My dog keeps crying?

[scootaru]

Hi I wonder if anyone could shed some light.

I have an 8 year old Neapolitan Mastiff. He has always been a happy dog and he is very active for his age. He goes for walks once a day and cant wait to get out - He wakes me up every morning for his morning walk.

I have had him since he was a puppy and nothing new has changed in his lifestyle.

Over the last year though he has started to cry all day long for no apparent reason. He is not sick (as far as I can tell) he is not in pain anywhere, he wants to play all the time, nothing has changed from his daily routine and nothing new has been added to our home (kids, animals or anything else)

He just spends the day crying while laying in the hall way. He will come in from his walk, sleep for a couple of hours and then when he wakes up he will just cry all day long until he eventually goes to sleep in the evening. He then starts the process all over the next day.

When one of us gets up to rub him, he will stop and wag his tail and be all happy again but then when we leave him to carry on with our stuff he starts to cry again.

I really don't know whats up with him - Is he depressed? Should I start taking him out more then once? He does have a bit of a wobbly leg which is why he only gets one long walk a day but ever since he was a puppy he has got one walk a day. Someone is ALWAYS home with him, he is never alone.

Is he to dependent on us? What should I do?

Thanks for reading and hopefully I can get some kind of help - Do they do doggy shrinks? :)

[tonyb286]

Hi. When you say "suffering from sugar", do you mean your dog is diabetic?

Tony

[Nish_b]

hi, my dog  - a labrador is suffering from sugar. he had 2 fits in last 4 months. since his last fit he is eagrly asking for food and if not gven he keep crying whole day. we are not giving him excessive food as he is overweight. plz help!!

Nish

[tonyb286]

Hi. I was thinking "infection" before you mentioned it right at the end of your post. What infection was diagnosed and how was it treated? Has he been back to the vet since the infection, to make sure it isn't still active (antibiotics don't always treat a strong infection with a single course)? I don't think this has anything to do with your house move. I think your best friend has a physical condition which has yet to be properly diagnosed and treated. If it's affecting his bladder control, it is more likely to be a bladder or urinary tract infection, but some other infections can cause this too.

First job then is to go back to the vet and explain what is happening. It may help to keep a diary of events, so the vet can see how frequent the problems are and what type of issues are being displayed.

Tony

[Zachh]

Hello,

I have a 9-year old Schnauzer (it's his birthday!) and I've noticed some odd things. We recently moved, and he went 3 weeks with being good, when all of the sudden one night he peed after he had just been walked twice in a row. Since then, he has been awfully weird, tonight he got up (it is 2:24 AM when I'm doing this) at 1 AM and went upstairs, sat there, and when I checked on him he just stared and cried, so I took him out for a pee, and then came back inside but he was still not satisfied. I should mention, he is walked every day 2-3 times, and we make sure he has a pee in the morning, afternoon, and night. He has been raised with walks, so he insists on having us beside him when he is doing #1 and #2.

Could it be the new move that is doing this, I notice sometimes when he's excited someone is home in the afternoon his right leg is shaking because he knows he's about to go out. I just don't know why he would do what he's done over the past few days, which is pee consistently in the house (luckily not on carpet) and cry at me tonight, along with awaken me, and to resume crying at me until I comforted him tonight.

Also, it seemed he wanted to go into my sisters room tonight after the pee, as I followed him and he went to her door, I let him in but he just roamed around interested and was scoping the area out very oddly. Sorry for the rambling, but I'm worried for his health. He recently picked up an infection but we took care of that as the vet managed to diagnose what it was.

[tonyb286]

Hi. So sorry for not replying earlier. Somehow your post didn't come up on my WatchList. I'm hopeful by now the whining has dissipated. I don't think you have anything to worry about, as your pup seems happy and healthy. I would only suggest maybe this particular pup is more prone to anxiety than the brother, and may well be picking up on your own possible anxiety (due to pregnancy). It's one of those things, some pups do whine more than others, but it's also worth keeping an eye out for any increase in frequency or severity. Unlike a young baby, young pups go through an extremely fast transformation and are growing and developing at a remarkable rate. Even at 6 months, they are changing from children into young adults, so you can imagine the trauma they may be feeling.

I think you are doing just fine, but do see your vet if you think the whining is getting worse.

Tony

[IloveSally]

Good luck, Metacam gave my dog black tarry stool o
n the fourth day. Watch your dogs stool closely. I give my dog traumeel now,its a lot less toxic.