I have had a bezillion Yorkies and only had one female who was retired before I bred her--She had a fault. Anyhow, the new mom took her to the doc and doc said she probably needed her glands expressed since she never had it done. A terrific infection occured and it seemed so painful and she was on antibiotics. I made them bring her home to me and gave them their check back. Since then, I have never needed to express those anal glands. The thought is if the dog eats properly and has formed stools their anal glands will do their job of lubricating the anus when the little "terd" comes out. I never thought of them as Scent glands. I gotta do more research... |