Hi, I have just signed to this forum as it is too late to take my dog to the vets, and I am not entirely sure what to do!
Earlier this evening my dog had constipation, but I didn't think anything of it. However, at about half past eleven, he began retching and threw up on the carpet, not too much though.
After this, he was very quiet and went and sat in a corner he never usually sits in, and began licking his bum, but for the most part just sat there quietly. Again, I didn't think much of it, but then I tapped up on the sofa to give him permission to sit on it, and he just wouldn't budge. It took a good ten minutes or so of coaxing to get him to move, and when he did, there was a wet patch with a little bit of blood where he had been sat.
I took him out to the kitchen, and when there he had a good drink of water. While he was drinking I lifted up his tail, and coming out of his bum is a big round "thing". I am totally unsure of what it is. I'm not sure if it's poo, and he is really constipated, or if it's something else, though what it could be, I do not know. It had some blood on it, and it seems it keeps bleeding, hence why my dog keeps licking it. Because of the licking he is now panting quite a lot.
Obviously, I hope to get my mum to take him to the vet's tomorrow, but because it is so late and I only discovered the bum problem about twenty minutes ago, I thought it best to ask for some advice.
Does anybody know what this could be, or have had a dog who has experienced this before? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
My dog is a male Scottish Terrier, and is 13 next month. He has been eating and drinking fine recently and, apart from the odd stomach bug, has always been of good health. We don't give him tidbits anymore, and he usually eats wet food in the morning and dry food in the evening. Unless someone has been giving him the cheeky scrap lately, or has gotten his diet mixed up, I don't know what could cause this?
Thanks!
Earlier this evening my dog had constipation, but I didn't think anything of it. However, at about half past eleven, he began retching and threw up on the carpet, not too much though.
After this, he was very quiet and went and sat in a corner he never usually sits in, and began licking his bum, but for the most part just sat there quietly. Again, I didn't think much of it, but then I tapped up on the sofa to give him permission to sit on it, and he just wouldn't budge. It took a good ten minutes or so of coaxing to get him to move, and when he did, there was a wet patch with a little bit of blood where he had been sat.
I took him out to the kitchen, and when there he had a good drink of water. While he was drinking I lifted up his tail, and coming out of his bum is a big round "thing". I am totally unsure of what it is. I'm not sure if it's poo, and he is really constipated, or if it's something else, though what it could be, I do not know. It had some blood on it, and it seems it keeps bleeding, hence why my dog keeps licking it. Because of the licking he is now panting quite a lot.
Obviously, I hope to get my mum to take him to the vet's tomorrow, but because it is so late and I only discovered the bum problem about twenty minutes ago, I thought it best to ask for some advice.
Does anybody know what this could be, or have had a dog who has experienced this before? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
My dog is a male Scottish Terrier, and is 13 next month. He has been eating and drinking fine recently and, apart from the odd stomach bug, has always been of good health. We don't give him tidbits anymore, and he usually eats wet food in the morning and dry food in the evening. Unless someone has been giving him the cheeky scrap lately, or has gotten his diet mixed up, I don't know what could cause this?
Thanks!