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Dog smelling his backside

  • 11-04-2013 10:46pm
    #1
    toastedpickles
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    Howdy

    Basically my dog has been sniffing / licking his behind a lot lately, it usually happens at night which is very strange, he's nearly 15 so he sleeps a lot and such during the day, I'm just wondering should it be something of concern or is he just seeing where he's been?


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  • #2
    tk123
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    Could be his anal glands?


  • #3
    toastedpickles
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    tk123 wrote: »
    Could be his anal glands?

    That's what i was thinking, but I just want to make sure


  • #4
    ABajaninCork
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    Sounds like anal glands to me too. I'd take him to the vet to have them emptied.

    What are you feeding him?


  • #5
    toastedpickles
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    ABajaninCork wrote: »
    Sounds like anal glands to me too. I'd take him to the vet to have them emptied.

    What are you feeding him?


    Butchers & pedgree chum, not side by side but one one week and another the next, it's a money matter


  • #6
    ABajaninCork
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    I appreciate that. But if it IS the dog's glands that could very well be the problem. Butcher's and PC aren't the best.

    Believe it or not, you're better off getting a good quality food. Expensive to begin with, but cheap in the long run, as you'll be giving less food.

    I've a dog with the same problem as mentioned a few times before on here. I feed him a good quality food, and he's much happier. Cheaper for me too as I don't have to pay E70 a time to empty his glands.


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  • #7
    toastedpickles
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    ABajaninCork wrote: »
    I appreciate that. But if it IS the dog's glands that could very well be the problem. Butcher's and PC aren't the best.

    Believe it or not, you're better off getting a good quality food. Expensive to begin with, but cheap in the long run, as you'll be giving less food.

    I've a dog with the same problem as mentioned a few times before on here. I feed him a good quality food, and he's much happier. Cheaper for me too as I don't have to pay E70 a time to empty his glands.

    Yeah we'l probably do that, how much would a decent bag of food cost, for a dog of his age like

    70 quid? Feck sake, righto, well a trip to the vets is due I guess Thanks for the help guys


  • #8
    ABajaninCork
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    James Wellbeloved or Burns senior versions would be best I would think.


  • #9
    tk123
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    You could try some raw chicken wings OP if you haven't already gone to the vets or a bone from the butcher if you can get one - the wings/bone with firm up the poo and help to empty the gland as it passes thru.


  • #10
    Qualitymark
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    It's easy enough to empty the dog's anal glands yourself, and this way of doing it is a lot less traumatic than the vets':

    http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-empty-your-dogs-anal-sacs.html


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