Bleeding and Bruising in Dogs

The most common causes of a bloody nasal discharge are:

• Nasal cancer
• Foreign materials like grass inhaled in to the nose that can aggravate your dog to sneeze and paw the nose
• Infection of roots of the upper teeth
• Due to fungal infection

Bruising and bleeding in and around the nose can also be due to nasal mites in addition to the above causes. Usually drugs that kill nasal mites can take adequate care of the problem. Tooth infections at the roots can also puncture the nasal passage. You may require dental cleaning to treat your pet’s teeth; and you may need to extract the tooth if this treatment does not help.

Nasal mites

Nasal mites are small tiny bugs that aggravate a nasal discharge and sneezing. The mostly clear discharge will flow from both the nostrils. If you examine the sore nose area carefully, you will notice tiny white and tan spots around the nostrils-that are actually nasal mites.