Dogs and anal glands

I bought Peggy a pack of furry rabbit’s ears the other day. When I offered her one saying, ‘Oooh, I’ve got a lovely treat for you.’ She backed off giving me a WTF look.

After licking the non furry end and convincing herself it wasn’t going to jump up and hop away, she polished it off! 😂

That's funny! My dog is very fussy and I don't know if she would eat them but I worry about hygiene. Once I got her a raw bone and I tried to keep it for the garden but she kept bringing it in the house.

I have never been able to bring myself to buy the furry rabbit ears!! Are they supposed to help anal glands?

Juliet27

I remember watching a tv programme where a man was sitting on a bench on a hillside singing a hymn and his dog came scooting past!!

Ooo I remember that classic. 🤣😂. youtu.be/ecB3wbReljM

The furry rabbit ears are supposed to act almost like a brush on their innards, apparently! My boy loves them, but then he is raw fed and used to eating the whole thing, never mind the lugs!

nanna8

Reminds me why I never want another dog. Cats rule.

Cats also have anal glands, and they can have the same problem - after having cats for MANY years, one of ours started walking a bit strangely and seemed to be grooming herself "down there" a lot. Thankfully, no scooting on the floor, but her anal glands needed to be emptied. The vet did it.

Ohhhh
I did not know, thanks for the info.

A question for the raw fed dogs, do your owners let you lick them (and what about hygiene?) I have avoided buying raw bones since my dog insisted on bringing them into the house because I worry about hygiene. I know raw is meant to be good, but how to overcome things like salmonella worries on furnishings?

I don't know whether there is one, but there probably is a YouTube video that shows you how to empty dogs' anal glands yourself.

My vet showed me years ago how to empty the cat's, but I don't remember exactly as none of that cat's sucessors have needed help.

My dog has anal gland problem, the first time I didn’t know what it was and he was eventually bleeding from there & had to be put under for draining out. Now he see the nurse at the vets and costs £20 a time and goes about every 3 months. It seems to help, I have been told one can do it themselves but I wouldn’t, it’s quite smelly.

OnwardandUpward

Ohhhh
I did not know, thanks for the info.

A question for the raw fed dogs, do your owners let you lick them (and what about hygiene?) I have avoided buying raw bones since my dog insisted on bringing them into the house because I worry about hygiene. I know raw is meant to be good, but how to overcome things like salmonella worries on furnishings?

I've never let our dogs lick me, or the children. From a hygiene point of view, we have a freezer in one of our garden sheds which is kept solely for the raw food, and we use separate implements, etc for the dog food/dishes and so on. If he is having raw bones to chew, we keep them outside in the garden. If you follow common sense hygiene procedures, there's very little risk from raw feeding. It's not that different from handling raw meat for human consumption - you would use separate chopping boards and so on for that too.

Oh I do use different boards for hygiene reasons already.

Good idea about the separate freezer. I tried keeping raw bones in the garden but she kept taking them inside, so I decided not to keep buying them.