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Originally Posted by brendarash  I was told that someone was nice enough to post ,How to express a dogs anal glands. My little Julie has a terrible time with her glands. The vet does it and the groomer did it about 3 days ago.But she is have a hard time with them again. The last time I took her to the vet ,she said that I needed to learn how to do them myself. Well that's great, But she maybe needed to show me how. I do not want to make things worse for Julie by doing something wrong. If some one can send me the link or tell me where it is posted I would appreciate that very much. |
Sometimes a change in diet will help express the anal glands naturally. I feed my boys about half a teaspoon of baby sweet peas every day to make sure their stools are firm enough and large enough to express the glands. Some people use green beans. Neither of my boys ever needs their glands expressed manually.
I use frozen, no salt added peas. Heat them in the microwave and cool with cold water.