Sorry, anal glands again

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Am taking pads to vets for the 5th time this year to have his emptied as he has bottom trouble again. I've never had to do this with my previous dogs or Hector.

I had hoped that the raw diet might help eliminate this, as I read that bone content helped :confused: Is there anything I can feed/do to prevent this in future?
 
Are some dogs just more prone to it then do you think or is it management?

I know it drives him mad but I can't stand him 'gallumphing' as my mum calls it, all the time - gross!
 
I will be interested in any suggestions you get, Charlie (14 year old BT) always has bum trouble.

My dad just empties them himself now on a regular basis and he is checked at the vets every 4 months.
 
I've got a similar problem. My dog will sometimes 'leak' on something that he's sitting on and it absolutely stinks! It smells really fishy and gross. I've taken him to the vets and they said there was no problem. One of his glands were full and so they emptied it and he said it was a bit 'grainy', however no signs of anything to worry about. The horrible licking sound that he does drives me mad to! Is there anything we can do to help prevent this problem? Not experieced it with other dogs before.
Any suggestions welcome!
 
Elliegazzellie said:
I've got a similar problem. My dog will sometimes 'leak' on something that he's sitting on and it absolutely stinks! It smells really fishy and gross. I've taken him to the vets and they said there was no problem. One of his glands were full and so they emptied it and he said it was a bit 'grainy', however no signs of anything to worry about. The horrible licking sound that he does drives me mad to! Is there anything we can do to help prevent this problem? Not experieced it with other dogs before.
Any suggestions welcome!
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What are you feeding?
 
My vet set it was something to do with the way the, er, tubes(?) are actually set in the body. If you know what I mean :confused: Such as, rather than them going straight down there's a kink or likewise where the 'juice' collects. So she said there was nothing that could help, really.

As you can tell, I'm not a vet. :o
 
Pips had this problem but we when we put her on raw her poos got alot harder and she hasn't had problems since. She is best on chicken wings but don't know what bone content they have but cheap and cheerful.
Isn't it as they strain to poo it squashes them to empty them so if they don't have to push they don't empty.

Heave :D
 
Purdey had some anal gland trouble a month or so back. The vet emptied them then said that she probably could do with more fibre to bulk out her poos so we bought some all-bran. It certainly seemed to work - her poos were much firmer and so she was more likely to empty her glands when she pushed out the poo :o
We have since changed her to James Wellbeloved food and her poos seem firm enough without the added fibre so she has been ok. Well so far so good.
The vet did tell us that it could also be due to her anal glands being positioned slightly wrong so that they don't empty properly. There is an operation they can have to remove the glands but it does carry a risk of incontinence ( a scary prospect:eek:)
 
Dont be paying vets to empty anal glands its the easiest thing in the world to do, just dont do it inside the house , dogs who drag their bums do this to empty them, so deal with it when they start, just be gentle and have some cotton wool at hand - easy
 
My border collie bitch is having the same problems and my vet advised increasing the fibre in her diet. I have been on the internet looking at the best source of fibre for dogs but it all seems a bit confusing. I gave her half a weetabix in her tea but any other suggestions would be great.
 
attheponies said:
My border collie bitch is having the same problems and my vet advised increasing the fibre in her diet. I have been on the internet looking at the best source of fibre for dogs but it all seems a bit confusing. I gave her half a weetabix in her tea but any other suggestions would be great.
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Yes but what your vet and many others like her/him fail to comprehend is that fibre to a dog is not plants but bone, claws feathers and fir!! It is soft diets made up of largely plants that cause the problem as they do not mimic a dogs natural diet and the stools from eating plants and even just meat are far to soft to cause the glands to empty naturally so they fill and often become infected.

Feeding a diet of around 80% bone and 20% meat will firm up the stools and the anal glands are emptied when the dog deficates. Chicken Wings are about that ratio as are chicken carcasses.
 
Never mind diet, anal glands fill up simple as that, dogs empty them by dragging their bums across grass or your carpets , take one pair of rubber gloves and some cotton wool, take the dog outside and gently empty them yourselves, no need for expensive vets. not a nice job, but easy to do, and costs nothing.
 
tweedette said:
Never mind diet, anal glands fill up simple as that, dogs empty them by dragging their bums across grass or your carpets , take one pair of rubber gloves and some cotton wool, take the dog outside and gently empty them yourselves, no need for expensive vets. not a nice job, but easy to do, and costs nothing.
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It has absolutely everything to do with diet along with evolution and there should be no need for any dog to have it's sack emptied manually.

