I have had short bouts of bloody stools in pups in the past. They often were just a one time thing. I remember one night waking up to an awful mess. This was many years ago when I lived in NJ. Anyway...middle of the night and off to the vet. By morning the bleeding had stopped. The vet said that Maxwell probably had eaten grass and that a blade of grass had cut his intestines. I told him that he did not eat grass...and was totally baffled about the whole thing. A few days later it hit me what the cause probably had been....I looked up and saw Max eating a sunflower seed. My birds always dropped them outside the cage and Max always ate them. I have never given it much thought. Anyway...I bought a net to prevent the seeds from being tossed out and it never happened again. Was it the seeds? I believe so. If a dog eats something and it makes a small tear in the intestinal wall, there can be bleeding. So, perhaps that is what is going on?? Just a thought. They do eat some funny things outside. I have one that I have to chase out of the mulch...he eats it. Ick |