Question by Becca: Help my 8 year old Pomeranian dog keeps peeing in the house!?
I just recently adopted a rescue dog from the pound about 3 months ago now. He is a real sweetheart and was already create trained and house trained. The previous owner was in a nursing home and died, which is the only reason the family gave him up.
With that said, when I got him everything was fine. He is fixed as well. Recently I keep having to take him to the vet. He started going in the house when he was on pain medicine for his ankle which he sprained from jumping (hes a pom…they do that). Then I found out that he was allergic to chicken/fish/corn. So now he is on a special diet. When I first switched him he would poop and pee in the apt. Now that the food allergies is taken care of he stopped and everything was fine.
However recently he started going again (just peeing). I don’t understand. I take him out about every 3-5 hours depending on my schedule and working full time I can’t during the day so he is in his crate. He is fine there, and I take him out as soon as I get home, but after that he keeps going randomly in the apt.
He is very scheduled when he can go. I let him out as soon as I wake up 6am, before I leave for work…around 730 as soon as I get back from work, 6ish, then at 9/10 and then before I go to sleep around 12. Lately he is barking in the middle of the night around 3 AM and wants out because I crate him at night. I have to crate him at night because if I don’t he pees and poops in the apt.
He was fine at first and now I don’t understand. I just would hate to have to take him to the vet again when he has been there 2 times in the last month!

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I just feel bad when I yell at him saying “Bad Dog” because he starts shaking, runs into his crate and won’t come out… :-/

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Answer by Ryan
Since he is an older dog, there is a good chance he may be developing bladder problems. Take him to the vet for a check-up.

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Question by janineej: My Pomeranian Mix 13 yr. old dog has been going bald for over a year.?
I have tested him for Cushings disease and allergies, but it all comes back negative. His hair is balding in a very large patch on both sides of the same area of the body which leads me to think it is definitely hormonal. If it is allergies, the skin is silky smooth, but I have taken him off of all beef and chicken. He scratches his body all the time and scratches his rear end on the concrete all the time.

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Answer by Dogmom CA
Have you checked his anal glands? That is usually the cause of the butt dragging. Has your vet checked a full thyroid panel? How about checking adrenal glands? Liver function and kidney functions can also point you in the right direction. With this ongoing for a year, unless there have been a million other tests and treatments, find a new vet! Have you seen a dermatologist? That would be my suggestion at this point.

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Question by Sandy K: I have a 16 year old female Pomeranian named Pumpkin who bites herself and has sores on her body.?
When I take her for a walk or even when she’s home, she spends most of the time scratching herself and rolling on her back and spinning on her rear end.

Pumpkin also barks a lot now and I know she’s in distress but every time I took her to the vet, all he did was give her a shot of prednisone and antibiotics. That had only given her temporary relief. The vet felt she had an allergy and had termed her skin condition as “moist eczema”. I then heard that prednisone is a steroid and too dangerous for dogs so I stopped that.

I wash her with SulfOxyDex. I don’t think it’s fleas or anal glands because I take her to a groomer who said she does not have fleas. I also tried applying benadryl gel with not much success. Pumpkin also has her teeth cleaned once a month.

Now she spends most of her day in the closet or under the bed . The only peace she gets is when she’s sleeping. Do you have any suggestions on how to treat Pumpkin?
I appreciate any suggestions. Thank you.

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Answer by guardangelpi
You need to take her back to the vet and tell him that the medicine only worked for a while,nd you have hear so much about prednisone, I think you will find its better to let her finish the whole percription also take to your vet about changing her diet because it might to strong for her now and she might need a adult food.You must find some relief for her she is in pain along with the itching. I had a Jack Russel that did tr he same way and I got her on a better food and she now is great, no scratching or crying.She might not have fleas but she could be allergic to fleas and if one got one her and jumped off. That is what was wrong with my little dog and after I changed her food and she finished her medicine,she was fine.Good luck!!!!!!

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When I take her for a walk or even when she’s home, she spends most of the time scratching herself and rolling on her back and spinning on her rear end.

Pumpkin also barks a lot now and I know she’s in distress but every time I took her to the vet, all he did was give her a shot of prednisone and antibiotics. That had only given her temporary relief. The vet felt she had an allergy and had termed her skin condition as “moist eczema”. I then heard that prednisone is a steroid and too dangerous for dogs so I stopped that.

I wash her with SulfOxyDex. I don’t think it’s fleas or anal glands because I take her to a groomer who said she does not have fleas. I also tried applying benadryl gel with not much success. Pumpkin also has her teeth cleaned once a month.

Now she spends most of her day in the closet or under the bed . The only peace she gets is when she’s sleeping. Do you have any suggestions on how to treat Pumpkin?
I appreciate any suggestions. Thank you.

I have a 2 year old Pomeranian with horrible food allergies. It’s been difficult trying to narrow down the source and, of course, the brand I used that worked the best was discontinued. I put him on Purina One Sensitive Systems and oh my gosh, nightmare. Since then he has had a stroke, constipation, and even seizures. (I am assuming they are seizures. They are sudden yelps with no known cause. There is no source of pain on his body, no obvious trigger and the vet is baffled.) Originally she thought it was a disc problem, but xrays showed no signs of herniated discs and there was no tie between yelping and the stroke. Not even a brain tumor. After a lot of research I am convinced it’s the food. Sounds silly, I know, but I know dogs with severe food allergies can have seizures because of certain ingredients.
I need to know what to put him on that will alleviate the allergies but not cause him to be in such duress. I mean, yelping for no reason, strokes & itching is miserable for him.