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My injured dog won't pee or poop after accident. What should I do?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Dogue de Bordeaux | Female | 6 years and 7 months old

My dog got run over the other day we got her back home yesterday and shes in a lot of pain with her wounds and broken ligament. She still hasnt been for a wee or poo yet and im worried she do more damage to herseld but i think shes not going as she cant lean doen to so how she usually does they can not operate on her until her wounda are fully healed and ect

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Answered By Lindsey Edwards MVB, BSc, IVCA

Veterinarian

Published on September 21st, 2018

Please contact your vets office to discuss her progress as without a full history of all of her injuries and wounds, how much she ate or drank when she was in the clinic and how well she had been toileting before she went home it is impossible to guess whether this is expected or if it is a set back from how well she had been doing. Tehy may need to adjust her pain medications, or assist her either with enemas or manual expression of the bladder which would require an extended hospital stay until she is more stable or they may be able to demnostrate some handling and exercises to help support her balance and encourage her to toilet normally

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    Answered By Daniel Fonza, DVM

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    Published on June 26th, 2018

    Hi there and thank you for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach to address your concern. She may be in too much pain to urinate and defecate. I would contact the veterinarian to see if he / she can provide Marquessa with additional pain medications. The veterinarian can also show you how to express her bladder manually by applying pressure to the abdomen in the region where the bladder is. Stool softeners might need to be considered for helping her defecate. I would recommend talking to your veterinarian about using a product such as Docusate Sodium. I hope this helps and that she feels better soon. Please let me know if you have any other questions or concerns and I would be more than happy to help you further.

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