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My dog's heat discharge is brown and stinky. Is this normal?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Great Pyrenees | Female | unspayed | 1 year and 10 months old | 70 lbs

My great pyrenees is on her period and its turned from red to a brown stinky drops..

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Answered By Andrea M. Brodie, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on October 26th, 2018

Brown and stinky is not good as stinky always implies the participation of bacteria. Therefore I would be worried about Snowball having a uterine infection (Pyometra). Please schedule an appointment with your veterinarian for an exam ASAP. Your vet may want to do xrays and possibly some bloodwork. Should she be suffering from a uterine infection she will have to have her uterus surgically removed.

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