Extreme Drooling
So the night before last, I watched him when he fell asleep and realized that he curls up in a little ball and drools excessively all over his paws. Then when he moves, it gets the crate a little wet accounting for the stickiness on the other random parts of his body. The slight pee smell was resulting from the fact that he's never learned to lift his leg when he goes so sometimes he gets a little pee on his foot. Gross! Last night I put a towel in with him and that seemed to absorb a lot of the drool. I should also mention that this only seems to happen excessively when he's in a deep sleep. He recently had an entire blood, urine and fecal workup from the vet when we thought he might have JRD (or something else) so we know that there isn't anything medically wrong with him. I'm just wondering, does anybody else have this excessive drooling problem? How do you keep your dog clean and smelling decent? Any thoughts on how to slow it down? I've never heard of a cure for drooling! You'd think he was a mastiff or something! |
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| Hi Jil
All I can suggest is to keep waterless shampoo in a spray bottle for touch-up cleaning. Miracle Coat is one brand at Petsmart and I know you can order it from JB Wholesale. I use it all the time for dirty butts and faces. Just spray it on, work in with your fingers and dry with a towel. Holly |
| When they did his most recent exam- did they look through his mouth? Are there any bad teeth or swollen gums that may be causing the problem? Just an idea!
Karen  |
| what's the temperature like where he is sleeping? He might be warm with such a big coat on. |
| Yes, I wouldn't call it a thourough dental exam but the vet did a once over and said it all looked good. I just checked him out and his teeth and gums look very healthy-- nothing swollen or rotten.
He's in his crate and not by a heat vent or anything. He's only 6 months so he doesn't have a super heavy coat yet but that is something to think about. We've kept the crate kind of small for housetraining purposes so I'm wondering if we let him stretch out more if he wouldn't make such a mess on himself. However, I wonder if he might pee on himself if it's too big. It's kind of like picking the lesser of 2 evils! Clyde's been getting lonely and upset at night and barking a lot the last couple of weeks too. My boyfriend pointed out that the barking might be lending to the drooling too. I wonder if h'd be happier sleeping somewhere else instead but I'm just not sure that he's ready yet. |
| Ok- how about teething? When do oes get their adult teeth in? Maybe that's the issue? |
| Could you move his crate to your room? That way he would be near you and would not feel so lonely. |
| Ah!! Teething!!. The puppy gets his permanent teeth about 4-5 months of age with the bigger teeth coming a month or so later. Could be your boy is getting his last teeth.
As for the peeing on his foot.........give him time, he's still a baby. If he were 2 years old I'd say, well, he's a squatter. Your baby has a lot changing in his body, be patient. |
| For teething you might put something cold in with him to chew on, like a frozen nylabone or something. |
| No, he's not teething anymore (thank goodness!) so I don't think that's it. Tonight I'm going to let him sleep in the upstairs bathroom and see what happens. He loves sleeping in there while I'm home and he can stretch out on the cool tile floor. Perhaps keeping him cooler and calmer will help the drooling. I just hope the extra space doesn't encourage him to have an accident during the night. |
| Could be a bit of anxiety. Try the craate in the bedroom, he might feel more secure. Pooh drolls like mad when we put him in the car (still working on it). The breed is not usually a big drooler. |
| Hi Butter-
How did it go with Clyde last night? |
| Lol. I actually fell asleep on the couch myself and blew everything. He spent the night in the crate again since I didn't have time to puppy proof the bathroom. We're going to buy some baby gates today and we'll see it how that works. |
| Clyde could just be a wet mouth. Drez is. It's not common with the breed, but it does happen. If you look at Drez when she's panting, one side of her bottom lip on the left side of her head droops, and that's where she drools from. We've asked the vet if there is some sort of surgical procedure that could fix it, but he advised against it. So - we just keep a towel handy!
Chris |
| I think Josh hit it on the head with the anxiety. We gated off the entire kitchen last night and he did great-- no accidents, no drooling! He did start barking his head off at about 8 a.m. though. He just misses us I think. As soon as I bring him upstairs, he's fine.
The thing is, the guilt gets the best of me because I used to let Lucy sleep with me when I lived alone. But, all the hair in the bed drove my boyfriend nuts and made him itchy so he asked if maybe she could sleep outside our room. That seemed fair (that way our clothes would be hair free too) but I felt terrible not letting her in and she looked all wounded too for awhile. But now I'm letting Clyde in and I feel like Lucy secretly despises us for it! But, he's not losing any hair yet so that's the only reason. It will have to stop once he starts losing hair. I'm setting a dangerous precedent, aren't I? |
| Hi,
I was browsing the internet when I came across this article. I see you posted way back in April, but just curious if you still follow the posts and how things are going? I have a 5 month old lab puppy who appears to have the exact same problem. My husband and I bought her a bed to put in our room for at night...but during the day she is crated while we're at work. When we get home, she is a mess....drool from head to toe and often still hanging from her mouth. I'm worried something is wrong....and really sick of cleaning her up each night. Not sure what to do. Any suggestions? Thanks! Randi |
| It turned out Clyde was drooling from nervousness. As a puppy, he'd wind up soaking himself when he was in his crate! It was separation anxiety to the extreme. We wound up having a dog walker come a couple of times a week during the day and brought him upstairs with us at night (out of the crate). We have another older dog to keep him company too so I think that helped. She is very calm and seems to have a good influence on him while we're away!
He's now a little over 1 and no problems whatsoever. We don't crate him anymore (he never did like it) and he's pretty relaxed and well-adjusted while we're gone. No drooling or destruction! |
| I have a 3 1/2 month old Lab/Husky mix and last night he started with the drooling in the crate too, I've been freaking out all day wondering if I should take him to the vet, but I'd rather not pay 300$ for them to tell me he has anxiety. He is very attached to me, so I am wondering if that's what it could be. It just started last night, and I really thought he was peeing in the crate, which is odd for him to do. He used to bark and howl when we first put him in, but the past 2 or 3 nights he's been very calm, and the drooling started. Maybe that's how he handles not liking it? So this afternoon I left him out of the crate when I left for a half hour. Nope, drool all over the couch. Does he just not like me not being around, or should I take him to get looked at? He acts perfectly fine otherwise!!!! |
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