Green Stuff Coming Out of your dog’s Weiner? Yes, Dogs have glands in their prepuce, which is the fancy name for their foreskin.
A small amount of yellow-white or slightly greenish discharge may initially accumulate in the dog’s prepuce.
One of the glands in the prepuce is called the “scent gland.” It can secrete a waxy or oily substance called “smegma.”
This is caused by the mucous membrane which covers it. Sometimes, at the end of your dog’s penis at the opening to the prepuce, a small amount of yellowish or green-tinged discharge can collect. This is
, and it’s perfectly normal in healthy dogs.
What if the green stuff coming out of his weiner is it normal or serious?
It’s actually coming from the sheath, not the penis (though you could think of the prepuce as the penis’s foreskin). Quantity can vary from a small drop, but it’s completely normal.
The Smegma, which looks much like pus to our naked eye, is actually made of cells and lubricant fluid in the prepuce that surrounds the penis inside its protective sheath.
It has a little pungent, acrid smell and will sometimes be noticed where a male dog has lain.
Is it normal for a male dog to have discharge?
Preputial discharge is common in the male dog. In health, it is referred to as smegma, and represents an accumulation of sloughed cells and glycoproteins within the preputial sheath. Its amount and color vary between individual patients.
Why does my male dog licking his private area so much?
In the dog world, a moderate degree of licking is part of normal grooming behavior. For example, a male or female dog may lick the genital area after urinating as a means of cleaning the area. When this is the case, licking is only related to elimination and is not persistent.
FAQ
Why does my male dog have green discharge?