Well, if my mother's little mind was working properly she would tell me that Meggie takes after me! She always used to talk about how I hated public bathrooms as a child. I can hear her now telling me that what goes around comes around and what a pest I was when we were away from home. I even wet my pants on purpose once because I didn't want to go in her friends dirty bathroom! Maybe this is my pay back!
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Infrequent urination
- Thread starter MissSuzie
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Well, if my mother's little mind was working properly she would tell me that Meggie takes after me! She always used to talk about how I hated public bathrooms as a child. I can hear her now telling me that what goes around comes around and what a pest I was when we were away from home. I even wet my pants on purpose once because I didn't want to go in her friends dirty bathroom! Maybe this is my pay back!
mcguiregirl2248
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Twice a day is not crazy, but should be monitored because, as was said below, it could indicate dehydration. Closely monitor her water intake - particularly since its summer.
And also watch for clues that when she squats, does there appear to be any discomfort.
Somewhere on the forum, someone had a method for capturing urine. It might have been Ontario Sheltie??? or perhaps GeeRome? I can't remember.
That was me, get a big soup ladle. It works everytime!
PitterPatter
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Miss Suzie, my first sheltie didn't really like getting her feet wet, and we live in Oregon! She also preferred not being outside. A definite diva. So the grass was mowed often so as not to bother the little paws. And hubby was known to walk the dog with an umbrella (in a fenced yard) so that she would go pee. It was always a struggle to get her to pee. But she was always perfect about not peeing in the house. Her little bladder seemed to be able to hold for incredible amounts of time.
The only advise I have is to take her out on a consistent basis using whatever command you use for her to pee. If she goes, praise her, if not just go back in until the next time.
I do have to say that my current dog is morning, late afternoon, and before bed. And she's just a year and has been this way for some time. My last pup was basically the same way. So possibly (in my case) it's the owner who's trained and not the dog?
The only advise I have is to take her out on a consistent basis using whatever command you use for her to pee. If she goes, praise her, if not just go back in until the next time.
I do have to say that my current dog is morning, late afternoon, and before bed. And she's just a year and has been this way for some time. My last pup was basically the same way. So possibly (in my case) it's the owner who's trained and not the dog?
Holding the Tee Tee
It is really not a good idea for dogs to hold their urine. This enables all those ennie teenie granules of potential stones to sit there and gather mass. It doesn't take much for stones to get started under the right circumstances. So, naturally if a dog has regular and strong pee pee streams, those little buggers will be flushed out.
It is really not a good idea for dogs to hold their urine. This enables all those ennie teenie granules of potential stones to sit there and gather mass. It doesn't take much for stones to get started under the right circumstances. So, naturally if a dog has regular and strong pee pee streams, those little buggers will be flushed out.
I don't think that most of us even know how often our dogs pee. When I had 3 shelties, I had 5 acres for them to run in. I wanted the shelties to be inside dogs and they did sleep inside anyway, but mostly they wanted to run and play outside. I never did know how often they went pee. The Bichon I had came from a home with no fenced in yard, so they walked him 3 times a day, so he could pee. He would pee in the yard, but loved to mark everything during a walk and seemed to have an endless supply of urine to mark with. Buddy, my current sheltie, cannot go into our yard to pee since my husband needs to fix the side gates. He has always peed on our deck (since we had 3 feet of snow to deal with when we got him). Even though I walk him frequently, he has shown no interest in peeing or even marking. The only reason I know how much he pees is because he does it on the wood deck and I can see his puddles (usually only 2 per day). He goes in and out to the deck about 20 times a day, but only 2 puddles. In the morning as soon as we got up we used to put him outside 1st thing, and after he peed we let him in and fed him breakfast. Then he decided he wanted breakfast first, so when we put him out, he would not move away from the door and just wait to come in. Eventually, we fed him and then let him out. After a while, he wouldn't go out until he felt like it--he rings the bells. When I see the Vet again, I'll tell him, but I don't see any problem yet. He's going when he wants to.
Miss Suzie, my first sheltie didn't really like getting her feet wet, and we live in Oregon! She also preferred not being outside. A definite diva. So the grass was mowed often so as not to bother the little paws. And hubby was known to walk the dog with an umbrella (in a fenced yard) so that she would go pee. It was always a struggle to get her to pee. But she was always perfect about not peeing in the house. Her little bladder seemed to be able to hold for incredible amounts of time.
The only advise I have is to take her out on a consistent basis using whatever command you use for her to pee. If she goes, praise her, if not just go back in until the next time.
I do have to say that my current dog is morning, late afternoon, and before bed. And she's just a year and has been this way for some time. My last pup was basically the same way. So possibly (in my case) it's the owner who's trained and not the dog?
Meggie doesn't pee in the house either. She's a good little girl. The past few days she has peed two to three times per day.
She actually did pee on a walk yesterday, but on the sidewalk. And she peed in the yard in the dirt around the tree. Dad suggested we pull up the grass on end of the yard about 4 ft. wide and put down mulch. Does anyone have an opinion on that. I think they had mulch at the doggy day care in Florida and I know she rarely went potty there. I was just thinking that if it were in her own yard and she considered it more desireable than wet grass maybe it would work.
I'm ok with her going three times a day, but twice a day worries me.
I'm thinking about one of those dog patch potty things I saw advertised on TV, but I HATE to teach her to potty anywhere other than completely outside. That worries me.
mcguiregirl2248
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Meggie doesn't pee in the house either. She's a good little girl. The past few days she has peed two to three times per day.
She actually did pee on a walk yesterday, but on the sidewalk. And she peed in the yard in the dirt around the tree. Dad suggested we pull up the grass on end of the yard about 4 ft. wide and put down mulch. Does anyone have an opinion on that. I think they had mulch at the doggy day care in Florida and I know she rarely went potty there. I was just thinking that if it were in her own yard and she considered it more desireable than wet grass maybe it would work.
I'm ok with her going three times a day, but twice a day worries me.
I'm thinking about one of those dog patch potty things I saw advertised on TV, but I HATE to teach her to potty anywhere other than completely outside. That worries me.
I don't know that I would do mulch. Maybe do a 4 ft. section like your dad suggested and put the patio blocks. Granite has an area like this for her dogs on rainy days so they don't get muddy, plus she says it's easy to keep up with pop pick up!! Just a thought.