6 month old Pit Bull has fecal incontinence
Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2018 1:42 pm
My daughter rescued a stray, starved Pit Bull. We've only had her for about a week and a half.
She was hanging out near a local fast food place, the people that work there said she'd been hanging around for about 2 weeks. We tried to catch her but she never let us get near enough, then she went in an abandoned garage. We brought some food and water and decided we'd keep an eye on her. She had a collar, so I told my daughter to go online and look at local lost pet sites and to go to sites where she could post that she'd found this dog. She did, and a woman contacted my daughter inquiring as to the dog's whereabouts. Later she texted my daughter and said she had caught the dog and where did she want to meet to give us the dog. We thought this lady was going to take the dog! I already have 2 dogs and 2 cats, I just didn't want another pet, but now I have her.
This lady took her to a Vet and he gave her some medications for her skin, some antibiotics and some anti itch pills. I have been to this Vet before. He may be a good Vet, but it seemed to me that he was just intent on selling me high priced Veterinarian products, but that's another story. I would have taken the Pit Bull to my regular Vet. Nonetheless, he said she was about 6 months old.
We brought her home and immediately noticed that she was incontinent. She defecates and doesn't seem to be aware of it. It's never solid, more like pudding consistency or thinner sometimes. She had very bad gas, also. She would also urinate on the floor, but on about day 3 or 4 she started going outside when she had to urinate. She will squat to urinate but it seems like very little comes out and she'll do this very often. In 5 minutes she may squat 6 or more times, but she will always go outside to do this. She will go for hours without feeling the need though. I bought some dog diapers, and I noticed small amounts of blood in her urine.
We figured that, being emaciated and eating god knows what for who knows how long, she would do better after eating regularly and fattening up a little.
She took her back to the Vet to ask about the incontinence. He did x-rays and said she had probably been hit by a car and had broken her pelvis and was never treated by a Vet for her injuries, at least one break never completely healed. Her tail is also out of place or dislocated or something. She never raises her tail. He also said that she had intestinal parasites and that her bladder is larger than normal. He gave us some de-wormer and some pain medicine for arthritis, but she doesn't seem to be in any pain. She runs, jumps and plays with my other dogs just like a normal dog. She looks perfectly normal, I would have never guessed that her pelvis had been broken. He said that dogs with this condition don't live long and that she will have to be put to sleep eventually.
I bought some grain free dog food and some canned pumpkin yesterday. We'll see if that helps. Also, as I mentioned, the dog diapers.
If she is only 6 months old, how long ago could her injuries have occurred since she's active, running and playing now? And has it been long enough to know for sure if she will regain continence? Also, shouldn't she have been given something for the bladder issue?
She was hanging out near a local fast food place, the people that work there said she'd been hanging around for about 2 weeks. We tried to catch her but she never let us get near enough, then she went in an abandoned garage. We brought some food and water and decided we'd keep an eye on her. She had a collar, so I told my daughter to go online and look at local lost pet sites and to go to sites where she could post that she'd found this dog. She did, and a woman contacted my daughter inquiring as to the dog's whereabouts. Later she texted my daughter and said she had caught the dog and where did she want to meet to give us the dog. We thought this lady was going to take the dog! I already have 2 dogs and 2 cats, I just didn't want another pet, but now I have her.
This lady took her to a Vet and he gave her some medications for her skin, some antibiotics and some anti itch pills. I have been to this Vet before. He may be a good Vet, but it seemed to me that he was just intent on selling me high priced Veterinarian products, but that's another story. I would have taken the Pit Bull to my regular Vet. Nonetheless, he said she was about 6 months old.
We brought her home and immediately noticed that she was incontinent. She defecates and doesn't seem to be aware of it. It's never solid, more like pudding consistency or thinner sometimes. She had very bad gas, also. She would also urinate on the floor, but on about day 3 or 4 she started going outside when she had to urinate. She will squat to urinate but it seems like very little comes out and she'll do this very often. In 5 minutes she may squat 6 or more times, but she will always go outside to do this. She will go for hours without feeling the need though. I bought some dog diapers, and I noticed small amounts of blood in her urine.
We figured that, being emaciated and eating god knows what for who knows how long, she would do better after eating regularly and fattening up a little.
She took her back to the Vet to ask about the incontinence. He did x-rays and said she had probably been hit by a car and had broken her pelvis and was never treated by a Vet for her injuries, at least one break never completely healed. Her tail is also out of place or dislocated or something. She never raises her tail. He also said that she had intestinal parasites and that her bladder is larger than normal. He gave us some de-wormer and some pain medicine for arthritis, but she doesn't seem to be in any pain. She runs, jumps and plays with my other dogs just like a normal dog. She looks perfectly normal, I would have never guessed that her pelvis had been broken. He said that dogs with this condition don't live long and that she will have to be put to sleep eventually.
I bought some grain free dog food and some canned pumpkin yesterday. We'll see if that helps. Also, as I mentioned, the dog diapers.
If she is only 6 months old, how long ago could her injuries have occurred since she's active, running and playing now? And has it been long enough to know for sure if she will regain continence? Also, shouldn't she have been given something for the bladder issue?