She has been going to the bathroom #2 alot and its not pretty and she is loosing a small amount of hair on the back of her neck. Just wanted to know if anyone has had a similar problem and if so is this normal?
2007-05-14 01:48:39 · 9 answers · asked by Daph 1 in Pets ➔ Dogs
Since she is 10 months of age, this is likely her first heat cycle. It is very common for bitches to develop an enormous vulva during their heat cycle. It is also rather common for them to toilet more frequently than usual, but usually it is urination--not necessarily passing of stool. When girls in season pass a larger than normal volume of stool, it is usually an indication of emotional stress. Some of my toy dogs get very histrionic during their heat cycles to the point that they are hardly bearable and seek out more comfort time from me than usual. This is not the time to start giving any new foods or change the meal preparation in any way because changes do bring on stress diahrea at this time.
At this time I would take her to the vet for a quick check up and bring a stool sample along. I would not be surprised to hear that she has worms. Boxers tend to get small bald spots on occassion, but your vet may check it for ringworm.
The two symptoms, however, have nothing to do with one another--other than they are both taking place during her heat cycle. You just need to get her checked out.
2007-05-14 11:19:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is she around any other dogs? They could be chewing on her neck trying to mount her. Females do this too not just males. She will urinate & stool frequently & insist on cleaning herself A LOT. She is stressing out over this new change. This is her first heat so don't be suprised when her tit's start to swell after she has finished her cycle. Get her in to be spayed or at least get the appointment set. You can have a full panel blood test run if you are worried about any health problems. I have never heard of a dog's immune system shutting down just because she is in season.
2007-05-14 02:00:51 · answer #2 · answered by tzu 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The three things are probably not related. Heat might cause her to go to the bathroom simply because she feels the swelling and is trying to get rid of it the only way she knows to do it. Or maybe she just needs wormed?
The lost hair could actually be from male dogs biting her neck or possibly from her just scratching.
Immune problems manifest themselves as repeated infections not as bowel symptoms.
2007-05-14 02:22:39 · answer #3 · answered by mama woof 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No a heat will not cause the immune system to shut down. I think a call to your vet is in order. There may be something else going on.
2007-05-14 01:56:54 · answer #4 · answered by ♥Golden gal♥ 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, estrus does not cause the immune system to shut down. If the dog is loosing hair and having odd stools, you need to make a trip to vet sooner rather than later.
2007-05-14 01:57:36 · answer #5 · answered by Nikki T 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There is no connection. She needs to see a vet and get a complete blood work up. There is something else going on here. She should not be bred NOR should she be put under anesthesia for spaying right now. She needs to be healthy for that. Make sure she does not get bred. See a vet and get her well then spay her.
Has she had any vaccines recently? This can and does cause the immune system to become weak.
2007-05-14 01:57:11 · answer #6 · answered by Freedom 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Take you dog to the vet. Being in heat does not cause anything to happen to her immune system. There's obviously something else going on. Also, I strongly suggest you have her spayed.
2007-05-14 01:56:51 · answer #7 · answered by clarity 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have 3 Boxers. When my oldest one was in heat and got pregant. We thought she was going to die! Her eyes drooped, had no energy. She did go #2 though. As far as losing hair, I dont recall that happening to her. There are websites that you can look up about the breed. I would call your vet.
2007-05-14 01:59:50 · answer #8 · answered by Jax 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ok, you acquire a canine which you comprehend grow to be no longer taken care of nicely and is no longer healthy, and you opt to place her interior the path of the quite traumatizing technique of breeding her??? Are you insane? Spay that undesirable canine, she has for sure been with the aid of sufficient already! you ought to kill her by breeding her, probability is her organs are already vulnerable from being malnourished as a doggy. Her failure to return into warmth is a clean sign that she isn't healthy sufficient to reproduce, now or ever! to no longer point out, white boxers at the instant are not meant to take place. that's a genetic illness, meaning all white boxers could be as we talk desexed and faraway from the gene pool. White boxers are services to any form of wellness concerns which incorporate blindness, deafness, and maximum cancers- you opt to bypass that right down to all the puppies? SPAY YOUR canine. there is not any reason in heaven or earth to reproduce her, different than your individual egocentric greed. Get her fastened and enable her stay in peace!! Edit: To "?" person- there is no longer something "incorrect" with white boxers as pets, could you finally end up with one, like it and take care of it, yet they're to no longer be bred by fact it breeds severe and incredibly a pair of times deadly wellness complications into the puppies, and that's merely merciless and ignorant. it quite is no longer a count of "the canine isn't tremendously", that's a controversy of "the canine could have heavily undesirable puppies".
2016-10-15 22:37:00 · answer #9 · answered by lorenzo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