My dog is peeing & pooping inside after spay. Why & what to do?

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Molly got spayed about 10 days ago, and she was very well house trained but ever since then she has been peeing and pooping around the house all the time. She has pee pads and knows where they are and she used to use them but now she will poop on the carpet, or the floor and the same goes for her peeing. Why is she doing this? Will it go back to normal? What can we do? Pet's info: Dog | Yorkshire Terrier | Female | spayed | 7 months and 27 days old | 3.96 lbs

Jeffrey Milner · Accepted Answer

If these behavior changes have taken place directly in concern with the surgical procedure, I would first want to make sure there is no post-operative medical issue taking place. It is not common to see urinary tract infections shortly after a procedure that could easily be the cause of the problems you are seeing. Although the pooping in inappropriate locations may not have anything to do with the urinary tract, Molly may be in too much discomfort to necessarily care about following the rules in general. Conversely, it is possible that the removal of hormone producing organs in the body are causing a behavior change resulting in problems you are witnessing. This would be very uncommon however, and I think that first ruling out the medical issue would be the prudent way to approach this.

My dog is peeing & pooping inside after spay. Why & what to do?

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