Hi, I took my dog (black lab) to the vet with a very itchy bottom, she was constantly licking it and dragging it along the floor. I noticed a small pea sized swelling which was exactly like hemorrhoids. I made an appointment with the vet but on the day I took her the swelling had gone down. He told me her problem was her anal glands( which when he emptied were not even full) and when I said I thought she had hemorrhoids he poo pooed me and insisted dogs dont get hemorrhoids. (He also did a rectal exam with his finger and said she was fine). I took her home, the poor things itching had not improved and a few days later the pea sized hemorrhoid had returned. After looking this up I now know dogs DO get hemorrhoids and I am very annoyed with my vet. I am interested to know has anyone else had a similar experience with their vet and can I use a human treatment such as preparation H on her? Thank you.

My standard short haired chihuahua has what I think is hemorrhoids. What makes me think this is the fact that when I looked him over his anus was protruding out and looked swollen. I am no expert with hemorrhoids but this was my first guess. He has been having straining bowel movements. At first he had diarrhea all the time now he has solid fecal-matter which he struggles to push out. The pieces are broken apart and seem to be connected to a stand of hair every time. I am really sorry if this is TMI but my fiance and I have zip, zero, and zilch money to take him to the vet. So if this sounds like hemorrhoids what should I do to treat it? Are there any at home remedies? If not will he die because of no treatment? Any of you who have experience with your dogs and hemorrhoids I am looking for your answers. Thanks.
I’m dead serious. Neither my fiance and I work. We have no savings. We just hit a crisis not that long ago. I am not an evil person. I love my baby Dinky and I would totally take him to the vet if I had any kind of money. But seriously though. I literally have 0 money between my fiance and I. I feel really bad for my baby but there is nothing I can do for him right now.

Before I get yelled at. He is going to the vet tomorrow, luckily I already had an appt for his yearly check up. I just want to know if anyone has experienced this same thing in the past.

My dog is about a year and a half old (he is a super mutt). He was castrated at 3 months. Today he was laying on his back and I was rubbing his belly. I saw what looked like a testicle on the left side at the base of his penis. I felt it and it was a hard round lump, but it has never been there before. It was not tender or anything, but since then I have tried to look for it again so that I could inspect it again, but I have not found the lump again.

I am a nurse and I know dogs anatomy is similar to humans so I am wondering if his colon could have been impacted, or something like that.

He is getting checked out tomorrow, I just was curious if anyone had heard of this or seen it before.
Thanks Suzanne, you think being a nurse I would think of that, but it is my doggy not a patient. LOL Good possibility.