Hubcitypam Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 (edited) Poodle has decided to pee only on the dog beds. I caught him in the act today. He has a dog door and an ex-pend area outside. We went to the vet and he did a radiograph and an ultrasound of his bladder. The glucose reading was 240 which was high, but not crazy high so we're upping his insulin another unit and putting him on antibiotics in case it is something that didn't show up. I'm not sure exactly what the vet said but it was something like sometimes gas blocks views. On the plus side his radiograph showed the spine of a 3 year old - only a couple of tiny spots of arthritis. Way better than a 14 year old should be. Dementia may be a factor in the peeing. Anyway back to the canned pumpkin. He told me Poodle was constipated and to feed him some canned pumpkin to ease him along. After I quit I said "That is the #1 suggestion on some forums to firm up poop!" He said "You wouldn't believe how many clients come in & say 'I read on the internet that pumpkin firms up stools.' For the most part pumpkin just gives you orange runs". Edited November 27, 2013 by Hubcitypam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MandysMom Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 One of the vets I've worked with for years told me that pumpkin helps regulate water balance in the digestive tract. That's why it can help if someone is constipated or has diarrhea. Quote Beverly. Missing my happy toy-flinging boy Sammy (Where's Mandrill), (8/12/2009-9/30-2021) Desperately missing my angel Mandy (BB's Luv) [7/1/2000 - 9/18/2012]. Always missing Meg the Dalmatian and Ralph Malph the Pekeapoo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest happygrey Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Pumpkin gives our "problem tum" dog the runs. It's never worked for us. Neither does cooked white rice -- another common big D suggestion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Giselle Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 It actually makes a lot of sense to me. Although we tend to have this gut instinct to think, "Fiber = firmer poops", this idea doesn't take into account the subtle complexities of the gut system. For example, many studies have consistently shown that high fiber diets tend to result in FASTER gut kinetics. High fiber diets actually move through your gut faster! So, when things are moving fast, it makes sense that your gut would then have less time to extract nutrients and pull out water. Because we and dogs don't actually have a high capacity to digest fiber and hemicellulose, our guts compensate by pushing it through faster. So, it actually makes a lot of sense that high fiber doesn't necessarily firm up poop but rather increase gut motility and increase the rate at which animals poop. That's my understanding, anyways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trudy Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 I think for many it works in that a little pumpkin helps firm things up and more pumpkin loosens things up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreytTerp Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Our experience has been canned pumpkin flushes out the system kindly. We get improved "end products" when we give Marvin some pumpkin, and we always keep some canned pumpkin in the cupboard in case he eats something he shouldn't. The first time we fed him some canned pumpkin, he pooped out two squeakers and some other toy innard remnants we had no idea about... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest carriej Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Our experience has been canned pumpkin flushes out the system kindly. We get improved "end products" when we give Marvin some pumpkin, and we always keep some canned pumpkin in the cupboard in case he eats something he shouldn't. The first time we fed him some canned pumpkin, he pooped out two squeakers and some other toy innard remnants we had no idea about... OMG! LOL Better out than in, holy smokes! Freeman pooped out an entire glove one time. I remember running in the house screaming to my husband 'WHERES THE FLASHLIGHT?' because I thought he had just pooped out the king of all worms from some alien planet. It was just a glove. Then the next day he pooped the other one. He also threw up a whole bunch of unopened ketchup packets that must have been in there for awhile judging by their appearance. How they remained sealed is beyond me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest happygrey Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Our experience has been canned pumpkin flushes out the system kindly. We get improved "end products" when we give Marvin some pumpkin, and we always keep some canned pumpkin in the cupboard in case he eats something he shouldn't. The first time we fed him some canned pumpkin, he pooped out two squeakers and some other toy innard remnants we had no idea about... OMG! LOL Better out than in, holy smokes! Freeman pooped out an entire glove one time. I remember running in the house screaming to my husband 'WHERES THE FLASHLIGHT?' because I thought he had just pooped out the king of all worms from some alien planet. It was just a glove. Then the next day he pooped the other one. He also threw up a whole bunch of unopened ketchup packets that must have been in there for awhile judging by their appearance. How they remained sealed is beyond me. WOW! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sobesmom Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Well - I've heard bananas given to children for both diarrhea and constipation. I think the idea is that the natural fiber will "normalize" the gut. It stands to reason that a moderate about of pumpkin could do the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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