Dogs with Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy have not been neutered.  Clinical signs of prostate disease include blood in the urine, blood dripping from the penis not associated with urination, straining to pass stools, flat ribbon like stools, and rarely straining to urinate.

Treatment can be surgical neutering, treatment with hormones to reduce the size of the prostate (these dogs can still be used for breeding) or a series of 2 vaccine injections to reduce testosterone production.

If you are interested in more information on non-surgical treatment of benign prostatic hypertrophy, please contact us at 920-269-4072 or blsac@charter.net and put "prostate disease" in the subject line of your message.

Brownsville/Lomira Small Animal Clinic is no longer accepting dogs into a clinical trial to treat unneutered male dogs with prostate disease. This trial is sponsored by Pfizer Animal Health.