Dog Has Black Stool, Eats Lots Of Grass

Janet Boss <janet.DeleteThis@bestfriendsdogobedience.com> said in
rec.pets.dogs.health:

> Black stool means internal
> bleeding.

Yesterday, I had to ask a dog daycare client what he feeds his
French Bulldog. The dog's stools are firm and the darkest--
almost black--I've ever seen. Eukanuba, but he wasn't sure
which version.

OP: get yourself to the vet.

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In article <Fri9AE6769E95063australianshepherdca RemoveThis @rocky-dog.com>,
Rocky <3dogs RemoveThis @rocky-dog.com> wrote:
>Yesterday, I had to ask a dog daycare client what he feeds his
>French Bulldog. The dog's stools are firm and the darkest--
>almost black--I've ever seen. Eukanuba, but he wasn't sure
>which version.

I've fed various Eukanubas and they do produce dark poops,
but not ones that look like they've got blood in them. I've
recently discovered that slipping the dogs a few pieces of
beets can produce eyebrow-raising poops.

>OP: get yourself to the vet.

Hear, hear.
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I was always told that black, _tarry_ stool indicates blood in the stool.
The black tarry stuff is digested blood, which is a sure sign that there's
some kind of damage to the dog's digestive tract and it's bleeding
internally somewhere.

My dogs occasionally poop really dark -- but otherwise normal-looking --
poop, and sometimes the poop is two-tone (starts off really dark, then
becomes more mornal). There's never been a problem with this, and my vet has
told me that it's OK. It's when the poop looks a bit like tar that I was
told to worry.

On occasions when the dogs have battled with diarrhea, they have
occasionally pooped whatever messy stools with obvious streaks of red blood
on them. If the blood on the stool is red, it's undigested. This is usually
from anal irritation from the constant pooping due to the diarrhea.

Chuck


"Melinda Shore" <shore DeleteThis @panix.com> wrote in message
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> In article <Fri9AE6769E95063australianshepherdca DeleteThis @rocky-dog.com>,
> Rocky <3dogs DeleteThis @rocky-dog.com> wrote:
>>Yesterday, I had to ask a dog daycare client what he feeds his
>>French Bulldog. The dog's stools are firm and the darkest--
>>almost black--I've ever seen. Eukanuba, but he wasn't sure
>>which version.
>
> I've fed various Eukanubas and they do produce dark poops,
> but not ones that look like they've got blood in them. I've
> recently discovered that slipping the dogs a few pieces of
> beets can produce eyebrow-raising poops.
>
>>OP: get yourself to the vet.
>
> Hear, hear.
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> Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis - shore DeleteThis @panix.com
>
> Prouder than ever to be a member of the reality-based community
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"Charles Lavin" <x RemoveThis @x.x> said in rec.pets.dogs.health:

> I was always told that black, _tarry_ stool indicates blood
> in the stool. The black tarry stuff is digested blood,
> which is a sure sign that there's some kind of damage to
> the dog's digestive tract and it's bleeding internally
> somewhere.

Not a sure sign because the healthy Frenchie I have had here has
all of your indicators.

Please don't top post. These groups, perhaps more than others,
seem to work best when we think we're having a conversation.

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>If you're not a bored teenager trolling, go to the
>vet, go right to the vet, do not pass go, do not
>collect a dime. Black stool means internal
>bleeding.

No, not a bored teenager. The truth, but nobody mentioned chicken bones.
Is it possible that that could be the cause of the bleeding?
Thanks for your response.
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Mole Hill wrote:
>> If you're not a bored teenager trolling, go to the
>> vet, go right to the vet, do not pass go, do not
>> collect a dime. Black stool means internal
>> bleeding.
>
> No, not a bored teenager. The truth, but nobody mentioned chicken bones.
> Is it possible that that could be the cause of the bleeding?
> Thanks for your response.

I think that was because ingested chicken bones are the most
obvious potential cause of gastric bleeding - no one thought to
mention them specifically.

Yes, chicken bones can puncture an intestine, leading to
bleeding, serious infection (peritonitis) and often death,
especially if not treated right away.

How is your dog today? Did you take her to the vet? If not,
please do so immediately, and bring a stool sample.

Sorry to be an alarmist, but if my dog had eaten chicken bones (I
never never never would feed them deliberately, but it could
happen by accident) and then had black stools, I'd break speed
records getting him to a vet.

FurPaw

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