Expert: Kaza - 10/16/2008

Question
MY 12 YR OLD BICHON, CASPER,  HAS BEGUN HAVING PROBLEMS POOPING.. HE HAS HAD TO GO SO SUDDENLY THAT HE  JUMPED OFF THE BED LAST NIGHT AND POOPED A SMALL 1 INCH PIECE AND THEN ANOTHER AND THEN RAN INTO THE BATHROOM AND DID 2 5 INCHERS.. WE ARE NOT GIVING HIM MORE FOOD THAN NORMAL.LAST WEEK HE WOULD YELP WHEN HE SQUATTED BUT AFTER A BOUT OF MEDS HE HAS STOPPED DOING THAT. SEEMS HE HE DOESN'T WANT TO GO  POTTY, LIKE HE IS PUTTING IT OFF ..WHAT CAN WE DO?

Answer
If he has been on any drugs with soporifiic effect he will be constipated suggest fibre in his diet.
His age can also play a part and at his ripe old age I would always recommend Saw Palmetto, Pumpkin Tabs and Licopene tabs all available from Holland and Barratt (UK) or most health stores worldwide.Benecol can also be added to his water, its tasteless and odourless but a beneficial part of the elderly dogs diet.If he is an uncastrated male I would suggest broccoli in his diet as this lowers testosterone ...

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