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Beagle wont "do her business".

We found an abandoned beagle, have been trying to locate owner but no luck. She seems comfortable with us but when we walk her she just sniffs around and will not "go". I'm concerned but I'm not sure if this is a health issue or a psychological one.We saw a vet briefly to have her scanned for a chip and they said it might be that shes adjusting to different food but that was 2 days ago.


Asked by Member 1055861 on Sep 14th 2011 Tagged walking, bathroom, movements in Other Health & Wellness
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Dieta

different food can cause constipation and so can stress of moving /or new home.
doctor can give an enema to stimulated the dog or just feed every other day some wet food or canned food mix for easier digestion :)
hugs Dieta


Dieta answered on 9/14/11. Helpful? Yes/Helpful: No 0 Report this answer


Guest

She might be used to puppy papers, so you could buy some of those and try having her "go" there. Her owners might have trained her to relieve herself in the backyard, not on walks, so try letting her out in the backyard.


Member 1021005 answered on 9/14/11. Helpful? Yes/Helpful: No 0 Report this answer


Mikey *adopted*

Just a thought.....

I'd just keep walking until she poops. When she does poop, keep walking. If you head straight back to the house when she poops, she might be holding it so she can walk longer.


Mikey *adopted* answered on 9/14/11. Helpful? Yes/Helpful: No 1 Report this answer


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try an enema, but if that doesn't do the trick, take her to the vet. Your vet will either do a professional colonic irrigation, or manual disimpaction followed by colonic irrigation depending on how 'bad off' she is. Don't wait, as if the waste becomes too large for these methods, a surgical cleanout may be necessary.

Lubricate your index finger with vegetable oil and insert it into her anus up to the first knuckle, then remove your finger, and go fill the enema bag with mildly warm water. Hang the bag so that water will flow out, and release the clamp to get the air out of the line. then close it again, and lubricate about 1 1/2 to 2" of tubing with vegetable oil, and gently insert it into her anus. It should go in easily since you lubed her anal sphincter already. Do not force the tubing, but if you hit a solid fecal mass just a little ways in, lubricate your index finger again, and guide the tip of the tubing beside the feces until inserted approximate 1 1/2 to 2"


Member 1060438 answered on 10/1/11. Helpful? Yes/Helpful: No 1 Report this answer


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And gently lay her down on her right side. pinch her anus closed gently with your thumb and forefinger and release the clamp. when there is sufficient liquid in her colon that it begins to seep out, remove the tube, but keep her anus closed for approximately 5 minutes. then let go. the hard feces should come out with the water. if not, then take her straight to the vet.
Your vet will lie her down on her right side, and numb her anus with a local anasthetic so that it can stretch. Then he'll insert a large diameter tube approximately 1" in diameter approximately 1 1/2" into her anus, then inflate a small balloon to keep it there. A smaller tube connecting to the large tube will fill her intestines with water, and the water pressure will wash the fecal matter out of her body through the large tube. The procedure usually takes about an hour, or until clear liquid flows out of the waste tube.
when you go home she may leak water, and feces 24 hours. and she won't need to poo for 1-2 days


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