My dog cries pooping, hair stuck, blood on anus. Should I see a vet?

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My dog had an obstructed anus and trying pooping. He started crying when it was caught on his hair. He had a net of hair holding all of it. I washed it off in warm water and managed to remove it all. He has a little blood on his anus but not on his stool. Should I take him to the vet. Can I do anything to help him?

Destini R. Holloway, DVM · Accepted Answer

Poor guy. The only thing you can do at home here is to cleanse the area antiseptablly with Betadine diluted 50:50 with warm water or Chlorhexidine solution 3 or 4% diluted until a light blue mixture. If there is a lot of hair there, you can also gently cut away the hair to prevent further fecal matter to get stuck. If the area looks severely swollen, painful, or infected, then the best thing to do moving forward would be to get him seen and treated by your vet. It sounds like he is ingesting a lot of hair, so it would be wise to remove the source of his ingestion and either have him groomed more frequently and/or brushed at home more frequently to limit how much he is ingesting. If he still can't poop on his own, then yes he should see a vet to get an enema and remove all the stuck feces that are in his colon and provide him some relief. Poor guy. : ( I do hope that you can provide some comfort for him soon! Best of luck moving forward and take care.

My dog cries pooping, hair stuck, blood on anus. Should I see a vet?

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