More puzzled....

[Anne123]

Just back from the vet. She is puzzled too. She examined him fully, temperature, belly, heart, paws, teeth, weight, etc. nothing wrong. It could be that he doesn’t tolerate the dentastic. I told her he was getting them all his life, just one a day. But it could be. It could also be that his bowels are starting to get inflamed as that sometimes comes with age. For now, no inflammation. She also scraped some cells of his nose. Perfectly fine. She said that some dogs as they age the start having a bald spot there? Never had this with our other labs....
We wait and see for 3 weeks. Instead of eating 2 times she advised 3 times. He also got a de-wormer (milbemax). She didn’t think he was a hypothyroid dog. Too full of life! Too happy. She liked him so much. Weight was good, no more weight gain, just the same 33kg.
So we can rule out physical problems. Just wait and see what happens next night....

 

[Anne123]

I wonder if the smell of the paint is upsetting him in some way? It would be worth mentioning to the vet.

Yes, I told her the painter was in our house. She didn’t think that that could possibly bother him

 

[Granca]

That all sounds very positive. Let's hope it's just been a bit of a blip and all is well from now on. At least Finn doesn't see bothered!

 

[Ashley]

A definite mystery! Glad to hear he had a good check at the vet!

 

[Loraseal]

Sounds positive from the vet and most importantly... Finn seems happy.
Maybe he does not like the colour of the paint !
Seriously though, hopefully it is just a tiny blip and the tests come back clear.X

 

[Lab_adore]

Glad everything came back ok, hopefully as @Loraseal said it was just a blip

 

[Anne123]

It isn’t over yet....
Yesterday evening my OH had been playing tennis. He wanted to relax a bit afterwards and fell asleep on the couch. At 1:30 am my OH woke up. Finn woke him up by demanding he wanted to go out. So my OH went outside and Finn had a poo.
Early this morning I heard Finn wandering through the living room. I immediately went downstairs to see if he had to go again, but no....he was just looking for something to eat....

 

[Granca]

Strange. Have you changed the times of his meals? Does he go out late in the evening before he goes to bed?

 

[Anne123]

Strange. Have you changed the times of his meals? Does he go out late in the evening before he goes to bed?

No, I didn’t change the times of his meals and yes he went out at 11pm, as soon as my OH was back from tennis. Nothing out of the ordinary

 

[Granca]

 

[Xena Dog Princess]

Does Finn usually cry/bark when he has an urgent poo during the night? Maybe he doesn't realise that he can ask to go out?!

 

[Loraseal]

Has this just started with the start of cold weather? Does Finn like the cold weather? Have you started with a new bag of food? Maybe the de-wormer has upset his routine? Very strange though.x

 

[Anne123]

Does Finn usually cry/bark when he has an urgent poo during the night? Maybe he doesn't realise that he can ask to go out?!

Yes!

 

[Anne123]

Has this just started with the start of cold weather? Does Finn like the cold weather? Have you started with a new bag of food? Maybe the de-wormer has upset his routine? Very strange though.x

Finn likes the cold weather, he loves it very much and get the zoomies as soon he is in the snow. I have a new bag of food, but nothing wrong there. His routine was already upset wherefore he got the de-wormer.....Still very strange! He doesn’t feel sick, had him checked out by our own vet, she was puzzled too....

 

[Anne123]

Thank you for thinking with me. He didn’t poo today so far. I think it is very strange. He is happy, hungry, playful and mischievous. So probably nothing to worry about except pooing....

 

[Atemas]

Well it must all be a bit frustrating - I would be wondering why too. Hope it stops.

 

[Cath]

Well he's happy otherwise

 

[Aitch]

Is his hearing ok? If he doesn't quite hear you upstairs and is desperate then he might think he just has to go.

 

[Anne123]

Is his hearing ok? If he doesn't quite hear you upstairs and is desperate then he might think he just has to go.

His hearing is perfect! So is mine.....he didn’t warn us that he had to go! My OH wouldn’t hear it, but I do, I can even hear my neighbors breath as a matter of speaking

 

[Xena Dog Princess]

Could he be sleep walking? So he "wakes" up but he's not really awake, and is disorientated, and doesn't realise that he's not outside and then poops? It's very peculiar that he's not "asking" to go out, and just goes there on the floor. Very peculiar.