My 12 week old puppy started this yesterday.  She whines to go outside, i let her out, she pee's, and than she comes in and drinks water.  10 Minutes later she wants out again, and this process goes on and on.  I've had to take her outside about 20 times today ...  Another thing Im worried about is what she did yesterday.  I gave her a rawhide bone to chew, and she went crazy chewing it.  She chewed the whole thing down, and I think she swallowed kind of a big piece.  Well it seems today shes having a difficult time poo'ing.  She was able to poo a couple times today, but later today she couldn't, and hasn't.  I don't know if shes having too much trouble, or its just another reason shes demanding to go outside so much.  Everytime I take her outside, she goes pee.  Everytime I bring her in, its like she has to go again, but she drinks water everytime.  She can go to sleep with me in my room and not make one accident, but at the moment she has to go every 5 minutes or sooner.  I just took her outside again now, and she was outside 5 minutes ago.  The bone i gave her was an All natural Yummie Rawhide Bone.  Can that cause constipation or an upset stomach?  I was trying to wait 2 more weeks to see a vet due to her needing her 2nd shot in that time anyways.  Im concerned though, I see this behabvior troubling her.  Its just so frustrating to take her outside so many times, and have her demand to go right back out.  She literally takes 24 hours of my day, and I can't even turn my back before she is looking for a spot to go unless i follow her.  If I follow her, shell be a good girl and tell me shes got to go outside.  I leave her outside now for a couple minutes at a time, and let her do her thing.  I come outside with her the majority of the time, but during this situation Ive let her out for minutes alone.  It bothers me she'll whine to get back in the house, and I always give in and let her in.  5 minutes later, she wants out again.  HELP!  :(  Thanks for reading -

You need to take her to the vet immediately - the rawhide chew could be causing an obstruction, which could kill her if it isn't sorted out.

I agree - rawhide chews are, frankly, dangerous and to my mind, it is appalling that they are sold by pet shops and people innocently go and buy them. Many dogs are fine with them, but many gulp them down and this is when things can go terribly wrong. Take her to a vet at once - hope she's oK.

Lindsay
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Hi again B,

You really MUST take her to a vet a.s.a.p. - if part of the chew has become blocked in in her intestines it is literally a matter of life and death.  Numerous adults dogs have died from similar obstructions - puppies go downhill very quickly so don't waste another minute - *PLEASE*

After you have her taken care of, do a search on hear about pigs ears and rawhide chews - you will realise just how dangerous they are and not give one to any dog again :(

Good luck, Teri  

Is there any news?

Lindsay
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She is now poo'ing again, and I'm stopping her from chewing those bones down so far she wants to swallow them.  Yea there was no warning on the package or anything!  :(  Before I gave her those I read the labels and being All natural, I thought it was ok.  That is exactly what I was worried about, her swallowing it because of its consistantsy.  It tells the dog ower to watch her, but nothing else.  I'm looking for the phone number to call the vet now, but she doesn't seem to be in any pain what so ever.  I'm still going to call because I've got more than one reason too.  Poor puppy, sigh.  Once I saw her gnaw those bones all the way down I had a feeling this might happen and was watching her.  I just didn't grab it out of her mouth soon enough.  I was about 30 seconds to late :(  I'll post up after I take her to the vet. 

I called the vet and asked about all my questions.  Im so glad the women there was as concerned as I was and was so willing to answer my questions!  Sounds like this forum :)

I asked about the rawhide chew bone - She is poo'ing right now and it seems to have passed her system.  At first it was probably to much, but she seems just fine now.  The break down and matter that I was thinking might stick in her stomach should dissolve if it hasn't.  A couple calls have been made to the vet about this same thing, and these pacific kind of bones are ok, but for bigger dogs.  They will break down, and are made for that, but I'm keeping them away from her until and I'll give her something easier to break down.  I don't think I should take her to the vet currently, but if I see her having trouble one more time Ill do it immediately.  She hasn't had any problems the last 3 times shes gone outside, so I feel shes ok.

Im feeding her Nutrition Nuggets (purple bag) and I was told to move to Iams, puppy food.  Ive heard that name many times before and I think that may be smart, but I ask here if I should change her diet?  She loves her puppy food now, but her poo's are still a little runny.  I got her a week ago, and she didn't wanna eat, so I fed her bread/eggs/cheerios to get her started.  I've taken her off of that stuff for 3 days now and shes fine.  Can poo's still be runny after 72 hours?  Maybe I do need to change the food....  They aren't as runny now, but still aren't all the way consistant.

The UTI is very rare in dogs, and I was told it was my fault for allowing her to have freedom to water at all times.  I took water from the puppy last night and gave it back to her in the morning.  She has only wee'd 3 times today (as appose to 20 or so times yesterday).  They are always small ammounts and I don't see any discoloration.  I could still check for it by getting a sample, but how would I go doing that?  If she wets newspaper in the house (accident), can i drip it into a cup?  Or does that effect the urine? 

