like i say,once in a blue moon do i get a hard stool,even when i do it rarely hurts to bad coming out,just like 15 minutes later i start to feel the spasms and the other related stuff.but it usually subsides quickly if i cake the nitro up there!...since i was examined ive devoloped some more pain than usual,hes not very gental...i remember it took like 2 weeks to get back to "normal" pain last visit...oh yea,the dogs name is russ...fat russ to some,hes on a diet and is down to 135 from 142.and is on some doggy speed for his thyroid,hes always been lazy too.

I'm glad you can at least get relief from the nitro.
Are colo-rectal docotors just trained to be rough down there, or is it unavoidable?
Russ is cute, you'd never know he was such a big dog from the photo!

Mine was gentle but it was weird having someone check everything out so thoroughly and wearing that light on their head!