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Originally Posted by pstinard  For what it's worth, I HAVE seen fresh blood look that bright--it looks like blood and not paint to me. The photo looks like the pee pad was peeled open, and we're looking at the inside of the pad. If that is the case, the dog could have licked the outside of the pad and not disturbed the blood that had transferred to the inside. The pattern looks like the blood was squirting directly from an artery. That could have happened with a broken nail or a nosebleed if the artery was close to the outside of the nasal passage. (Maybe I've been watching too many CSI Miami episodes, LOL!) I'm still willing to give the benefit of the doubt that this is a real incident, and if that's the case, you'd think that the vet would look in the nose with a scope and check out all other body parts that could bleed in this manner. Hopefully the dog is okay and this was just a freak incident. It's fine to do liver tests, but I'd still consider finding a better vet because the last vet that saw him doesn't sound like he's checking out everything that he should be. |
You can see the pattern of the absorbent topper of the pee pad. The areas kind of look like there are little polka dots.
Wylie's mom already went over why it doesn't appear to be arterial spray. Yes, blood can appear bright red initially. But it begins to quickly oxidize and turn brown in color. IF it were fresh blood on the pad, then the pup would still have wet/bloody fur around the source of the bleeding. Even if the pup licked a bleeding area, it's unlikely that they would have been capable of cleaning the area so well that the fur wouldn't have at least been stiff with drying blood.
As for a vet exam, it works much better when you actually take them in to be seen versus a phone call. I would like to think that MOST pet owners would pick up that dog and high tail it to the vet with that pad in tow if they weren't sure where it was coming from. Even if the vet's office wasn't open yet (which seems strange at 9:30 on a weekday morning) most of us would be there waiting for the door to open.