UPDATE. He had surgery today :(
Thought I would come in and update.
My poor little Winston went into the vet this morning and they looked at teh wee sample and said on the scale of 1-5 (5 being the higest amount of blood), his was a 4. So even though it was still yellow, it was really murchy and they could tell straight away it had blood in it.
They gave him an ultrasound or xray (cant quite remember) and it came up that he had stones in his bladder. He had one the size of the end of my thumb and about 5 other smaller ones and needed surgery immediatly.
I cant believe how resiliant he is. He showed no pain when it would have been excrutiating. The reason for the bright red blood yesterday was that some of the smaller stones that have sharp edges were starting to come down through his penis and cutting into him.
If he was a human male he would have been in unbelievable pain but my poor little Winston never showed any pain (to us anyway).
He was put under general anaesthetic and had his undercarriage cut open and then his bladder cut open to remove the stones. Was major surgery. He went through it quite well but he has a big recovery ahead of him.
I wasnt able to see him and he will be there for at least a few days.
This is going to floor us financially up **** creek but as dog owners and lovers, we jsut couldnt not do the surgery. We are already up to $1500 as of today.
I might try and get a advanced payment of my FTB from FAO as I am still waiting on my tax return/FTB reconcilliation.
I just hope he is okay. I want to know what caused this but not sure if we can afford the $180 to get the stones sent to pathology for a possible inconclusive result.
Just upset at the moment and wish he was here. I cant believe how we went from everything being fine on the weekend to him on a surgery table today.....
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hope your little furbaby is recovering from his surgery alright. Just goes to show how tough Jack Russells are...they may be small but they are mighty! I'm sure he is a fighter 
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