re: Blood in my dog's urine

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Is there a known cause or "shite just happens?"

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In humans, women have a very short urethra, and bacteria don't have very far to travel to get into the bladder. For (many) bacteria, a pool of urine inside of a bladder is a fantastic place to live. Women get bladder infections (UTIs) from things as simple as not urinating after sex (depending on resident vaginal bacteria present) and wiping back to front.

I would assume that a young female dog's urethra is similarly short, and that they aren't the most hygienic creatures in the world.