I'm going to talk about poop
Apr. 29th, 2009 04:17 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
outsdrStill getting over my chest cold. Ike had another accident in the house. This one I found by rolling over on it and waking up, wondering what the lump was in my bed. So, I picked it up of course, squeezed it, smelled it, switched on the light ... yep, it's poop.
Thank goodness I didn't taste it.
It wasn't a full load, and I don't know how long it had been there. It wasn't rock hard, but it wasn't warm and splatterable either. I'm not sure how long it was there, but it wasn't there when I went to sleep. And it didn't come from _me_. And Ike had been asleep right beside me earlier; I remember waking up and petting him.
So, one remarkably sleepy shower later, here I am posting to LJ.
I don't know if he realizes this is happening. But then again, I don't know if he tried to wake me up and I slept through it, which is pretty rare. Furthermore, I'm not sure what to do about it. He obviously hasn't lost complete bowel control, but random poop is still not a good thing. Considering his physical condition, I wouldn't be surprised if there is nerve damage in his hindquarters.
How often does an 85 pound yellow dog need to poop? I suppose I can start waking up in the middle of the night and putting him out for a break, whether he wakes me himself or not.
It's either that, or the possibility of more 4 a.m. showers and laundry.
Thank goodness I didn't taste it.
It wasn't a full load, and I don't know how long it had been there. It wasn't rock hard, but it wasn't warm and splatterable either. I'm not sure how long it was there, but it wasn't there when I went to sleep. And it didn't come from _me_. And Ike had been asleep right beside me earlier; I remember waking up and petting him.
So, one remarkably sleepy shower later, here I am posting to LJ.
I don't know if he realizes this is happening. But then again, I don't know if he tried to wake me up and I slept through it, which is pretty rare. Furthermore, I'm not sure what to do about it. He obviously hasn't lost complete bowel control, but random poop is still not a good thing. Considering his physical condition, I wouldn't be surprised if there is nerve damage in his hindquarters.
How often does an 85 pound yellow dog need to poop? I suppose I can start waking up in the middle of the night and putting him out for a break, whether he wakes me himself or not.
It's either that, or the possibility of more 4 a.m. showers and laundry.
