Bulldogs World

Hi. My boy winston had a similar problem when he was approx 8 mos old, but his owners at the time told the vet to put him down instead of paying to fix the problem. Fortunately she kept him & contacted BCARN, who took him in.

BCARN had their bulldog vet fix the prolapse & neutered him all in the same surgery. Since he wasn't in my care I don't know which option they performed (removal vs repair). When he came to me he still had stitches he had managed to pop a few loose during 'recovery' so his total recovery time was about 6 weeks vs 4. The first couple days with me & the first few after the stiches were removed he did drip/leak small amounts of blood. But once everything healed we haven't had any lasting problems.

At one point (after the stitches were removed) he got 'excited' & I rushed him to the emergency vet fearing he had hurt himself seriously. She very politely told me that he was fine & it was normal for him to get 'excited' for a few months post-neutering. I felt like a moron with a $200 vet bill...

Now he's completely fine & hasn'thad any other issues since everything has healed. Not to be too graphic but the tip is very bright red (all the time) & sort of looks like a 'button' for lack of a better description. But my vet says he's perfectly healthy & Winston doesn't seem to have any issues going potty.

Thank you so much for your reply, so good to hear they saved your beautiful boy :) Its terrible to think they we're going to put him down :( Im glad to hear your boy is now doing well and hasn't had any reocurrences. 

Onslow started bleeding a little bit yesterday and I was hoping that he hadn't tore it open again, because it looked very similar to the way you have described, its good to know thats the way its meant to look.

He's heading in for his check up tomorrow, hopefully it all goes well.

Thanks again :)

Years ago an 8 month old puppy of mine had an urethral prolapse and had the 'purse string' procedure done. He had several instances of bleeding during his recovery time so he was back to the Vet that did the surgery several times. Eventually he did heal completely and had no further bleeding. Unfortunately I lost him just after he turned a year old from wasp stings.

A few years later the pup's father had a bleeding occurrence, however his wasn't as severe and did not require surgery. The father had several re-occurrences, usually when the girls in the house were in heat. (I show my dogs, hence they are intact) I wouldn't neuter a dog only because of a prolapse, but with a pet dog that was going to be neutered anyway, then I would.