Veterinarian Visit



Yesterday, had been a whirlwind of ups and downs…

First of all, the previous day, I thought Cooper had cut his foot. I saw a spot of blood on his leg near his foot, and I’d checked his paws. I found nothing, and checked him through out the evening, and saw nothing. I even went to his training class explaining how I’d seen nothing since.

Yesterday, I think I can safely state I went into a panic. I saw blood on his private area, on his inner thighs (both sides). My first reaction was to google it, to see how serious it could be. It could be everything from a breeding issue (which he is only 6 months and a virgin), could be a bladder infection, kidney stones, rat poisoning, or even a burr from a wildly grown field caught in the wrong place. My husband thought for sure he bit it, and I was going overboard for nothing.

We got him directly into the veterinarian yesterday (with in a half hour of calling). They checked his private area, and he had no marks or wounds. They checked his gums, no bruising, wet tongue, so that wasn’t the issue. They even took a urine sample to test.

In the end the only logical conclusion is, there is a female dog that is currently in heat and not fixed, locally. The veterinarian explained that when he gets excited, it fills with blood, and I am still unclear how he is actually bleeding. If he were a female dog I would never have had huge alarm bells going off. But, because he lives a sheltered/indoor life I can rule a majority of things out as a cause.

Today we got the call, his urine came back negative, and he is not showing any signs of infection or blood. So, with that being said, it cost me $75 to find out he is “all male”, and hormones of what equates to a human teenager… ~*sigh*~

I am grateful that he is in perfect health, which all is well, but when I verbally state the facts in blunt terms, I can’t help but to blush and break out laughing.