sick dog

[#1poacher 8]

hi people my dog has just started loosing blood from its willy its not when he is peeing just drips from it am at the vets in the morning but a fear the worse cause he is 12

[newcomer88 86]

atb mate bad times

[sikastag_1 689]

Phone the vets now then mate.

[#1poacher 8]

a did told me to fetch it in the morn

[rocky1 942]

are you private or pdsa ?

[#1poacher 8]

money isnt the problem a foned and thats what they said it was deemd as not serious

[mick c 411]

best thing you can do is fcuk the vet off and ring a different vet it could be serious

[foxing machine 144]

hope the dogs ok mate atb for the morning at the vets mate.

[#1poacher 8]

a was thinking that myself

[bullmastiff 615]

CUT AND PASTED from another site. Not all of it willbe relevent but most points will be, hope it helps a bit.....

 

 

There are two things to think about when bleeding occurs from the penis. The first is an injury to the penis or some other part of the urinary tract leading to the hemorrhage. The second is a bleeding disorder that is affecting the entire dog but showing up as bleeding from the penis. It is important to note that occasional instances of small amounts of bleeding from the penis (several drops but enough to be noticeable) are not highly unusual in intact male dogs and often do not seem to cause any significant

problems. This is especially true when they are aware of a female in heat but not able to breed with her. It sounds like you are seeing more bleeding than this, though.

 

The most common problem leading to bleeding in intact male dogs is almost

certainly prostate disease. The prostate can be palpated in dogs by rectal palpation and if the prostate is greatly enlarged it would increase the likelihood of prostatic problems as the cause of the observed bleeding. Antibiotics are a good choice in this case. Prostate infections are often poorly responsive to antibiotics and they must be used for long periods of time in some dogs to get control of the infections --- it is not unusual to have to use antibiotics for 6 to 8 weeks. Prostate hypertrophy in the

absence of infection also occurs and can lead to bleeding from the penis. I think that this is probably the major reason that we see occasional bleeding episodes in some male dogs who never really seem to be ill from the problem. This is especially true of young male dogs who are sexually frustrated by the presence of a female in heat.

Injuries to the penis are not too unusual in dogs that have learned to masturbate in response to sexual frustration. It is a good idea to examine the penis for signs of injury whenever bleeding is seen. We have also seen injuries to the prepuce that were difficult to locate, including one dog who had managed to fun over a stick in just the right path to push it several inches into his sheath, where it caused a great deal of hemorrhage but was not visible.

 

Bleeding disorders are not especially common in dogs but German shepherds are one of the breeds that is prone to these problems, since there is a higher than usual rate of hemophilia in GSDs. Checking for a bleeding disorder with a coagulation profile or bleeding time tests would be reasonable.

 

It does help to have access to an ultrasound machine when the prostate is suspected to be the problem but it is reasonable to just treat for the problems that can be treated for and hope for the best when access to this type of testing is limited.

 

Good luck with this.

Mike Richards, DVM

[steve123 29]

agreed ,most likely prostrate ,

[#1poacher 8]

hello people update as went to the vets this morn and they said he has a bruised willy and got an infection ave been given antibiotics and some other flimotam or something like that. she checked the prostate and said its normal size for his age and said about feeding and going to the toilet and took temp he was ok with that so hopefully in a week he'll be ok to fight another day am relieved

[#1poacher 8]

hello people update as went to the vets this morn and they said he has a bruised willy and got an infection ave been given antibiotics and some other flimotam or something like that. she checked the prostate and said its normal size for his age and said about feeding and going to the toilet and took temp he was ok with that so hopefully in a week he'll be ok to fight another day am relieved

and yes she even looked in the trusty vet book

[troter58 1,711]

nice one always good to hear the dog will be ok atb troter

[Pegg1955 5]

Glad he's ok.