Trav's lipstick...errr...red rocket gets stuck on the launching pad

[Pat and Traveler]

This happens in the morning sometimes when he first wakes up.  WTD has he been dreaming!!??  Being alarmingly ignorant about dog problems of any kind, it took a while to realize that this is what's happening.  He stands immobile with his back hunched up, tail tucked, obviously in pain, and his undercarriage is hard as a rock, with two bumps back of the red rocket.  Yes, I actually looked and felt this time!  The rocket returns to the launch pad after about 15 minutes or so.  This was happening in January, and I took him to the vet, thinking he had a UTI.  But his urine was clean and he wasn't...uh..manifesting when the vet saw him.  We got antibiotics, and since there weren't any appearances for a while, I just assumed he'd had some infection that got cured by the medication.

But its happened two mornings in a row now!  I got busy online, trying to find out if anybody else's dog has had this problem, and whether I should rush him to the vet again.  It doesn't seem to be a major problem, unless the rocket stays on the launching pad for too long.  And there are treatments.  Yes, there are.  KY jelly.  Sugar water.  Trim hair.  For serious or prolonged manifestations:  emergency--surgery.

He's 17 mo. old now, and was neutered when he was eight weeks. 

Has anybody else's dog had this problem??

 

 

      

[Pat and Traveler]

Amanda--it was reassuring for me too to find out Trav's not the only dog with this condition.  LOL about the pervert--:)

[Donna K & Quincy]

A cold shower is supposed to work for a dude so maybe a cold compress would work for a dood.

[Pat and Traveler]

Thanks, Donna--that makes sense.