Male Dog Health Problem

Question
I have a 5 year old male Welsh Corgi Penbroke with a health problem. Lately hes been bleeding out of his rectum. It's usually alot. Everytime he sits down theres a stain on the carpet. He is also very overweight. My dad has always fed him people food. He ways about 50 pounds when he should be at a lot less. I just wonder if that has something to do with it.. and what you could possibly think is wrong with him.

Thank you,
Megan

Answer
The rectal bleeding may be the result of a number of problems. Probably the most common causes of this are mild constipation leading to hard, irritating stools, colitis and proctitis. Dogs get rectal polyps which can lead to intermittent bleeding. Tumors can occur around the anus or in the colon. Rectal fissures and anal sacculitis can lead to intermittent rectal bleeding.

The constipation/colitis problem can sometimes require a bit of a workup and rectal polyps can be pretty frustrating to find without an endoscope. Dogs have rectal bleeding at times for no apparent reason. Most dogs with occasional rectal bleeding do not have serious problems as a result of it and many vets do tend assume that most owners are not interested in spending a lot of money to figure out what the cause is, due to this. Just let your vet know that you do wish to figure it out, if possible, if that is the case.