hey there.
Max (westie) is nearly 4 months - we hve had him nearly 1 month. he is great, happy and healthy in all but one respect. often when he poos, it has drops of blood in it. some time more than others. we discussed this with the vet when we first got him and took hiom for a check up and the vet said its normal with the change of home/food etc. He is never in pain, but it does happen.

Any help? we are VERY SLOWLY changing his food to a more complete dry mix, but it is still happening.

The other thing is that even though he will now poo and wee out side when we go on our walks, he will still only have "dribbles" of poo/dioreah (how ever you spell it!) but have propper poos when in doors! is this just a work in progress? the weather? change in situation? or just max being max??!!! Help - first dog - still dont know whats normal and whats not!!! Thanks, Helen

Blood in poo is certainly not normal,I would again discuss this with your vet,maybe change vets.

What food are you changing him onto?

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As sallyanne said blood in the poo is not normal and it won't have anything to do with a new home. Has the pup had a bone at all?? The reason i ask is because the other week my 7mth AB had drops of blood in his poo then he was sick this was when we noticed sharp bits of bone in it that he had not chewed properly, and this had caused him to (slightly) cut his back passage this caused the blood.

Just a thought

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hi my puppy also had blood in his poo's and the runs, but i took him to the vets and they gave him some probiotics, (protexin) and some kaogel, he was also put on hills dog food the i/d one, which cleared both the runny poo and the blood up within a week.
i would take him back to the vets as it isnt normal for them to get it. it can be a sign of a few things, busters was lucky his food was to rich. but definatly take max back to the vets. as blood isnt normal.

as for the poo's on the walks buster is 12 weeks now and he also will only go for a little number 2 on our walk if any, but he will go when he is in the garden so i think that bit just takes time for them to get used to going out for a walk and going to the toilet then and not when they are in the garden.

oh i forgot to say that buster is now fine and this happend about two weeks after we had got him he was only 9 weeks old then

My mum got a westie last year when he was 9 weeks old, no matter what he would not go to the tiolet outside. He was older than 6 months when he finaly started to do it outside. He would go for long walks but not do a thing and then when he got home he would run to find the newspaper and then do it, but fortunately hes grown out of it

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is there mucus in the poo as well as blood if so it is probably colitus - I had a dog with horrendous colitus cleared it up with Dorwest Herbs tree bark powder and low fat probiotic drink from Tesco.

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Thanks for all your advice. If i see any blood again, i will definately take him back to the vets. its tricky, because some time he will go 2 days with great poos and no blood at all! and I think "GREAT! - what ever it was has gone"...but then it happens again. I will get my little chap sorted. Thanks all! u are my new official life line!

yeh colitus s what buster had, just couldnt remeber the name of it.

Helen,

I've just come back from the vets cos my Westie had the same problem.
He's got too much bad bateria in his large bowel (hence all the tummy rumbles)
He's had an injection and 2 lots of tablets. He's also got to go on a special diet proteins and carbs. (Awaiting that, but will send it on if you wish) but something like chicken, then pasta/rice or potatoes
Unfortunately Max is the most fussy-ist eater in the universe and yes we did things by the book with putting/taking the food away before anybody starts.
The vet reckons hes got psychological issues with regards to food!!