Dogs are gross! Nasty anal glads ew!

[SillyArwenBurd]

Well we had to restraine a dog this morning at work to get a sample from a lump it had. Well this dog got so worked up that it let it's anal gkads go and it went all over my scrubs ew! The smell was so bad that the vet myself and the vet tech almost threw up ewww and thank gawd there were extra scrubs that I can wear haha I stripped down so fast infront ofthe vet tech haha poor girl must be blinded haha *ROFL* and Sasha (the U2) got a peep show haha she started dancing lmao oh gawd I also put a gallon of doggy bum freshened all over my stomach to get rid of the smell on my skin ew!
Sorry for the rant I am just pleased as punch that Arwen isn't gross like that haha and my little poodle just sits and doesn't even care what you do to him even at the vets he is a good boy so glad I have pleasent pets haha :)

[LovelySydney]

Yea Maggie had an infected anal gland once - it was horrific. Luckily the vet took care of it but I know how gross it can be.

[asulli]

I have heard of this. I have dogs and I have never ever experienced this anal gland stuff. My son's dog had an infection not too long ago and he said the same thing. Thank goodness mine have not done this. But thanks to the graphic explanation this way if it does happen I will know exactly what it is!!!

[Greycloud]

As a groomer, many times we had to empty the anal glands. Not a pretty job!!!!

[Falsk]

Ewwww, our dog had that problem last summer!

I had a friend whose dog apparently had such a problem with anal glands, his mom learned how to deal with it HERSELF.

Nooooo thank you! This is why I stick with cats and birds!

[Lori~D]

geesh - you guys are woosies!! No , I hate it too. But to some its a necc evil.

[SallyQZ]

This thread hits close to home for me right now! My dachshund had an infected, plugged anal gland that ruptured this weekend! His back leg literally split open Saturday morning, blood gushing out (and other foul stuff). Rushed him to the emergency vet at 5:30AM and he had surgery to repair the rupture and cut out the necrotic tissue (dead skin, muscle tissue).

Sadly, the skin and muscle tissue continued to die so the stitches didn't hold and his leg opened up again. This morning I had to take him back to the vet for a second surgery. I'm still waiting to hear from the vet's office.

This came on SO FAST! He's never had an issue with the anal glands before, and he had been eating fine up until the day before it happened.

Even worse --- the tech screwed up my prescriptions when they released the dog. Told me an antibiotic pill was a pain pill and sent us home. I found out today that I never received the pain pills, so Bubba has been dealing with recovery from surgery with absolutely NO pain meds. I was so angry and upset at the thought of my elderly dachshund dealing with that kind of pain since Saturday!! The pain meds are a narcotic, so I'm thinking that it wasn't an accident. I was charged for them, I just never received them. And the tech led me to believe that the other pill was a pain pill. Hmmmm.

[sailorkelly]

That is gross. I am glad Sonnie hasn't had that problem. My friend has a 1 year old bloodhound. She is scared of everything. When they try to trim her nails she lets hers go... very gross

[Emmilyy]

sounds nasty! none of our dogs have ever had this problem.. that i remember!

[Lori~D]

feed them an excellent quality meat based dog food with no grains or by products from the git go and you wont have that problem