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Ok, so lil' Boo has anal gland issues. I have talked to my vet about it & his only recommendation was surgery to remove them. Seems a bit drastic as I think they do serve a purpose, don't they? My problem is, he secretes them ALL the time. My vet said he just knows how so he does it. Great! I was just holding him in my lap and he did it on my leg. *vomits*

Is there anything causing this? Like diet, etc. Am I alone with this problem?

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Oh god! I am so sorry. I don't have the answer for you, but I know how bad that stuff smells. I used to have to take our Basset Hound to the vet every 3 to 4 months to have the gland emptied and it was so awful. Fortunately, she never figured out how to do it himself, or I'm sure my Mom would have never let her in the house.

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One of my cats actually has this problem. It is totally disgusting! However, her glands only "leak" when they get to full - we actually have to take her to the vet everu 4 weeks and get them "squezed out" -

Our vet has also recomended surgery - but it costs alot of $ :(

No advice , I have tried everything. Different food, different vets etc.

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boobaby


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Thanks, girls. Glad to know I'm not alone. Problem is, it's all the time and there is no warning he's going to do it or that they are bothering him. My groomer even taught me how to do it myself because it needs to be done so frequently, but I just can't...bleh!

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i just had to 1. read this thread, and 2. google 'anal glands.' wow.

poor boo! but poorer boobaby :clothes-pin:

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boobaby


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squishy wrote:

i just had to 1. read this thread, and 2. google 'anal glands.' wow.

poor boo! but poorer boobaby :clothes-pin:



My poor jeans! I thought I could get another wear out of them before laundry. Seems like I'm always grossing you out with my dog owning tales.


ETA: I won't go into details about when the groomer showed me how. I still have nightmares...

-- Edited by boobaby at 00:49, 2007-12-27

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I don't have any advice but a friend of mine was a vet tech for 8 years and I'll try to ask her about it.

I do have a funny story about said friend and anal glands...
Friday night we had a much needed girls night. Vet tech friend arrived at my house after another friend. When she got there, she went straight to the kitchen to put down the drink stuff she'd brought. Before she got out of the kitchen she stopped to talk to my dog, Winston. I mentioned that Winston needed to go to the vet the next day because he had an itchy butt and wouldn't stop biting it. She immediately grabbed a paper towel, expressed his anal gland in my kitchen, then examined what came out to see if it was "normal". Other friend and I just stood there martinis in hand horrified. Vet tech friend then did the same to my other dog as "prevention". Interesting was to start a get together for sure, but its no biggie to her.

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boobaby


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Mandy wrote:

I don't have any advice but a friend of mine was a vet tech for 8 years and I'll try to ask her about it.

I do have a funny story about said friend and anal glands...
Friday night we had a much needed girls night. Vet tech friend arrived at my house after another friend. When she got there, she went straight to the kitchen to put down the drink stuff she'd brought. Before she got out of the kitchen she stopped to talk to my dog, Winston. I mentioned that Winston needed to go to the vet the next day because he had an itchy butt and wouldn't stop biting it. She immediately grabbed a paper towel, expressed his anal gland in my kitchen, then examined what came out to see if it was "normal". Other friend and I just stood there martinis in hand horrified. Vet tech friend then did the same to my other dog as "prevention". Interesting was to start a get together for sure, but its no biggie to her.



 lmao Mandy! Thanks for offering to ask your friend.



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I gotta say (and you other dog owners will probably agree!) that the number one grossest thing about dog owning is anal glands!

From what I hear they tend to be more of an issue in smaller dogs, and they say you should express them everytime they're bathed.  Holy grossness batman!  You could try changing his food just to see if it helps, or maybe try washing his behind once a day or every other day?  You could also look into pet insurance - not sure how pre-existing conditions work with animal insurance but it might be worth looking into, and then you could drop it after the surgery was done.  Or .... diapers?

Another funny anal gland story!  I accidentally expressed my cat's glands once.  I was playing with him, flinging a toy around, so he was all frisky and I started scratching him.  Apparently I scratched too long above his tail, and he expressed and it hit me in the face.  I've never in my whole life been so disgusted!  That stuff smells awful.

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Elle wrote:
Another funny anal gland story!

that phrase! LOL!!!!



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