Pup Panting Lots

[bozthepup]

Boz 11 week old labbie is panting lots, particularly in his crate at night. It doesn't seem to be overly hot where he sleeps and when it is, we have the air con on so the room is cool. He does seem to drink like a fish when i get up during the night to let him toilet. Should I just put the water in the crate with him ? His toileting is reasonably well under control (once maybe twice a night he needs to be let out).

[Fordogs]

I have a 10 week old that is crated at night and she often pants at night. I don't leave her with water in her crate she would only spill it (she loves to play in water) but if she is panting I give her a couple of ice cubes and an esky cooler to lay beside if she's hot.

Thank goodness she now sleeps right through the night and I get up at 6 am to take her out.

I wouldn try not to let your puppy drink too much when you get up to him as the more he drinks the more you will have to get up for toilet duty.

[laffi]

Boz 11 week old labbie is panting lots, particularly in his crate at night. It doesn't seem to be overly hot where he sleeps and when it is, we have the air con on so the room is cool. He does seem to drink like a fish when i get up during the night to let him toilet. Should I just put the water in the crate with him ? His toileting is reasonably well under control (once maybe twice a night he needs to be let out).

Panting can be a sign of distress or pain . Please keep an eye on him.

[persephone]

As laffi said.. panting can be anxiety related,or a response to pain.

Is he panting more/less in his crate than if he 's in the same room, but free?

[bozthepup]

As laffi said.. panting can be anxiety related,or a response to pain.

Is he panting more/less in his crate than if he 's in the same room, but free?

Yes, he's panting more in the crate, although he has been fine the past two nights since I first wrote this post.

I am wondering if he was distressed being in there because over the weekend we were in the country and he slept in his crate outside - we didn't hear him until too late and he'd gone to the toilet in his crate, the poor thing.

We were horrifed that we'd let that happen but it did so I guess we learned the hard way.Do you think he would 'forget' that he'd pooped in there eventually, thus the panting is subsiding.

(all that said, when he came out for toilet in the night on the same night he was panting he drank GALLONS of water).

thanks everyone

[laffi]

As laffi said.. panting can be anxiety related,or a response to pain.

Is he panting more/less in his crate than if he 's in the same room, but free?

Yes, he's panting more in the crate, although he has been fine the past two nights since I first wrote this post.

I am wondering if he was distressed being in there because over the weekend we were in the country and he slept in his crate outside - we didn't hear him until too late and he'd gone to the toilet in his crate, the poor thing.

We were horrifed that we'd let that happen but it did so I guess we learned the hard way.Do you think he would 'forget' that he'd pooped in there eventually, thus the panting is subsiding.

(all that said, when he came out for toilet in the night on the same night he was panting he drank GALLONS of water).

thanks everyone

I don't think he is lying in his crate at night thinking about this tragic night in the country. However it is possible that he is less comfortable in his crate and a little more stressed. I would do a little more crate training with him (giving him heaps of treats for being in the crate etc).

Btw drinking a lot of water can also be a sign of illness. I don't think we can determine here if he is sick and that's why he pants and drinks a lot. Or if he is stressed, pants and therefore gets thirsty.

[persephone]

I don't think we can determine here if he is sick and that's why he pants and drinks a lot. Or if he is stressed, pants and therefore gets thirsty.

yep.