Why Your Dog Has Blood in Its Stool

1 Overview

I. Causes of Blood in Dog Stool

1. Indigestion

Puppies under three months still have very fragile stomachs; feeding them hard, greasy meat easily causes indigestion and diarrhea, severely even diarrhea with blood.

For this, owners are advised not to feed hard food to puppies under three months; feed liquid food like millet porridge, and soak kibble soft before feeding. For indigestion, first feed some probiotics to regulate the gut and ease diarrhea, then observe.

2. Enteritis

From irregular eating, overeating, hard-to-digest food, rotten or irritating food, or overuse of antibiotics, dogs easily get enteritis. Symptoms: diarrhea, vomiting, foul bubbly stool, reduced appetite, and in severe cases blood in stool.

For enteritis, best first take the dog to a pet hospital for a check; if diagnosed, give anti-inflammatory injections, and later regulate the gut to slowly restore digestive function.

3. Internal parasites

At three months old, the dog needs internal deworming; if not done, parasites may live in the stomach, causing soft, runny, bloody stool, even worms. Now deworm with deworming medicine, every six months to avoid recurrence. Note: two hours after deworming, best feed some probiotics to ease the medicine’s gut irritation.

4. Parvovirus

One cause of bloody diarrhea is canine parvovirus, very harmful to dogs, with symptoms of diarrhea, vomiting, no eating or drinking, foul bloody stool, fever, etc. For this, take the dog to a professional pet hospital promptly.

II. How to Treat Blood in Dog Stool

Blood in a dog’s stool can be a small or a big problem. Often owners who cannot handle it should take the dog to the hospital for anti-diarrhea and nutrition shots, plus anti-diarrhea and hemostatic medicine. Acupuncture takes about two days, depending on the dog’s condition. If the dog is not severely unwell, you can give gentamicin yourself, based on weight: 0.5-10,000 units per kg (usually 8,000 per kg). Once the puppy stops diarrhea, take it to the hospital to deworm; you can also buy deworming medicine yourself, one pill per 2 kg. After deworming, do not bathe to avoid chills. Ten days after the first deworming, deworm again; best deworm monthly. After at least two deworming treatments, revaccinate. If your dog has fever, diarrhea, vomiting, take it to the hospital at once to check for distemper – puppy distemper mortality is near 100%. Another possibility is parvovirus, which is curable with timely treatment.