. And I know you probably don't want to buy a new one, but the metal crates are great. What about when it storms maybe putting him in a certain room that you can easily clean? Lol I know that sounds ridiculous. I don't know what else to suggest. But just think how much Ryann will love those dogs when she's a little older.
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LCW Reply:
July 29th, 2010 at 6:05 am
I think I'm going to start putting a ball in the food and water bowl, so they have to eat/drink around it, forcing them to slow down. The dog crate is metal, he eats the floor liner (strange). They are gated off to a designated tile area, we have a Houdini dog on our hands. And Ryann already loves them, she pets them, tries to kiss their nose and they love her back. Thanks for the suggestions, sometimes I feel like the only one who has dog problems.
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torie Reply:
July 29th, 2010 at 6:07 am
You are definitely NOT the only one
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Have you tried an elevated feeder/waterer? Many dogs that are more than 25lb need something that comes up to their height when eating, otherwise puke is inevitable because of the strain it puts on their throat while leaning down to eat/drink. We have this one (it stores food too!) http://www.petco.com/product/8448/Our-Pet-s-Store...
Also we have the ThunderShirt for storms b/c NoraNoodle is darn skerd of thunder too.
Can you throw them in the backyard for a bit to get some enrichment and to get outta your hair?
I'm so sorry! If you do give them up, just make sure it's to a no-kill shelter *shudder*
Sucks
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July 29th, 2010 at 6:15 am
I won't be giving them up, unless it's to a family member for a temporary amount of time. And they already eat out of an elevated feeder. They do go out in the evenings, it's just so damn hot they don't last very long with running around and we have anti-fetch the ball dogs. One doesn't know how to fetch and the other one thinks the game is called keep away. So it leaves us with limited activities or scheduled walks which is where the time problem comes in. Have a few extra hours you could spare?
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See, I'm all sympathetic with you on this one. I used to want to complain about my dog on a certain website that I posted on…but I was greeted with all sorts of "Animal Hater" comments, so I gave up.
Our beloved dog, is now at my in-laws, and has been for a very long time and I do not foresee a time in the future when he will be coming back home. It hurts my feelings and yes I miss him, but it was better for him to be over there and it saved my sanity.
Sorry, I don't have any awesome advice for you. Just wanted to let you know I understand!
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http://halorescue.org/surrender.html
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i don't know if i missed anything, but is there anyway they can be outside dogs? i only have cats (who sometimes pee and definitely puke everywhere – hello furball!)… maybe get them a nice covered area set up outside with tons of water and food and let them go at it?
i'm so sorry that you're dealing with messy animals right now. it's no fun. especially with a little one around (oh, a litter box? i think i should play with that!)
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July 29th, 2010 at 8:46 am
I wish I could let them be outside dogs, but with the heat here and the sheltered dogs we own….no dice. They're babies! Thanks though.
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Love the new site!!
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Our cat is like this. But I have had him for half my life (he is 16) and there is NO WAY I can get rid of him! So we clean up puke on the daily, pee when he is mad, and poops when his box is fuller than he would like. Sigh…what we do for our pets!
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i'm so sorry you are going through this! we have an 8 mo old puppy and with a toddler as well sometimes it feels like too much. i try to enjoy the moments when S is hugging and kissing all over her and tell myself it will get better/easier. how old are your dogs?
our pup is afraid of rain…. and will pee in the house vs. going out in the rain. it's ridiculous!
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I don't have any kids yet, but I have 2 dogs. I know it's hard to take care of dogs + a baby at the same time since taking care of dogs is also like taking care of children. So you guys actually have 3 young'uns (kids)
Anyway, I read that if the dog eats something other than his food, that means that the food they're eating don't have enough nutrients. How about changing dog food brand? But, you also have to research the brand that won't make your dogs poop more. I think the ones with wheat or corn as one of the top 6 ingredient does, but not sure. For exercise, do you have a treadmill? You can put the dogs in there like Cesar Millan does on his show, The Dog Whisperer. http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/vid...
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I deal with it. I have a dachshund who is easily excitable which means if I don't take her outside fast enough in the morning, and the baby hugs her, which he loves to do, she will pee. All over the place. Because she gets happy. It's happy pee. It's not really her fault, she's been like that for the past, oh, 6 years. Since she was a puppy.
Having a kid makes it much harder. This morning I was rushing to get me and Z out of the house, and he hugged her and she peed. I thought DH had taken her out, but he thought I took her out, so no one took her out. I actually cried because I was so frustrated at the peeing. But, she's my dog, and I will deal with her neuroses for as long as she lives. It's just the way I was brought up.
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