123. The Husky rushes to the common bathroom - LUTI
Toilet Training Your First Puppy in Singapore
"Why would the Siberian Husky puppy rush to the common bathroom when she is let out from the confined balcony area?" I asked. The owner could not give me an answer. She has the puppy for the past 8 days and had successfully trained her to eliminate on the pee-tray. The pee-tray was put in the left upper corner of the confined balcony area.
No commands, no praises, no rewards. The Husky just went to pee and poop onto the newspapers on the pee tray. Sounds like an intelligent puppy.
Yet, when let out, she would rush to the common bathroom to pee.
Why?
"It must be the urine smell inside the common bathroom," I said.
Yet why would the puppy rush to the bathroom everytime she was let out of the restricted balcony zone? The common bathroom was used by other family members and so it was inconvenient for others if the puppy keeps peeing there.
"What did you do on day 1?" I asked.
"The puppy peed on the common bathroom."
So, it seemed that the solution would be to neutralise the urine smell with vinegar:water 1:3 or with a commercial anti-ammonia preparation.
The main complaint was that the puppy rushed to the common bathroom whenever she was let out of the balcony where she slept. She could now sleep by herself as her whining for the first 2 nights were ignored.
On examination, the Husky had thick pus in her vagina. She had a lower urinary tract infection (LUTI). So, she really needed to rush to the bathroom to pass out the infected urine. Antibiotics should cure her problem.
It would be hard to detect such cases but there was redness of the skin and swelling of her vulva, if you see the picture. The creamy pus inside the vagina was not obvious as the puppy must have cleaned herself all the time. LUTI is uncommon but may be present in female puppies of the larger breeds.
P.S.
1. "The Husky refused to let go of the ball," the lady owner commented.
"The Husky is not bred to retrieve balls and give to the owner unlike the Golden Retriever. This husky considers the ball as a prey and kept biting it or putting it inside her mouth."
2. "The Husky likes to bite my hands," the owner said. Biting is common amongst puppies of various breeds. It is sometimes described as "mouthing".
Say "No biting," I advised.
"She will then bite my feet," the owner laughed. Biting or mouthing in puppies is to be discouraged. It is a means of communication with the owner but the puppy will bite other people when she grows up, not knowing that she becomes a dangerous dog.
"Why would the Siberian Husky puppy rush to the common bathroom when she is let out from the confined balcony area?" I asked. The owner could not give me an answer. She has the puppy for the past 8 days and had successfully trained her to eliminate on the pee-tray. The pee-tray was put in the left upper corner of the confined balcony area.
No commands, no praises, no rewards. The Husky just went to pee and poop onto the newspapers on the pee tray. Sounds like an intelligent puppy.
Yet, when let out, she would rush to the common bathroom to pee.
Why?
"It must be the urine smell inside the common bathroom," I said.
Yet why would the puppy rush to the bathroom everytime she was let out of the restricted balcony zone? The common bathroom was used by other family members and so it was inconvenient for others if the puppy keeps peeing there.
"What did you do on day 1?" I asked.
"The puppy peed on the common bathroom."
So, it seemed that the solution would be to neutralise the urine smell with vinegar:water 1:3 or with a commercial anti-ammonia preparation.
The main complaint was that the puppy rushed to the common bathroom whenever she was let out of the balcony where she slept. She could now sleep by herself as her whining for the first 2 nights were ignored.
On examination, the Husky had thick pus in her vagina. She had a lower urinary tract infection (LUTI). So, she really needed to rush to the bathroom to pass out the infected urine. Antibiotics should cure her problem.
It would be hard to detect such cases but there was redness of the skin and swelling of her vulva, if you see the picture. The creamy pus inside the vagina was not obvious as the puppy must have cleaned herself all the time. LUTI is uncommon but may be present in female puppies of the larger breeds.
P.S.
1. "The Husky refused to let go of the ball," the lady owner commented.
"The Husky is not bred to retrieve balls and give to the owner unlike the Golden Retriever. This husky considers the ball as a prey and kept biting it or putting it inside her mouth."
2. "The Husky likes to bite my hands," the owner said. Biting is common amongst puppies of various breeds. It is sometimes described as "mouthing".
Say "No biting," I advised.
"She will then bite my feet," the owner laughed. Biting or mouthing in puppies is to be discouraged. It is a means of communication with the owner but the puppy will bite other people when she grows up, not knowing that she becomes a dangerous dog.
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