Comments on: Empty Your Dog’s Anal Sacs the Natural Way

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:00:20 +0000

For the last five days I have been looking for an alternative to the anal sac removal surgery my vet had recommended.

Foremost, my dog is 13 years old and seven pound yorkie. I see the risks of anestesia at her age and was nervous about it.

Today I read the post about the Cavalier spaniel above and it gave me hope as she has an abscess that burst and an infection that is being cleared with two weeks of antibiotics. I plan to follow the steps they did and buy the epsom salt tonight.

Thank you soooo much for having this great site!!!

I’ll keep you guys posted!

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:01:48 +0000

Hello – I have a young border collie – 2 1/2 years old. He is my first dog that I have to express his anal glands at least every 3 weeks or he leaks. Ugh. It seems like it is getting more frequent that I need to express his glands. I had to do it last night after only 2 1/4 weeks as he leaked on the front seat of my car (no scooting, licking, etc, just leaking and stinking). He gets a premium food, tons of exercise, etc. Only once was the discharge thicker and I think infected, otherwise, it’s a clear yellow, but oh so smelly. Is there something I can do to reduce the production or storage of this fluid? thanks, jennifer

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:10:14 +0000

Hello! I read somewhere that adding fibersure to your dog’s food or water would help. What dosage though? My mini schnauzer/terrier weighs 20 pounds. Thanks

By: Liola

Liola — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 01:46:59 +0000

Lynne,
Eb and Bobbye are amateurs. The solution is pretty simple. In fact with this approach you can pretty much schedule your Cocker like clockwork. To get him/her started each day, give 4oz of Sunsweet Prune Juice from Walgreens (used to use Fiber One bars – see previous posts). The theory here is; regular BM’s reduce pressure on anal glands. If you need to counteract the Prune Juice effect, then feed him/her a coconut macaroon (read this in newspaper to address nervous Greyhound stomach). Refine the dietary supplements as necessary for desired effect. This is provided as guidance only. Use at your own risk.

By: Eb

Eb — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:20:25 +0000

Lynne,Bobbye is right. Try to be as patient as possible with your cocker. I know my wife, Betty, has similar problems as Bobbye. She can be the sweetest thing on God’s green earth, but let her piles start acting up and me and the dogs go to the other end of the property! She can just sit down wrong (she’s a rather husky woman) and whammo, momma’s gonna need an exorcist. I think it’s the same way with a dog’s bottom discomfort. And I know it sounds crazy, but Bobbye’s right about the Kroger birthday cake, too. It works! For our dogs’ anal sac problems and my wife likes cake, too! Do NOT try the accupuncture thing, but if all else fails, see the above entry concerning the shop vac. Solved mine and Betty’s problem.

By: Bobbye

Bobbye — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:31:07 +0000

Lynne,

Bobbye here. I have two male cockers, so I’m fairly knowledged about them and their ASP’s (Anal Sac Problems).

See previous posts, but I will make a couple of quick helpful comments. One, I know I, myself, as a human being am accused of “being nasty at times, and I know it is my (his) butt.”. When my ole donkey (rear-end) is smokin’ hot, I can be one irritable man. So first, try to put yourself in his shoes… if your bottom hurt like it had been stung by a swarm of bees, I think you’ll agree you might not be too cheery.

Second, for me and my dogs, Kroger birthday cake has done a LOT…(see posts above). Do NOT..I repeat, do NOT try accupuncture on your dog if anyone recommends that. Good luck.

– Bobbye –

By: lynne wiley

lynne wiley — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:39:26 +0000

I have an American Cocker that I recently got fromt the shelter, and it had been tied up in the front with the stitches from neutering and having a hernia operated on at the same time. I followed through with instructions of having the stitches removed at the Vets on specified time, only to learn they had become imbedded. Because he was in pain, the Vet suggested I take him back and get myself another dog. Instead, I took him to another Vet and had him checked out, and he told me he was doing fine. Thought that was the end of my problems, but he has a chronic anal gland, and becomes very agressive with my other dog, a schnauzer/terrior mix. After sending him to boot camp, whereas, he was given very good marks on everything, he comes home only to be the dog he was before. So now I express his anal gland, and although it has calmed him down, he is still being nasty at times, and I know it is his butt. I feed him Hollistic foods, but I do give him skinned chicken breasts from the table, and sometimes carrots that have been cooked. Oh, and I wipe his butt with Tucks after expressing it. I’ll take all the help I can get, because I’m a determined cuss who have my dogs as my constant companions. Thank you, Lynne

By: Megan

Megan — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:24:14 +0000

My golden retriever had her anal glands expelled by the vet 4 days ago. She is still scooting her butt though right before or after she has a bowel movement. Is this normal? Her butt isn’t red of inflamed at all. But, still seems to be bothering her. This was the first time she had the procedure done.

By: Eb

Eb — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:00:50 +0000

Thought I might pass along something me and my wife have found that works. We found it out by accident. We’ve got 3 eighty-pound blue tick coon hounds (Moe, Larry, and Shemp) that we’ve kind of made into house pets. And they didn’t used to leave “snail tracks” as Bobbye and Liola say. It looked more like you’d dragged three dead wet coons through the parlor. It was terrible. Then one day, my wife Betty and I just kind of snapped. I had Betty hold Larry down (she’s a rather husky woman) and I went to express his anal glands with the shop vac. The other 2 dogs witnessed this and soon all three were howling. Needless to say, Larry didn’t like this. But, we accidentally solved the problem. We now leave the shop vac parked in the parlor (their favorite scoot-torium) abd they’ve quit. Everytime it looks like they’re going to drop their hiney, we just tap the shop vac and they go out and scoot their little hearts (and hineys) out.
Also, Bobby, the wife and I are so happy now to have solved this problem, that I bought Betty a Kroger cake to celebrate. Thanks for the idea!

By: Bobbye

Bobbye — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:50:34 +0000

Hey, Hey! I’m back with a good report. Bobbye here. Sorry for the delay since my last post – it’s been almost 2 months and I owe everyone an update on my trial accupunture (see post of 1/9/2009).

First, some house cleaning… I had some legal issues but everything is OK now. Second, the accupuncture trial did NOT go well. I DO NOT recommend it!!

My good Chinawoman friend Mi and her accupunture ‘Canine Meridian Chart’, dog anal sac problems, Eastern medicine (TCM), and her ‘liver fire’ assesment theory DID NOT WORK for me. First both of my dogs were not keen on needles behind their ears. I don’t know if it was the loud TV, the time of day, or if I lost my touch…but neither dog liked it. I did manage to try it for about a week, but then I had a bigger issue – swelling behind the ears and REALLY unhappy dogs. I called it quits when on the last day my older dog bit me for the first time ever! It must have been bothering him because he also pooped in the whole commotion. DON’T DO IT. BAD IDEA.

I’ve gone back to birthday cake (Kroger) and as before, that’s working like a charm… tried & true & both owner and canines are happy. If all we’re trying to do is to stop the ’scooting’ and ’seeping’, birthday cake works for me.

I repeat: I DO NOT RECOMMEND THE ACCUPUNTURE – I got bit (and one of the neighbor ladies told me I was an idiot).

Hey, Liola – do you grow your own cayenne peppers? Do you blend your peppers & do it yourself, or do you buy the pepper from the store? I’m thinking about trying your technique. (My neighbor’s dog has anal gland issues & scooting, I told him about your holistic approach and he wants to try it).

Thanks ya’ll, Don’t do the needles behind the ears thing.