HOUSEBREAKING YOUR NEW PUPPY?
A few housebreaking tips for you.
WHAT IS UTI?
How can it effect your dog and you?
Urinary Tract Infection



HOUSEBREAKING YOUR PUPPY

Housebreaking your puppy can be a challenge. You have to keep positive
and strict with your rules. When is your puppy small, it is easier to keep him or her
run in the house where the accidents are easy to be cleaned such as your kitchen floor.
Put a baby gate to separate the space where is puppy allowed and where is temporarily
restricted until the puppy is housebroken.

Clean up promptly after each accident if possible. Clean the spot with a solution that
completely removes the odor or/and stains. Especially if you have more dogs at home
(and they are fully housebroken).

Why is your housebroken dog urinating at home again?
The simple fact as that an unknown dog urine in our house can make our adult dog poop
and urine inside the house. There is a difference when an adult housebroken dog is marking
a teritory or developing an UTI (learn more about UTI).
The other possible reasons can be a sign of separation anxiety, symptom of domination,
presence of a female in heat, a change in the surroundings, the needs to mark the territory
in order to gain back its position in the family, lack of confidence, or cannot find a place
in the family. There are many reasons that may cause this sudden behavioral change.
This change may be caused by an illness or a cause of behavioral problem.
The best thing is to consult your veterinarian and exclude the possible illness with a simple
test.

HOUSEBREAKING TIPS FOR PUPPIES

  • Each time when puppy wakes up, please take him/her promptly outside. Do not wait until it is too late.

  • Every time your puppy does the business outside or where supposed to, praise your puppy and pet him to encourage his housetraining.

    Do not forget to tell how Good girl/boy your puppy is and show how you are happy.

  • Never punish your puppy after the fact. Punishing your puppy is effective only when you catch him in the act.

  • Be positive. Remember that it is a puppy, not a grown-up dog.

  • Start taking your puppy in a short intervals e.g. 1-2 hours and slowly extend the time.

  • If your puppy is playing, running, and jumping, you may take it outside more often even after 30 minutes. All the excitement can cause an accident.

  • Also take your puppy after each large meal. What comes in, has to come out!

  • Observe closely how your puppy behaves. If the puppy walks in circles, take it promptly outside for a poop.

  • To prevent more over-the-night accidents, please remove water and food each day at 6 PM. You won't go wrong with this.

  • Make sure your dog will have a dayli routine or schedule.



Your (older) puppy's routine can look like follows:

6:00 am - Take your puppy out. (Make sure your puppy actually did something before taking him or her back home)

7:00 am - Feed your dog and provide a fresh water and remove after 30 minutes.

7:30 am - If possible - take your dog out for a short walk.

8:00 am - Confine your puppy when you leave for work.

12:30 pm - (if possible) Take your puppy out for a walk and then confine your dog again.

5:30 pm - Take your puppy out.

6:00 pm - Feed your puppy.

7:00 pm - Take your puppy for exercise or out.

10:00 pm - (or bedtime) Take your puppy out one last time and then confine him for the night.

Good luck.

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UTI or Urinary Tract Infection

A bacterial infection in the urinary tract is one of the most common of the
infectious diseases that our canines can contract. Urinary tract infections
can occur for quite a number of reasons and nutritions are being on top of the
list. Infection will usually show up as darker colored or odorous urine and
elevated temperature. UTIs are uncomfortable and extremely painful. They tend
to be more common in cats than dogs and can be caused by bacterial infection,
bladder stones or urolithiasis (stones in the urinary tract).

UTIs often recur and can lead to more serious kidney infections if left untreated.

A long range consequences of ignoring UTI can lead to

  1. Kidney failure
    (when 65 -70% or more of functional tissue in both kidneys has been lost)

  2. Prostatitus
    A urinary tract infection that spreads to the prostate gland in male dogs. This condition is very common, and is an inflammation of the prostate. If the condition is not treated at this point the bacteria from the UTI can spread to other areas of the body via the bloodstream, or it may stay within the prostate. If it stays in the prostate, than it may, or may not form an abscess. Treatment by a veterinarian is imperative.

  3. Septicemia
    The bacteria from a UTI travels from the uterine tract into the bloodstream, where it multiplies, and infects other organs of the body.

  4. Discospondylitis
    Septicemia that infects and inflames an intervertebral disk

  5. Bacterial endocarditis
    Septicemia that infects the heart valves and the lining of the heart.

  6. Infertility or Death can also be the end result of hoping that this will simply go away.

I It is simple to test for by a veterinarian, and to treat in the early stages.
The hard part is for the owner to realize that an urinary tract infection exists.
Clinical signs are rarely seen in dogs, and only by observing one or more changes in
habit can an owner know that something is wrong.

Symptoms include:

  • An unusual and unexplained increase in thirst
  • Obvious pain or discomfort when urinating
  • A reluctance to urinate
  • Increases in the frequency of urination
  • Frequent urination without passing much urine
  • Cloudy or bloody urine
  • An abnormal odor of the urine
  • Constantly licking their genitals
  • Fever and loss of condition
  • Urinating in unusual places
  • A dog that is normally clean and housebroken is suddenly having frequent, or chronic, accidents


These clinical signs depend on the owner of the dog observing them. The moment suspicion
is aroused in the owner that something is wrong is the time for a visit to the veterinarian.
A simple laboratory examination and bacterial culture of the urine is all that is needed in
the early stages, and the veterinarian can usually tell what is going on with your dog's health.


There are a few important questions to ask

Is the dog getting out often enough either to relieve itself or for exercise?
Is there any stress in the dog's life? Is there a clean source of water readily
available? All of these can be implicated in poor health. In addition, it is
important to look for any other underlying cause by taking the dog into to see
the vet.

Bladder infections in dogs have often been helped by pure cranberry juice
(1/2 ounce twice a day) or pure cranberry powder (1/8 teaspoon powder twice a day)
as well as the herbs Couchgrass (Agropyren repens), Cornsilk (Zea mays) and
Marshmallow (Althaea officinalis). Important is to determine the cause of the UTI.

What is the conventional treatment?

Conventional treatment of UTIs will depend on the specific cause of the problem.
In many cases, antibiotics are prescribed which invariably relieve the animal's
symptoms rather speedily. However antibiotics tend to have a general weakening
effect on the immune system which can cause further problems, especially in the
long-term and particularly if they are prescribed regularly for recurrent infections.

The early signs of infection which can range from involuntary muscular twitches,
other signs of discomfort or a subtle change in flow patterns. Normally simple
anti-infective herbal agents, tonics and blood cleansers such as Garlic, Yarrow,
and Echinacea will control infections if taken in conjunction with some of the
mucilaginous herbs and Rosehips.



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