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PunkyBooster

How is Doggy?

 

camedowncrushing

He is much better!  I am taking him tomorrow to the vet to get his stitches out, and I have to check with her about a couple of things.  He has some pink patches right around his lips that I am guessing is from his infection.  This happened to him once before.  He just finished up his antibiotics yesterday so I am hoping that that will be enough...and that his skin will clear up.

Also--and maybe you might know the answer to this....his peeing habits have totally changed.  Prior to this when I took him for walks he would pee on EVERYTHING. Now he will only pee once or twice on the walks.  At first I just assumed that everything was still hurting on him so maybe he didn't want to strain himself by lifting his leg frequently, but he is feeling all better now.  She had told me that there is a slight chance he could get a UTI and to be on the lookout for frequent urination.   This is quite the opposite but a real change in his behavior so of course I am worried. 

PunkyBooster

Neutering can reduce marking though it takes about 3 weeks for the hormones to exit their bodies. I'd ask her about it- but perhaps this is a positive change! Usually if you wait, it doesn't get any better. My girl is a marker, she wasn't spayed until rescue, so at about 2 y/o. She pees on EVERYTHING outside!

camedowncrushing

Ha ha ha ha.  That is how he was too!  He would pee on everything.  He would TRY to pee on houses, cars, garbage cans, plus all the usual trees, rocks, mail boxes etc.  He would just stretch out his pee to last most of our "regular" walk, and then when he would run out he would still attempt to pee.  That is why seeing him now only pee once or twice is so strange to me.  Today we were on the trail of another GSD that he knows and before he would have peed all over all the spots she had peed on....but today nothing.