Richard Rowland

Thanks, Emily. And, yeah, we care about our dogs and also most all other animals.

no propaganda please Loc: moon orbiting the third rock from the sun

Did something scare him when he went outside? Could he have been bitten by a snake or some other animal when he went out side? Has he been urinating often, with no blood in the urine. Check the end of the penis to make sure he does not have any cuts or bug bites on it. If he is in pain in the morning,Collect urine at the vets to find out if he has bladder stones. My guess is that he experienced pain while trying to urinate or that something stung him and he associated it with going outside. You might put him on leash, take him outside, on leash
take a flashlight with you, and walk around where he usually goes and see if there is some place where he seems afraid and see what is different there, from a snake to a broken bottle to a toad that he tried to bite and got the protective fluid that toads use to keep from being eaten. If you find nothing, walk him on leash back into the house through which ever door he normally uses and watch his reaction. When he comes in check him over again for cuts, swelling or any really sensitive spots. Take his temperature (normal is 100.5 to 102.) Way off either way could be real trouble, shock lowers temperature for instance. Check gums, should be pink, usually slightly brighter pink than human gums, pale indicates shock. If all seems fine, keep an eye on him over night and take him out on leash in the morning. In the daylight you may be able to see what might have scared him. If he gets worse see the vet. Let us know what the solution to the problem was,please

Richard Rowland

At the moment he's laying comfortably at our feet. I went out with him a little after 7 pm. he followed me and did the age-old trick of urinating on the tires at the nearest opportunity, however, that's as far as he would go before returning to the porch.

I'll walk him on the leash tomorrow. Thanks, everyone for your kind responses.

nwtk2007 Loc: Texas

Totally agree on the collar. The wiener was the only one I didn't use the pincher on. She seemed to know right off the bat. Now, when she hears the tinkle of the choker, she comes running. Then it's all business. Lol.

Rose42

Lol! It sure wouldn’t be good to put a pinch collar on a wiener dog!

RT friend Loc: Kangaroo valley NSW Australia

Suffering from psychological shock due to a changed environment, the shock doesn't have to come from leaving a good environment to be in bad environment, or a bad environment to be in a good environment, the fact that the environment has changed sometimes causes a non-adaptable factor in the animals nervous system and the chemistry in his brain is affected.

I picked up a bitch desexed Rockweeler when I was winding up my tree looping business, she had hardly ever been out of a smallish back yard, I brough her back to my place where I had another Rockweeler and a Rhodesian Ridgeback, but she had a fit I couldn't get near her, I would have been torn to pieces, the other dogs felt the same way, she kept throwing herself up in the air and twisting so she landed straight up and down on her back.

When she went unconscious I brought her inside, and she was really sick couldn't keep anything down for about a week, but she got better and joined in chasing the wild life, but she never learner to swim and I was working on it, but one time I wasn't around and she drowned in my duck pond.

I figured it probably was God that done it to spare the wild life so I gave the other two dogs away.

If you think along the lines of chemical imbalance cause by neuropsychological disruption you should be on the right track.

nwtk2007 Loc: Texas

True! She'd just flip me off!

debeda

Take the time for a week or so to take him out and be out there with him. Might not have been the fence, maybe he hurt himself or another dog bit him, or something else random. Also check him out and make sure he's not injured anywhere. Dogs will try to hole up when they're hurt. So nice you adopted him, poor puppy

EmilyD

And then what? The dog wakes up and still has the problem.
Strange solution.

EmilyD

Keep us posted, Richard if you can. I, for one, am interested in the progress you make !

Hug

Wife and I have saved dogs for years. I keep a large pan of good feed (best money can buy) free choice at the ranch headquarters. We neuter the stray dogs and give them a home if they want it. We have had dogs that are as much human as dog. Right now we have 13 dogs and we love all of them.

bahmer

Maybe you should PM No Propaganda Please or SWMBO and maybe they can help you. The reason that I suggested these two is that they take care of abused boys and the first thing that the abused boy receives when he comes to live with them is a dog. Both SWMBO and NPP No Propaganda Please know about dogs and what to do for them.

cbpat1

Actually kevyn is on the right track. Dogs use the same drugs as humans for anxiety. My dogs have been on anxiety medications after surgeries to keep them calm. The vets explained it to us, how animals react similar to drugs as we do. Kevyn should have been a veterinarian.

Rose42

No he isn't on the right track - its a ridiculous suggestion for this situation. Just as people are overmedicated the dogs are becoming that way. They don't need pills for anxiety. What they need is effort from their owners on helping them the same way people need a hand rather than popping a pill.

Pills are an easy out. Dogs don't deserve the indignity of our laziness when they are so selfless.

nwtk2007 Loc: Texas

I had a dog who loved White Russians.