My 4 year old Female Toy Poodle

Question
Hello, my poodle ran out of my house three days ago and ran to the street.  When doing so, she was impacted by a vehicle.  Since then she is limping with her right back leg.  Doesn't seem to hurt, but she is limping.  The day after the accident, we noticed blood in her urine, so we took her to the vet and since they were about to close, the vet just came out and quickly looked at her.  He stated that her leg did not seem to be dislocated and we were told that sometimes after an impact like that, their bladder is impacted and the bleeding could happen for a couple of days.  He have noticed that the blood is less, but our poodle still doesn't seem ok.  We notice that she is down and not active.  She does eat like usual, but she is drinking a bit more water than usual.  

I hope you can help us, since we are somewhat worried.  

Thank you

Answer
Hello Linda,
Sorry to hear about your girl.  I hope that she is just down because she is sore from being hit.  Since it has been 3 days and she is still not acting normal, I would call the Vet again and see what they have to say.  I don't want you to have to pay again for bringing her back to see the Vet, but at the same time, I don't want anything to be wrong with her internally that could cause more problems in the long run.  Call your Vet and ask to talk to the Dr that you saw the first time because he dealt with her before.  
You can give her a baby aspirin for the pain, but if there is something else going on inside, you will want to address this.  

When she gets better, you need to train her to wait at the door when you open it so that she doesn't "bolt" out and get hit again.  To do this, put her on a leash.  Walk up to the door and open it, then tell her to "Sit" and then tell her "Wait".  If she tugs on the leash or pulls out the door, give her a quick tug on the leash, tell her "NO!", and make her come back inside to sit and wait until you go out first.  Also, you need to teach her to not stand right at the door when you are at the door, so the chances of her squeezing past you (or someone else) are reduced.  To do this, walk up to the door and stand there.  If she comes with you, make a Shhhhhhhtt (breaking it up so it sounds like shhhht shhhhht shhhhhht) sound and walk towards her, causing her to back up.  If need be, you can put her in the submissive position (laying down with her head on the floor) until she will back up when you walk towards her.  Continue doing this until she will wait at a distance from the door and not come out of it until you give her the "ok".  

You also might try using the "Treats" word when she is off-leash to get her to come to you.  Start this off in the house so that she learns to come to you from inside.  You start by saying the word "Treats" and then give her something yummy, such as a piece of hotdog or cheese and praise the dickens out of her. When she will look up at you very excited when you say the "magic word", and you give her something, you can move to saying the "treats" word in a different room.  You want her to come running to you from wherever she is to get the treat.  If she ever doesn't come; go to her, show her the treat and lead her back to where you called her from, then give her the treat.  You want her to learn to come to where you called her from, not that you will come to her if she doesn't come.  Don't forget to Praise her well when she does come to you.
When she will come at a run to get the special treat, then you can try it in a back yard or fenced in area.  The idea is that when she hears this special word, she will drop what she is doing and come to get the treat.  If she ever doesn't stop and come to you, walk out to her and bring her to you, but she doesn't get a treat.  She has to learn that by stoping what she is doing and coming to you, she gets something really good, but if you have to go get her, she still has to come to you, but gets no reward.  Make the "treat" something very special that she likes but doesn't always get and something that she will want to drop whatever she is doing for.  Whenever she gets out and starts to run away from you, don't chase her, but say her "magic word" and see if she will stop and come to you.  Sometimes they do, and sometimes they don't.  It depends on their mood and their training.  

I hope your dog turns out to be ok and that this information has helped you some.  If you have other questions for me, please feel free to ask.

Thanks for using AllExperts.com,
Kim