Hi everyone,
I was wondering if anyone has had any success with using a high fiber diet,
supplement or is there anything else I can do to keep him from having to go
to the vets every 3 months to have them cleaned out. He hates having this
done and I sympathize for him having to put him through this.
Roxan

Hi everyone,
I was wondering if anyone has had any success with using a high fiber
diet,
supplement or is there anything else I can do to keep him from having to
go
to the vets every 3 months to have them cleaned out. He hates having this
done and I sympathize for him having to put him through this.

Have you talked to your vet about having the anal glands removed?

-Sharon

Hi everyone,
I was wondering if anyone has had any success with using a high fiber
diet,
supplement or is there anything else I can do to keep him from having to
go
to the vets every 3 months to have them cleaned out. He hates having this
done and I sympathize for him having to put him through this.

Have you talked to your vet about having the anal glands removed?

-Sharon

No, I was trying to deal with this without having to go that route yet. He
is just 2 years old and I was hoping that there was some other way to treat
this. If I had known that he was going to have a reoccurring problem with
anal glands, I would have had it done when he was neutered.
Roxan
"Sharon too" wrote in message
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Hi everyone,
I was wondering if anyone has had any success with using a high fiber
diet,
supplement or is there anything else I can do to keep him from having to
go
to the vets every 3 months to have them cleaned out. He hates having
this
done and I sympathize for him having to put him through this.

Have you talked to your vet about having the anal glands removed?

-Sharon

No, I was trying to deal with this without having to go that route yet. He
is just 2 years old and I was hoping that there was some other way to treat
this. If I had known that he was going to have a reoccurring problem with
anal glands, I would have had it done when he was neutered.
Roxan
"Sharon too" wrote in message
...
Hi everyone,
I was wondering if anyone has had any success with using a high fiber
diet,
supplement or is there anything else I can do to keep him from having to
go
to the vets every 3 months to have them cleaned out. He hates having
this
done and I sympathize for him having to put him through this.

Have you talked to your vet about having the anal glands removed?

-Sharon

Surgery causes more problems than solved. You are lucky it's every
three months instead of weekly. I feed baby carrots as a treat twice
daily, and give Kellogg's All-Bran extra fiber daily. Now instead of
a weekly vet visit, it's never. There is no sat. fat, only 50 calories
per 1/2 cup serving ( dry), and chock full of vitamins. This is a
small poodle, old, and I understand more apt to have anal gland
problems than larger dogs. You might try it.
Helmer

On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 12:13:37 -0400, "roxan"
wrote:

Hi everyone,
I was wondering if anyone has had any success with using a high fiber diet,
supplement or is there anything else I can do to keep him from having to go
to the vets every 3 months to have them cleaned out. He hates having this
done and I sympathize for him having to put him through this.
Roxan

Surgery causes more problems than solved. You are lucky it's every
three months instead of weekly. I feed baby carrots as a treat twice
daily, and give Kellogg's All-Bran extra fiber daily. Now instead of
a weekly vet visit, it's never. There is no sat. fat, only 50 calories
per 1/2 cup serving ( dry), and chock full of vitamins. This is a
small poodle, old, and I understand more apt to have anal gland
problems than larger dogs. You might try it.
Helmer

On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 12:13:37 -0400, "roxan"
wrote:

Hi everyone,
I was wondering if anyone has had any success with using a high fiber diet,
supplement or is there anything else I can do to keep him from having to go
to the vets every 3 months to have them cleaned out. He hates having this
done and I sympathize for him having to put him through this.
Roxan

Surgery causes more problems than solved.

And what would those problems be? I'm interested because of all the anal
gland removal surgeries we have done at our office, we've yet to have
complications, short or long term. Not saying it is the only answer, but a
blank statement like yours should be backed up so that it does not cause
unwarranted fear.

-Sharon

Surgery causes more problems than solved.

And what would those problems be? I'm interested because of all the anal
gland removal surgeries we have done at our office, we've yet to have
complications, short or long term. Not saying it is the only answer, but a
blank statement like yours should be backed up so that it does not cause
unwarranted fear.

-Sharon

wrote:

Surgery causes more problems than solved.

I would have to disagree. I have a female pit bull that had horrible problems
with her anal sacs for the first two years that I had her (I've had her for
seven years now). They would fill up weekly and I was constantly expressing
them as the vet taught me - which she hated and I hated. The smell she left
behind on the furniture and carpeting was not pleasant either.

I had them surgically removed. She came home the same day, with a small
external incision on either side of her butt, both about 3/4" long, taking 3
sutures each, I believe.

She was a very sore the first day, a little bit the next, but was running around
like her old self after that.

There were no complications whatsoever. Best choice I could have made, IMO.
She's happier, I'm happier.

Just make sure you find a vet that has done this surgery a lot. I have heard
that going in from the outside (like my vet did) is better (safer?) than from
the inside.

Jennifer and Babe (no more stinky butt for me!)


You are lucky it's every
three months instead of weekly. I feed baby carrots as a treat twice
daily, and give Kellogg's All-Bran extra fiber daily. Now instead of
a weekly vet visit, it's never. There is no sat. fat, only 50 calories
per 1/2 cup serving ( dry), and chock full of vitamins. This is a
small poodle, old, and I understand more apt to have anal gland
problems than larger dogs. You might try it.
Helmer

On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 12:13:37 -0400, "roxan"
wrote:

Hi everyone,
I was wondering if anyone has had any success with using a high fiber diet,
supplement or is there anything else I can do to keep him from having to go
to the vets every 3 months to have them cleaned out. He hates having this
done and I sympathize for him having to put him through this.
Roxan