Pug died after pooping blood.

Dr. Marie replied:

Oh, I am so sorry to hear that this happened!

I won't be able to tell you for certain what caused Daisy's death, but I'll give you a few ideas of what could cause a dog to have bloody stools, vomit foam, shake and then pass away.

My first thought is that she possibly had something called a mesenteric torsion. This is really not a common thing but what happens is that the intestines get twisted around. It's kind of like bloat, but rather than the stomach twisting, the intestines twist. When this happens, the blood supply to the intestines is damaged and the intestines start to break down. If it was a mesenteric torsion, it was no one's fault and there was nothing you could have done to prevent it.

Any time an animal dies after pooping blood I wonder if there was some type of a clotting problem. You mentioned that poison was not possible. Was there any rat or mouse poison around your property? If so, these poisons are very tasty. Once ingested they cause the dog to not be able to clot their blood and eventually they bleed to death. Another possible reason for blood clotting problems would be a condition called immune mediated thrombocytopenia. This is a condition where the immune system destroy's an animals platelets which are the cells responsible for clotting blood. We don't know why animals get this, and there is nothing you could have done to prevent it.

Another possibility is if she had swallowed something she shouldn't have that either caused a blockage or a perforation of her intestines.

And a final thing that I can think of is a condition called HGE (hemorrhagic gastroenteritis). This condition causes a sudden amount of bleeding from the intestines. Again, we don't know the cause.

Unfortunately we'll never know what happened. If you really need to know, you could have your veterinarian do a post mortem exam on Daisy's body.

I'm so sorry for your loss.

Dr. Marie.


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Dr. Marie replied:

Really any of the reasons mentioned above could cause a quick death. If I had to choose I would think that hemorrhagic gastroenteritis is the most likely. You can find more information on that here.

With the history of having some stool issues for a couple of days, a clotting problem is less likely. Mesenteric torsion and a foreign object in the intestines are possible as well.

I wish I could be more definitive but unfortunately we'll never know without doing a post mortem exam.

Dr. Marie replied:

Thanks Sharon. It seems like things really did happen quickly. Please don't blame yourself.

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Dr. Marie.