You have a Sandy too? Jim had a lab named Sandy when he was younger. lol He loves telling me about her all the time. haha

congratulations on the new addition to the family!!! ...and thank you sooooo much for considering the shelter. There's a special place in heaven for you!!

Okay guys, (please dont laugh at me, im a new mama) Molly has been
with us for almost 8 hours, We've probably been outside about 4 hours
of our time together. Noone has seen her pee. I know girl dogs arnt
as conspicuous as boy dogs when they pee. Do you think shes withholding
the pee because everything is new?

My poor Mr. Sox has had her out for the last hour and she still hasnt.
Any suggestions?........

TIA

A really, really big hug?

Do you have other dogs around? Maybe borrow a neighbor dog to come over and pee in your yard. Sometime all it takes is to smell where another has gone.

Another thing to consider is she may have voided and you didn't see it. Sometimes Bergie gets so excited and pees without crouching. lol

Troublemaker!!!

Well, around ten last night, molly still hadnt peed. Mr sox took her out,
and came back in, "She peed!"

me: Yay, Did she go alot?

Mr. Sox: ummmm....I dont know.

me: Could you tell she was going?

Mr. Sox: ummmmm, I dont know

Me: Did it take a long time?

Well, you get the picture. Sheeeesh, men.


Good news is she slept thru the night and is still peeing , just like a
regular dog.

You're a good momma, Sox!! I can tell Molly has gotten a great home.

When my cat had a UTI I practically camped out by the litter box so I could be sure that he was going and that he was going as much as he should be. He was on medication but I wanted to be sure - animals can go from bad to worse is a very short time frame when it comes to UTI's.

Molly will become one of your kids - and you'll worry about her as much as you do the human kind!!

On peeing....

When Sophie had surgery - 12 hrs, for cancer, spaying and a hernia - the vet called me to update. He was concerned because hours later, no pee.

I came down to see her and said "She's inside. Sophie doesn't pee inside, she's a good girl."

so in a T storm, pouring rain, the vet and I carefully took the lil patient out. He brought a plastic container to catch some urine. He wanted to see if there was any blood in it, to see how the surgery went, if there were any problems in that way.

He explained he had had the crew re-strerilize the OR, and was just about to sedate Soph again and go back in to see if there was a blockage, since she did not pee for so long. But first he just pressed on her bladder, and expressed the urine that way.

And he'd had to call the staff back in on their night off to do all this, mind you.

So we're out in the wind and rain in March... with a pee cup.

Still wouldn't go.

I said "She can't pee. You're watching. Give me the cup."

We both looked away. I told the dog, "Go ahead and pee, we won't look"

And dangit if that dog didn't squat right then.

And people say animals aren't smart......

I sometimes think mine are human!!