Yorkie Rescue

I have never heard of a belly band…Can someone please tell me what this is?
I have a lady who just took in a rescue yorkie..whose previous owners had a belly band on his…
Is this dangerous for dogs? could it have harmed him?
Thanks:-)

A belly band is used on a male dog to keep him from urinating or marking in the house. It is a resuable cloth band that fits around the dog’s middle & over their penis. You place a woman’s pad inside the band. If the dog urinates the pad absorbs the urine & the pad can be changed as needed.
Bellybands are often used by breeders that keep several intact males for marking. They are quite popular with the toy dog people since a lot of people find toy breeds hard to housetrain. A bellyband could be used on an older or sick incontinent male too. Rescue foster homes (esp of toy dogs) use bellybands a lot on their rescue males while they are housetraining them. Rescue foster homes have multiple dogs. Take a dog that isn’t housebroken, hasn’t been neutered yet or was neutered just recently & still has hormones, his life has just changed dramatically & it’s a huge set-up for marking. One dog marks & all the dogs want to start marking. So they use a bellyband on the little fella to prevent these accidents while they housetrain the dog. Here is a picture.

http://www.kennelkomforts.net/

We just got a energetic labradoodle 8 months ago.The only reason we got her though is because our dad got a very expensive hunting trip.My mom doesn’t want another hunting trip.We want to get the yorkie from a shelter to rescue it.I show him that i’m responsible,but he still says NO.I’v been begging and i can’t stop! PLEASE HELP ME!!!!! PLEASE

Don’t just take care of the dog do other thing that you can prof to you dad that you are responsible. My son also ask me for a dog he said that is going to take care of his dog very well… but the problem was that he take care only the first month the I have to start taking care of the dog. Maybe that’s what your dad don’t want it to happened. Keep trying!!!

Try the RSPCA, or the Blue Cross, or http://www.jerrygreendogs.org.uk/

There are also lots of breed – specific rescues, which you can find here: http://www.dogpages.org.uk/

He was neutered 3 days ago. When I got him his poop was kinda soft but since the neutering it has gotten completely loose what can i do to make it firm.

Could indeed be nerves and the stress of a new home and new food – if you are feeding new food, not what he’s used to.
Shouldn’t have gotten antibiotics for a simple neuter, so that’s out.

If the diarrhea continues another day, please get your dog to the vet for a fecal, you should have him checked out in any case. A fecal can check for bacteria or intestinal parasites and the vet will give you the right meds for your dog.
Leaving a small dog with diarrhea for more than 3 days is very risky, dehydration is a real problem, he can go into shock.
A fecal is not much, so get him to the vet if the diarrhea continues.

You might give him some plain boiled rice with a little white meat, skinless, boneless chicken chopped fine, or white rice with very lean chop meat added – that will help if the diarrhea is just from stress or change, but it won’t do any good if he has an intestinal infection or parasite, so get him to the vet if this continues.

Ones about 7ish and others i think 3-4.
One i found attacked on the street n rescued it (Yorkie)
&& other i got at the pound (Shih tzu, laso apso)
So I don’t know the ages exactly.
But they hate there dog food.
They hate the taste i think cause they eat people food, but not their dog food.
So any goo tasting dog foods for them?

Science diet. for mature small dogs

She is happy to sit near my feet or on my lap. But when I go to pick her up she bolts. She will go to a corner and let me pick her up once she’s cornered.

Well, than don´t pick her up! Maybe she will let you do it without fear when she knows you better. But there are dogs who simply don´t like to be picked up. (My male Aussie – 60pounds – is one of them. But sometimes I have to carry him because he is 14 and has problems walking stairs.) I would suggest to NOT corner her only to pick her up, because you should build up her trust as you are new to her – not putting her under a load of stress. So as long as there is no reason to do it – and small dogs have own feet to walk too – don´t try it for the time being.