She sits and squats and drags..on carpet?

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3dmodeler

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Our girl pup squats down. But when does her crap, she drags her but across the lawn. I wail till she wants in, but will do the but drag on our carpet. Sorry, our carpet is not toilette paper. Anyway to prevent her from doing this?

Ohh she has a bit of a problem eating things off the ground and I think that is how she may be getting diarea. Is there a manufacture that makes a mouth guard that projects in front of a dogs head and prevents them from picking up things off the ground? Not talking about a restrictive muzzle. It wont restrict mouth movement, but acts as a barrier from eating things off the ground. This is I suspect how our last dog got ecoli which cost of a fortune to try and treat.
 
You can try giving her a "poop chute" so there aren't any" clingons" . You can also wipe her behind with an unscented baby wipe. You also need to make sure that it isn't her anal glands. Some dogs need them expressed. Adding fiber can help them evacuate completely in some dogs.

There are basket style muzzles that prohibit grazing. if you have a garbage eating dog this can be a life saver. I would not let her alone outside with the muzzle on however. Teach her" leave it" to distract her form eating stuff outside." Leave it "is really a handy command/trick so well worth teaching.
 
Puppies are a lot like little humans in that they want to put everything into their mouths. They need supervision anywhere/anytime they might have the opportunity to get into trouble. A muzzle may work short-term but IMO you're better off with teaching the "leave it" command (as mellie suggested). It is useful for everything outdoors, and also indoors. It is not limited to keeping your pup from eating food you drop in the kitchen - you can prevent her from eating that pill you dropped, the glass shard from the bowl the cat just knocked off the counter, etc (all things that have happened in my home and from which Olive was saved by obeying the "leave it" command).

For outside, do your best to eliminate potential sources of danger - remove standing water, animal feces, trash, leaves/sticks/rocks/etc.
 
If she isn't forming good, firm stool then she likely will end up with full anal glands. The first obvious sign of this problem is scooting. Don't get angry, she can't wipe herself and carpet, grass - in her mind it just needs to come off.
Put your coat on and go outside with her and teach her to leave it. A simple uh-uh and firm "leave it" command followed by praise or a treat will usually teach them this.
Measure her food and make sure that the loose stools aren't being caused by overfeeding. Take a sample to the vet and get it analyzed for parasites and , while you are there, have her anal glands checked. Trust me, anal impactions are not the most fun thing to deal with. Trim the "poop" shoot.
 
Same advice -- ditto --
1. Trim the area under the tail down between her legs with a small scissors VERY carefully. Men's nose scissors are good because the ends are rounded and not pointy. This is good to do just to keep things cleaner. You can also trim a little of the cottony fir on the back of the legs if you are not showing and avoid the worse spot for grooming tangles.
2. Take to vet and have checked for parasites. There are many types from big to microscopic to look for.
3. If negative, discuss with vet perhaps a change in diet to a different type of meat to see if food is causing tummy upset. Some dogs can't have chicken but do brilliant on lamb or bison or duck, for example. Some dogs can't have grains in the food. Some have problems with certain preservatives.
4. Have anal glands checked by vet to see if they are full. If dogs have solid bowel movements the anal glands drain, if soft or runny the glands don't drain and get full and painful.
 
I ditto everything already said. And add to it:
Use unscented baby wipes as she comes in. Wipe down her poo area including pants. We had to do this to Ruu for peeing on himself all the time (still do) and we also do it for Honey when stuff is hanging. It gets it off and all is dandy. You can buy them at pet stores too but holy moly the cost! Next time I buy them, just going to Walmart and getting baby wipes.

Please teach your pup leave it. It's a life saver.
 
She has not been draging her bhind as of late

But her mouth is that little vacuum. she had a caterpillar in the mouth the other day, fuzz from moss the other, little red sparkle. Shees, sounds like a miniature huskies to me. I read the huskies forums and WOW they are really bad I had a really good laugh, when the owners were pulling socks out of there butt.

She is now 10 weeks old LOTS of energy pulling on my socks..opening her mouth on my fingers and biting softly. The stock pulling I do not mind as long as it keeps her occupied. She likes to chew on velcro, or tags from her toys.

Is there a chew leather that is safe for her..incase she bites off its bits and inject them?
 
Sounds like a perfectly normal 10-week old puppy to me. Puppy's explore with their mouths. At her age, she shouldn't be left alone for a second. This way if she grabs anything in her mouth, you can quickly remove it and replace it with something acceptable to chew on like a toy and then praise her for chewing the right thing. If you can't watch her at any given moment, then put her in a safe place like a crate or an x-pen.

You may enjoy the sock thing now, but when she is older and stronger and chewing up all your socks, you may not enjoy it. Any behavior your do not want her doing when she is older, you should start training now.

But glad she isn't scooting anymore.
 
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