It is a little over 3 am, I can't sleep and thought I'd take a quick look and see what has been going on since I was here last. And look what I find
My very favorit topic in the whole world heee.
Girls ohhhhh girls why do you all think doggy butts are such a horrible thing, I like them hehe. Now I have to strain myself or it will become a xxx post and I guess I am supposed to be mature HAHAHAHAHA NOW thats funny lol......
Okay Vicki, I am in awe over your try Ill give you a gold star for that. The link moon posted was quite informative, pic and all lol..... Some things though work one way in theory and another way when you are actually doing it. Yes small dogs tend to have more problems then our big ones, but all dogs do benefit from a good ol' feel lol.... to see if the glands could do with a little draining. Some dogs that never in their lives have their glands expressed are just fine, others end up with more or less problems, so you can prevent "gland issues" by on a regular basis drain them.
I am sure you read the link, first I would like to say, the cloth, sorry but naaaa that will only complicate things for you. Soooo lets see you said it, so here we go with a real slow 101 gland lesson
say you have your dog standing infront of you, his left side to you. That way you get to in a natural way use your right hand (that is if you are right handed, if not switch the whole thing around) If you need help, have someone hold him by the collar, and lift his tail with your left hand, use your right hand and use your thumb and index finger. She used 5 and 7 and thats okay, put thumb at 7 and index finger at 5, then go inwards and upwards to 3 and 9. The glands are deeper positioned on some dogs than on others. And to get a good "express" you need to get almost behind them, so as push the content outwards. Not always will you feel the glands just by a gentle touch
if they are deeper located it takes to actually "position" and express to feel them. When you do it this way, you also "block" what may come with the palm of your hand (dont puke now girls lol) sometimes it is very watery and squirts out and we are talking feet hehe, so that hand there to make sure its not showering your entire bathroom is a good idea.
You may already have done a great job, and he just didnt have anything in them. But I have also worked on dogs that even after years of "butt work" nothing there the first time, but you can kinda feel that there is rather full glands just way deep. And second time you have a handful of thick, stinky mess
It was just a difficult gland to drain. So dont feel bad if you dont manage to express anything out of them. I would say if you follow this, and you still dont get anything drained, chances are that he is one of those dogs who just wont need to have the glands expressed, at least not now. Only in very difficult cases would you have to try and try again, without result but the dog still needs draining.
Okay so now when I am done with my book about anal glands I feel I can get all relaxed and go to sleep lol.......I think as Anal Gland Queen on the board I ought to start giving out golden stars to the members brave enough to express their dogs glands hehe
Well nighty night all, if I ruined someones sunday breakfast, sorry lol..... I really tried to not be too gross
marit