The anal glands are situated in the anus for one or two reasons depending on which scientific camp you subscribe to, they have a significant role in scent marking and some like me beleive they also serve to lubricate the passage of hard stools from a natural diet of meat and bone.

If stools are naturally hard in passing they empty the anal sack naturally, no wild dog has to go to the trouble or rubbing it's Ar*e along the ground and there are no humans around to give it a quick squeeze!!!!!

The reason domestic dogs not fed a high bone content natural diet rub along carpets is that they are uncomfortable because the general soft, smelly proceeds from processed foods with a high grain content fail to empty the sack which fills up and may even become infected.

Since feeding a species appropriate raw diet I have never had to put on a pair of Marigolds!!
 
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Thanks for the replies, mine get chicken wings/drummers 5 days per week for breakfast and lamb necks with bone the other 2. Dinners are a mix of offal, chops, mince, eggs, fish and pumkin seeds - all raw and fed on different days.

Although poos are much better consistancy, think I need to up the bone content. Hopefully this will help.
 
um... pardon my ignorance but why is noone just emptying them themselves instead of visiting the vet. its such an easy and fairly quick thing to do.

the workers never have problems but the terriers seem to fill up annually or so once they get a bit older, and as soon as they start to leak i stck them in the shower and DIY it, it doesnt hurt them.

id be a bit embarrassed if i took my dog to the vet just for that, its like my mate who has to get her vet to clip her 10 year old labs nails. why not just hand your money out on the street~???
 
well you can either stick your ''gloved'' finger in and draw them out slowly, or feel the swellings until you are behind them and very slowly, gently but firmly squeeze in an outward motion (toward the bumhole) until they are empty. dont try to do it hard and fast because youll stress out the dog and nothing will come out.

i do the squeezing, because A, its easier and im not really all that comfortable stcking my finger up dogs bum-neither is dog comfortable with being invaded, and B its more sucessful.

obviously ask your vet, this was how mine showed me, killed two birds with one stone really, i could now empty glands and no longer was obsessed with fitty vet, bum juice and canine digital penetration is a total moodkiller. :(
 
EAST KENT said:
Raw chicken wings every day and you`ll NEVER have a bum problem again ,simplez.
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Won't the small splintery bones in the wings possibly cut the throat or get stuck??

Sorry vet told us never to feed chicken or any bones infact as they splinter and could cause major problems??

My other two Labs used to have to have their glands enptied now and again if the pooh is runny give them something to harden it up like scrambled eggs. As someone stated when they have more solid pooh it squeezes the glands and empties them:)
 
flowerlady said:
Won't the small splintery bones in the wings possibly cut the throat or get stuck??

Sorry vet told us never to feed chicken or any bones infact as they splinter and could cause major problems??
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your vet is talking about cooked bones...

what do you think dogs in the wild would have eaten..??

one of our spaniels likes nothing other than a rotten pheasant carcass.. ewww.
 
Santas New Little Helper said:
your vet is talking about cooked bones...

what do you think dogs in the wild would have eaten..??

one of our spaniels likes nothing other than a rotten pheasant carcass.. ewww.
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Actually she goes and works at the shoots beating and retrieving for the guns but never eats them. But she did chew up a dead bird the other day and was almost choking on the bones so I think I may stick to the no bones policy just to be safe:D
 
KarynK said:
It has absolutely everything to do with diet along with evolution and there should be no need for any dog to have it's sack emptied manually.

The anal glands are situated in the anus for one or two reasons depending on which scientific camp you subscribe to, they have a significant role in scent marking and some like me beleive they also serve to lubricate the passage of hard stools from a natural diet of meat and bone.

If stools are naturally hard in passing they empty the anal sack naturally, no wild dog has to go to the trouble or rubbing it's Ar*e along the ground and there are no humans around to give it a quick squeeze!!!!!

The reason domestic dogs not fed a high bone content natural diet rub along carpets is that they are uncomfortable because the general soft, smelly proceeds from processed foods with a high grain content fail to empty the sack which fills up and may even become infected.

Since feeding a species appropriate raw diet I have never had to put on a pair of Marigolds!!
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dogs are natural scavengars , todays scientifically produced food then shouldnt cause gland problems, so I bow to your superior knowledge and will throw away my marigolds as my dogs wont need their anal glands emptying anymore as I follow the correct diet.
 
they're easy enough to empty yourself. my friend the vet showed me how.
gloved hand, squeeze inwards on the outer ring of the bumhole at positions 10 o'clock and 2 o'clock. you have to squeeze quite hard sometimes. have someone holding front end of dog to keep it still. do NOT NOT NOT lean over to check... you'll get a faceful. Do NOT do it in the kitchen, it's shocking how far it goes. ;) ;)
 
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