As in my sig pic below we have a family dog named Bear (the pitbull) he is about 3-4 yrs old. He loves to ride in the back of the truck. Well on Saturday he jumped too soon and he didn't make the jump into the back of a Ford Ranger. He hit his lower area and slammed into his back hip/leg creased area (pardon my lack of technical terms..). He screamed an awefull sound and would really move for about an hour. Later that day he seemed to be doing better and was more mobile. That night (Sunday morning) he was found in the hallway (he never lays there) screaming in pain. Monday came and he was still in pain so he went to the vet first thing.

The vet did Xrays and blood work and could not find anything wrong. He was sent home with a Cortazon shot with some anti-inflamatories and vicoden. This morning he is now peeing with blood in his urine. The vet first thought was he ruptured his bladder. We havent heard anything back since he is now at the vet. I was wondering has anyone ever dealt with anything like this? Seen another dog go through something like this? If so will he be able to recover froma ruptured bladder if that is the case? Please help, we love our pup and hope all can work out. Thanks for any help/advice/or story.

Sorry, no advice, but will keep you guys in my thoughts today.

Sucks that something so mundane as jumping into the back of a truck turns out so bad.

Could he have injured a kidney when he hit the truck? That could also explain the blood in the urine.

I would ask the vet to do bloodwork and check the urine to rule out any coincidental illness. Also, could that be a side effect or bad reaction from any of the drugs he was given? I'd look that up too.

I hope he's feeling better soon. Please keep us informed!

So I just found out that the vet started the urine test yesterday. Bear didnt pee until late in the day so the doctor/techs did not actually do the test until this morning. So the blood cant be caused by the meds...I wish it was that simple. They are running more tests now.

He was jumping up and caught the under-side, not hit his back, right? Either way, it would have to be a pretty hard hit to rupture the bladder or damage kidneys on a dog like that. Do you know how much blood there is? Is it trace, moderate?

I will have to ask, I think it couldn't of been much because they would have seen it at the time of collection. The way he reacted to the hit (sorry to be so descriptive/blunt) I'm thinking he bent his penis or hit it because it came out right after he hit (not just a little...) and didn't go back in for at least a full minute. He was walking a little bowed up...kind hunched over. I hope that helps.

ETA: He had a full on running start from about 10 or so feet away. Maybe a little further. He just basically jumped way too soon. Poor guy.

Edited by Tiffany Holtfreter (02/01/2011 12:46 PM)
Edit reason: Add a thought.

Latest update:
He will be coming home tonight with his bladder in tact! He was given some fluids and now an antibiotic on top of his other meds. The vet is still unsure of what could have caused the blood in his urine but says everything seems to be fine. All of the test results came back good so we are all stumped. Perhaps he is just a big baby and cant handle the soreness . I hope that is his problem. I will let everyone know if anything changes.

If he hit his penis really hard, he could have some blood from the urethra. Or, it could be a strange coincidence, and he might have a slight urinary issue... either way, sounds lucky for him!

Dogs have a bone in their penis called the Baculum and its possible he could have bruised/fractured it, would certaintly explain the bood in his urine. hope he feels better soon.