Question by liason: dog getting up in the middle of night to be let out is becoming a pain!?
my dog recently was on prednisone for skin breakouts. he has some kind of allergies. during the time that he was on the meds, he began waking me up in the middle of the night to go outside. i figured that it was because of the medication. now he has been off of the meds for over a week and he is still waking me up in the middle of the night to go outside. how do i break him of this behavior? we are moving to a new apartment (a highrise) and i do not want him to be doing this there. any suggestions would be helpful! thank you.

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Answer by foxymoron
pets are not disposable i hope you continue to take care of him, its your responsiblity

the poor little man…

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Question by Nancy U: How do these people sleep at night?
For the last year or so, I have been doing a lot of online research in dog diet, using several websites. My favorite is http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/ It lists just about every brand of dog food there is, giving the ingredient list for each food, and a review of the food. Most of the foods are given a “star rating”, 1-6.

My question is, how come there are so many terrible dog foods on the market? It is so sad that many dog owners don’t realize how terrible most of the dog foods out there really are. Most of them are full of corn, soy, and wheat, ingredients that are difficult to digest and can cause allergies, and animal byproducts. It makes it more difficult for the educated dog owner to buy high quality foods, because they are so expensive compared to the grocery store brands. Even several of the “veterinary diets” are full of junk.

Is there anything that can ever be done to shut down these companies that produce such unhealthy dog foods? Just the fact that these companies claim that their foods are healthy makes me sick. With the country becoming more concerned every year about our own diets and nutrition, why can’t we do the same for our beloved dogs?
Yeah there is, Bob.
http://www.fatcalories.com/

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Answer by Bobbie L
Come on, get real. There is NO way of shutting down the giant conglomerates. People wil continue to feed these cheap dog foods, and places like WalMart and the grocery food chains will continue to sell it.

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Question by crystal: 14 week old puppy pooping in the crate at night and all over house?
My neighbor has a 14 week old female american pit bull terrier puppy that pees and poops all over her house and poops in her crate.
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Her crate is a small crate typically used for a cat so that there is not extra room for her to poop and she still does.
She will NOT yet walk on her leash,she stubbornly sits there and would rather be dragged than walked.Trust me I tried to help my neighbor with this to no avail.So walking her before bed to get things moving right now is not going to work.
She eats at 4pm and has nothing later than that.
She puts the pup in the yard for an hour to two before bed.
As far as discipline,I take the puppy once or twice a week and when she does pee or poop I shout a firm no and place her in the yard immediately.
Do you think that she may have a behavior problem?
I was thinking that she may have a food allergy that is causing her to have these issues(it is not always diarrhea,sometimes it’s hard) my neighbor feeds her Pedigree dog food,I know that she should be on puppy food but my neighbor does not want to buy 2 foods for her 2 dogs.
Please don’t be rude for it is not my dog and there is nothing I can do as far as forcing my neighbor to change her food.
She says that she brought her to the vet and they said that she’s fine.
Another thing,whether she’s at her owner’s house or visiting my home,there is another dog who you would think she would follow the lead from or learn from and she still does not.
I never said anything about the breed of my neighbor’s other dog or my dog.
The breeds have no baring on the situation.

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Answer by Skellie
It’s only 14 weeks old, if it’s only at night then maybe she just can’t hold on that long. Just put some paper down; when she goes on that then praise her loads, and move on to praising her loads when she goes in the garden. As she gets a bit older she’ll get the hang of it. Bt really your neighbour wants to get something a bit bigger than a cat crate; she should be able to get up, walk around and lie outstretched in it, or it could interfere with her development,

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My neighbor has a 14 week old female american pit bull terrier puppy that pees and poops all over her house and poops in her crate.
Please read ALL the info before responding.
Her crate is a small crate typically used for a cat so that there is not extra room for her to poop and she still does.
She will NOT yet walk on her leash,she stubbornly sits there and would rather be dragged than walked.Trust me I tried to help my neighbor with this to no avail.So walking her before bed to get things moving right now is not going to work.
She eats at 4pm and has nothing later than that.
She puts the pup in the yard for an hour to two before bed.
As far as discipline,I take the puppy once or twice a week and when she does pee or poop I shout a firm no and place her in the yard immediately.
Do you think that she may have a behavior problem?
I was thinking that she may have a food allergy that is causing her to have these issues(it is not always diarrhea,sometimes it’s hard) my neighbor feeds her Pedigree dog food,I know that she should be on puppy food but my neighbor does not want to buy 2 foods for her 2 dogs.
Please don’t be rude for it is not my dog and there is nothing I can do as far as forcing my neighbor to change her food.
She says that she brought her to the vet and they said that she’s fine.
Another thing,whether she’s at her owner’s house or visiting my home,there is another dog who you would think she would follow the lead from or learn from and she still does not.
I never said anything about the breed of my neighbor’s other dog or my dog.
The breeds have no baring on the situation.

I gave her benadryl and they seem to be going away. The last time that I gave her benadrly was when we went to bed and this morning she still had the hives. She is acting fine and not scracting that much. I don’t know if she is having a allergy to something, but we have not tried anything new. She was laying outside a lot yesterday I don’t know if she was bit by a bug. Our mostiques are really bad here, would that cause hives? Please help