Help! My dog has bloody, mucus filled diarrhea! Remedies for Dog Colitis
Are you familiar with this scenario? You are suddenly jarred awake at 4 am because you hear your dog vomiting. Then your dog urgently runs outside where he stoops several times straining to push out small amounts of a bloody, mucusy, stinky stool. He may also have accidents in the house. These are typical signs of an inflamed colon and different from inflammation of the small intestine. With upper intestinal disease, the diarrhea is usually shortly after eating, watery and in greater amounts. If there is more of a solid stool, it will be black in color indicating upper intestinal bleeding. When inflammation is lower in the intestines, the diarrhea occurs hours after eating and there is much less water content and a lot of gelatinous mucus. If there is blood, it is usually alarmingly bright red along with the gelatinous mucus. The following remedies are great for treating colitis and they are also great as supplements for strengthening and balancing the immune system. Sy...