I know this section is for feeding forums - but I rather not create an additional post...  How long should I take food away from the puppy each time after she eats/drinks?  I know she should have 4 "tea" times.  Im a late night guy, so my schedule is messed...  I woke up at 10AM and played with her until 1030.  I let her feed/drink until she didn't and took it away from her.  When should I put the bowls back down for her 2nd, 3rd, 4th feed?

I can't say how thankful I am to have had all of my questions answered :)  Thanks for your replies!

I don't know who told you that access to water causes UTIs but I bet it wasn't a vet!  I don't think they are particularly rare either.  Dehydration is much more likely to cause UTIs plus other problems kidney stones etc.  Always have fresh water available, particularly with a dry diet.  When you have a UTI it is usually encouraged to drink plenty of water to help flush out the now diluted bacteria to either enable the body to deal with it or to help any antibiotics.  If that causes more trips to the loo, or outside for puppies so be it.
You probably have caused the upset tummy by giving too many different things to eat it is best to stick to the one thing.  Puppies often won't eat well in a new home but soon settle down.  A small amount of live yoghurt should help to get the bowels back on track I would not go for any more changes of diet until things have done so.  No more chews :) apart from anything else they fill the belly and prevent the puppy eating its more nutritious food.
Just space the 4 feeds out as evenly as you can to suit your waking hours.
To get a sample pop a small, clean shallow container under her from behind when she squats if that doesn't work you can open a clean packet of cotton balls and pop them under her before placing them in a cleaned container and taking them to the vet.

That wasnt what I meant about UTI's and water.  I know giving a dog water wouldn't cause her to get infected...  I meant it was my fault for giving her water all the time to make her want outside non-stop.  I questioned a UTI because of her behavior, but I didn't think large ammounts of water would cause infection.  The Vet told me to restrict a puppy from water (and give her feed times) thus making it much easier on me to housebreak her.  Im not saying Im gonna dehydrate the poor pup (of course not).  :)   Shes also good at letting me know shes hungry.

Yea I have stopped giving her out of the blue things to just eat, because shes eating her puppy food efficiently now.  Changing a diet to Iams sounds like a good idea, but so does keeping her on her Nutrition Nuggets.  This puppy food has a lot of good facts about it, but I doubt its as good as Iams.  She was brought up on it, and that's the only reason Im still using it.  If I continue to see runny poos, I'll probably try Iams.

As for chew toys... 3 Months is to young to give her any chew toys?  She loves to chew ....  And for hours.  It also gives her something to do besides whining....  But before I give her anymore chews, I will research the item and make sure its much easier to break down for her.  I may not give her any bones or such, and maybe I'll just get her a toy from the store for her to tear up.  I just like the idea of bones for teeth purpose, and it freshins her breath.  Filling her belly eh?  Well...  What if I let her chew bones, until they get swallow size and just take them away from her so she can't swallow it?  (no matter how easy it is to break down).  - (Id be giving her the easy digested ones if I did) 

Sorry that sentence really read like you were told UTIs were rare and it was your fault for allowing free water. :)
I still disagree with not allowing free water, little puppies have little bladders and you are just going to have to let them out often.  If you are working on a wee command at least you are working towards making sure every outing is productive which should cut it down to the minimum.
Trying a new food is OK as long as you wait until things settle down and introduce it slowing over the course of a week or two gradually mixing less and less of the old stuff with it.
I don't choose to give bones or chews to little ones as I give them dry food to provide crunch and teeth cleaning, I certainly don't think they want to be ingesting much of anything else if they are on a complete diet for fear of unbalancing, others can advise if you wish to feed differently.

Please, please, don't restrict her access to water. It's possible to housetrain a puppy within a week or two, still allowing free access to water, if the owner puts 100% effort into watching the pup. Restricting access to water is only going to make her thirsty and put strain on her kidneys, creating possible longterm health issues, especially if you're feeding a dry food.

I agree JG, I do feel that was bad advice  given to the OP :(

It's so very important for a little body to have access to water - you wouldn't not feed or water a human baby to make it easier to get it out of nappies would you? ;)
As you say, restricting access can lead to other health issues.

Lindsay
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I think you're caught between a rock and a hard place here - on the one side you don't want the puppy to learn to pester to go out to get attention, but at the same time, you *do* want her to learn some way of letting you know she needs to relieve herself.
Have you thought about giving her some other way of letting you know she wants to go out?  Maybe ring a bell?  I certainly wouldn't encourage her to bark for what she wants, as this can become a learnt behaviour for anything she wants :(
I think for the time being I wouldn't withhold water, and be prepared to let her out whenever she asks BUT lower the level of praise/reward and interaction with her while she's out there, and increase the time you spend with her inside.
Like the others I would NEVER withhold water at any time from any dog (apart ofcourse from the occasional pre op period) Kidneys need fluids to process toxins, and I believe insufficient fluids can lead to long term damamge :(

Why not try a dog flap? She could take herself out when she want's then.