Boxer, 5 years old. Diet or/and supplements that may help her. She is on Purina Pro Plan Sensative skin and stomach formula. Main ingredient is salmon. No snacks, gets plenty of excercise, 60lbs.
2006-08-11 09:51:38 · 5 answers · asked by bongo 1 in Pets ➔ Dogs
Increasing fiber & expressing glands regularly.
I would not recommend having the glands removed. There is a nerve in the area that is frequently cut during the surgery (not all vets are good surgerons) leaving the dog with worse problems than before. Of the 5 dogs that I know have had the surgery, 3 have had the nerve cut "accidently". If you decide to go the surgery route, please shop around for the best surgeron possible.
2006-08-11 11:05:15 · answer #1 · answered by momma dog 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i could be taking the dogs to a diverse vet for a 2d opinion. I even have observed canines on completely dry nutrition diets or tinned nutrition are greater companies to gland an infection. i could be including a splash of olive oil on an known basis to his nutrition & additionally an egg & a can of sardines as quickly as each and every week. additionally generic exercising helps forestall them from getting contaminated additionally imho. shop their behinds nicely trimmed & oftentimes convey the glands once you provide the dogs it somewhat is fortnightly bathtub additionally. yet that's all greater approximately prevention & atm you decide on a treatment so locate a clean vet asap could be my propose to you. Then as quickly as he's greater proper start up with incorporating my recommendations on your everyday pup recurring to objective & provide up a reinfection. As whilst they have had contaminated anal glands they might tend to have the an infection reoccur generally i've got observed this in numerous the rescue canines i've got dealt with contained in the previous.
2016-09-29 04:21:49 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My understanding from when our previous dog had this issue is that your option is to either keep expressing them or have them surgically removed. We never talked about the side effects of having them removed.
Has your vet shown you how to express them yourself so that you don't have to take your dog in every time? It's not a fun thing, that's for sure. You just need to take a look at the material that comes out to see if you detect blood in it. If you do, your dog should be put on a course of antibiotics in case any of the matter got into his/her blood stream.
2006-08-11 10:04:01 · answer #3 · answered by stimply 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our lhasa apso/terrier has problems with his anal glands, too. Increasing his fiber will help pop those glands naturally. That doesn't always work, though. It's disgusting, but I usually have to pop them myself because the charges way too much for me to get this done every other week or so. If you'd like for me to tell you how to do this, message me because it's too gross to post here.
Best of luck!
2006-08-11 10:07:14 · answer #4 · answered by Pink Denial 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have one that had this problem. I started giving her, she's 50 lbs, a metamucil pill everyday. She's not had a problem since.
2006-08-11 10:36:39 · answer #5 · answered by A Great Dane Lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