My female GSD is....

[Smitherman]

I have a 20 week old female GSD, I have noticed here lately she has had some green slime stuff near her private area. What is this? We go to the vet in 2 weeks btw

[Twyla]

Change the appt to Monday unless your vet has weekend hours.

I have no idea what the 'green slime' would be, but green does indicate infection.

[wyominggrandma]

female puppy's get this alot. They will put her on antibiotics, most likely a urinary infection.

[Nova&Uschi'sMom]

Our girl had the same thing between 9-12 weeks. It ended up not being a UTI or bladder infection, but what the vet called "vaginitis" - apparently quite common in female puppies. It's not an infection, but more of a condition due to hormone/development changes. Our vet put her on antibiotics, which we found out later was not really needed because it's not a bacterial infection. And the antibiotics caused other undesirable side-effects like a yeast infection in her ears, etc. If it's vaginitis I think the best thing to do is keep the area clean (I used to wipe her with "wet-ones" a few times a day), and make sure she has the chance to urinate often. I think most often it clears up on its own. Our girl was back to normal within a few weeks. If I could change anything, I wouldn't have put her on the antibiotics. Though an infection is a different story, but the vet should be able to tell if they do a culture.

[Smitherman]

Someone else has also mentioned it's her hormone changing. I'll see what my vet says & what they want to do.

[blehmannwa]

It's a very unsettling sight but in our old girl it was just puppy vaginitis. Vet check is best.

[MadLab]

Research a bit on UTI's. I would use cranberry extracts and vit amin c to help with that. Give some chicken broth to the water to increase consumption.

[doggiedad]

green slime. i wouldn't wait 2 weeks for a Vet visit. i would have
gone to the Vet when i first noticed it.

Originally Posted by Smitherman

I have a 20 week old female GSD, I have noticed here lately she has had some green slime stuff near her private area. What is this?

>>>>> We go to the vet in 2 weeks btw<<<<<

[Pooky44]

Originally Posted by Nova&Uschi'sMom

Our girl had the same thing between 9-12 weeks. It ended up not being a UTI or bladder infection, but what the vet called "vaginitis" - apparently quite common in female puppies. It's not an infection, but more of a condition due to hormone/development changes. Our vet put her on antibiotics, which we found out later was not really needed because it's not a bacterial infection. And the antibiotics caused other undesirable side-effects like a yeast infection in her ears, etc. If it's vaginitis I think the best thing to do is keep the area clean (I used to wipe her with "wet-ones" a few times a day), and make sure she has the chance to urinate often. I think most often it clears up on its own. Our girl was back to normal within a few weeks. If I could change anything, I wouldn't have put her on the antibiotics. Though an infection is a different story, but the vet should be able to tell if they do a culture.

Vets tend to give anitbiotics just to cover themselves when they don't know the real problem. If your dog develops other problems as a result it is another source of income for them. Some say that ignorance is bliss; I say that ignorance is expensive and often harmful.
Having said all that I would probably take the dog to the vet if my dog showed those symptoms.