![]() And, sadly, there is more to advocating for your dog's health than visiting a veterinarian. There is more to finding a good vet than finding the closest clinic down the street. I learned the hard way that simply seeing a vet is not always enough. Getting a puppy from a backyard breeder was our first mistake.Įndless veterinary visits without a diagnosis or useful treatment later, I realized that I had to take Jasmine's health care in my own hands. We thought we were getting a healthy dog. Jasmine, the Rottweiler of my life, was the largest female from her litter. I am a graphic designer by day, dog health advocate, dog writer, member of the Dog Writers Association of American and an award-winning author. Read articles by Jana Rade Post navigation What I'm trying to share encompasses 20 years of experience. That is why I wrote Symptoms to Watch for in Your Dog, which has turned out being an award-winning guide to dog owners. That is the mission behind my blog and behind my writing. My goal is to save others the steep curve of having to learn things the hard way as I did. I now try to help people how to recognize and understand signs of illness in their dogs, how to work with their veterinarian, and when to seek a second opinion. Helping others through my challenges and experience has become my mission and Jasmine's legacy. Jasmine's health challenges became a crash course in understanding dog health issues and how to go about getting a proper diagnosis and treatment. Unfortunately, other problems had snowballed for that in the meantime. With Jasmine, it took five years to get a diagnosis. It should be enough, but it often is not. I learned the hard way that merely seeing a vet is not always enough. Countless veterinary visits without a diagnosis or useful treatment later, I realized that I had to take Jasmine's health care in my own hands. Getting a puppy from a backyard breeder was our first mistake. I am a graphic designer, dog health advocate, writer, and author. My Dog’s Poop: What Can You Learn from Your Dog’s Stoolīlack, Tarry Feces Due to Presence of Blood in Dogs If my dog passed black, tarry stool, I am on my way to a vet. Other symptoms that ought to provide a clue about the seriousness of your dog’s situation depend on where the blood is coming from and can include: The potential causes of tarry stools in dogs include: ![]() You might be looking at a severe, life-threatening illness. That’s why black, tarry stool would scare me way more than a bloody one. It takes a substantial amount of blood to change the appearance of the stool to look black and tarry. It can, sometimes, have a benign reason behind it, but how would one know? Why is digested blood in the feces scarier then fresh one?Ī speck of red blood can quickly get your attention. While finding a bit of fresh blood in the feces may or may not represent an emergency, I’d always consider black, tarry stool to be one unless proven otherwise. When the bleeding happens higher up in the digestive tract, or blood from the mouth or respiratory tract is swallowed, the digestive processes change what it looks like. In the poop, blood looks like blood only when the bleeding is in the large intestine or rectum. ![]() ![]() Blood isn’t always the bright red color we expect to see. ![]()
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