Chihuahua using the bathroom in the house, advice needed PLEASE!

[nok13]

i had to look that one up; worked at a vet's , we live on a vineyard like many of our agricultural villages here, and all our dogs eat grapes, raisins, olives, and what ever else is laying around but now that u mention it, we had two different dogs on the kibbutz, both large dogs and both ran a lot in the vineyards with their owners, and both dogs died of kidney failure that the vets thought was maybe poison, not unknown here either, from either spray in other orchards (our growers put up notices after spray or other treatments), or scorpion/spider/snake bite reactions... (we have some semi poisonous snakes and vipers also).

and to tell the truth, our dogs past and present have all gotten human food from the table, thai food with lots of garlic... and the cat lady on the kibbutz feeds all the kibbutz feral cats with dining room scraps that they save for her, along with her feeding them cat food.... so either our animals here aer survival of the fittest, or they die younger with unidentified diseases since we dont tend to rush to the vet for every problem due to money issues and /or cultural issues ...

so give dried prunes w/o the pits, or a small spoon of olive oil/margarine/butter/lard... not too much,u dont want the poor dog to get the runs, just more 'regular' at a shorter notice.

 

[llandry]

I wouldn't be surprised if some of your pets built up a tolerance to grapes if they ate them from a young age. Possible i guess. Onions are toxic too and it sounds like your dogs have eaten them in the table scraps as well. I just wouldn't take the chance. It's also as i mentioned, no rhyme or reason as to how many grapes. One, twenty, fifty, who knows. I've seen it all.....

 

[nok13]

well its got my curiousity up; for all those times that poeples' dogs here died of kidney failure at a younger then usual age for these health problems, we always thought it was cause they got in to spray areas or just 'unknown
reasons. we never do autopsies/post mortems here unless its on a petting zoo animal or farm animal...

i will post the qustion with my vets...
as for onions and stuff; what can i tell you; the pariah dogs of thai villages (its a sort of breed like many pariah dogs) always eat only scraps and what they find, noone there buys dog food ; only house pets with rich people get fed dog food (or european owned animals), and they all have survived gererations of thai farm/village food which involves lots and lots of garlic, green onion, onion and chili peppers, not to mention bones, fermented stuff, and DDT spray (against mosquitoes), we even got sprayed... so i would gues survival of the most adaptable is the rule ... anyhow back ot chihuahuas..

 

[cassie]

I have two suggestions. First of all, use the leash in the house. You can fasten it to your belt. As for not pooping when he goes outside, you might try some glycerin infant suppositories. Insert one just before you take him out. Praise him like crazy when he goes. If you have trouble from the crate to the door, carry him outside. Don't let him walk there.