Quote:
Originally Posted by ladyjane  I still don't think it is blood. Never did. Who knows. What I do know is that if it were an artery, the dog would be dead...and there would be so much more blood. I honestly don't see this as a lot of blood...I have seen a whole heck of a lot more come from a dog that was bleeding. It could have been a nail, but usually they will run all over the place and lick it. They don't just stay in one spot and it drips around like that. Don't know what it is, but hopefully the right tests were done and the puppy is ok. |
Yep...if it was an artery, there would be 'gushes' of blood that coordinate w/ the pumping/beating of the heart. Also, the dog would most likely die, as you mentioned.
The color doesn't throw me terribly, but the pattern doesn't make sense to me...for this to happen, one would have to be bleeding a LOT of venous blood, and be slow and deliberate in dribbling this pattern onto the surface. If/when a dog hurts a paw, they'll usually limp around (causing blobs of blood) and/or hold the paw up (causing sporadic drips, not circular/regular patterns). I dunno...never seen anything like this.