Why did my dog's stool have blood in it?

If your dogs stops the intake of food and refuses any liquid and has diarrhea with vomiting... and the diarrhea will have a distinct unpleasant odor about it... then you could be looking at a case of Parvo...

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call the VET NOW... as Parvo moves quickly and is deadly.

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Forget the ignorant comments about Parvo virus; the symptoms are not even consistent with it.

I've just gone through that with my dog and she was hospitalized twice within a week. She had eaten a bone (don't know where she got it). First she passed blood and was vomiting then she got an intestinal blockage. The vet said that when a dog eats bones they set up like bagged concrete mix in their intestines. My dog needed IV fluids, antibiotics, and worst of all 6 enemas and even that didn't get the job done. I carried her home from the hospital and she was there 24 hours and had to go back again because she still had the same intestinal blockage.

While it wasn't caused by the bones, the Vet also discovered that she had Cushing's disease which enlarges the liver, causes the dog to over produce salt, and have diabetes. Right now I'm giving my dog chemotheraphy twice a day for the Cushing's disease; am also giving 2 injections of insulin twice a day to control the diabetes. The Vet said that, once the chemo reduces the gland that's causing too much salt and other out of control hormones, the diabetes will probably go away.

Your dog's stools will probably look like mucus or colitis if she has eaten something that's causing the intestines to bleed. I would recommend that you take her to the Vet and make sure she will be okay.

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Blood In Stool After Running

This is the time of year when tapeworms are all over! I see a lot of frightening answers from others, but hopefully your dog just has a tapeworm. Easy to fix with a visit to the vet... just look around your dog's bedding for little sesame seed looking things, and if you see some, then you can feel comforted to know your vet can easily fix this. Take a piece of tape and touch it to some and and take it in to the vet. A stool sample will help no matter what. Take the dog in to the vet so you get some answers. A urine looking vomit is most likely bile, and that could mean anything from an irritated tummy to liver problems. Don't be nervous... just get some help from a good vet and everything will be better.

Assuming the dog has had it's vaccinations it should not be the Parvo virus which is the worst possible reason for a dog to have blood in it's stool. It is very catchy and is almost always deadly.

It makes them not eat or drink and they die from dehydration. If the shots have been up to date it may be the dog has eaten something that is not food, may have a blockage or may have a very bad case of something that the vet needs to see it for. I hope it isn't the Parvo virus....if caught really early they can sometimes save them but it costs a lot of money for IV and care at the animal hospital. Good luck. Miss Mary

If you are running sprint dogs the feeding schedule ought to be quite different from a distance team. Arleigh Reynolds talked about this at the last symposium in Fairbanks. You should be feeding 23 hours before running. Bait water with the minimal amount of food to have the dog drink.

The premiss is that a dog running 20 mph is working much harder than the 12-miles per hour seen in longer distance dogs.

To keep his very long talk short - keeping the intestines clear of food/stool will avoid cecal slap which causes bloody stool to appear after running. Additionally, A sprint dog works so hard that the blood flow to the intestines shunts away while running and any food/stool will be evacuated quickly causing diarrhea (often seen streaked with blood)

So if you are running sprint feeding 4 hours before the run would not be ideal.

there could be a number of reasons for blood in the stool.

stress

parasites

to name a few.

I had a dog that had blood in his stool. Vet could not figure it out. Finally did a blood work. He had an elevated white blood count. They were leaning toward some sort of cancer. Turned out to be an infection. The vet put him on mega anti-biotics and he is fine.

blood in the stool along with the vomiting are big concerns. it's true you'd need a vet to get the right diagnosis and treatment because there are so many serious things that could cause this from parasites to parvo, pacreatitis, gastro-intestinal illnesses, something the dog ate that might have pierced something inside of her..too many possibilities and finding the real cause, via a professional, is the only way to treat the dog successfully without unnecessary risk. If finances are a concern, try calling your local animal control office or SPCA and ask about local lower cost clinics. In my area, I found excellent Vets in an office where there treatments are lower cost and very high quality. Older office with great Vets, GREAT pricing. GL with finding good care for your dog.

Get to an emergency vet.

An upper GI tract bleed will show up as black stool, if the blood is still red then it's a lower GI tract bleed. It could be an obstruction or a puncture of the intestine, or who knows what else, but it could be something very serious. The combination of this with symptoms on the other end of the dog make it even more concerning. An obstruction can be deadly quickly, consult an emergency vet instead of waiting until Monday.

If your dog is not fully vaccinated, senior, or a very young puppy she may have Parvo. Parvo is a very serious virus that attacks the puppy's intestinal lining which causes diarrhea and bloody stools as well as suppression of the animals white blood cells. Depending on the initial health of the animal and the strain of the virus he or she has, the outcome of survival is about 50/50. The best bet is to take the animal to the vet for IVs with antibiotics and fluids to help keep the animal hydrated and to help fend off the illness.