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cory · 05-10-2012, 01:19 PM

I asked our vet about this and he said that they should never be expressed unless there's a real problem and in fact once you start then you'll always have to continue because the dog may loose their ability to express their glands naturally which should normally happen when they pass stool.

I also asked both of our girls breeders who are show breeders here in Canada and they said they never do this on any of their yorkies and that there is no need for it.

We've had yorkies for about 25 years and I've never had a problem with their anal glands. If it were me I'd tell the groomers not to mess around with this because it may in fact precipitate an ongoing problem afterwards.

I groom my girls myself so don't have to worry about groomers doing this without being asked to do it.

05-10-2012, 01:19 PM	#19
cory BANNED! Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: St. Albert, Alberta Canada Posts: 471	I asked our vet about this and he said that they should never be expressed unless there's a real problem and in fact once you start then you'll always have to continue because the dog may loose their ability to express their glands naturally which should normally happen when they pass stool. I also asked both of our girls breeders who are show breeders here in Canada and they said they never do this on any of their yorkies and that there is no need for it. We've had yorkies for about 25 years and I've never had a problem with their anal glands. If it were me I'd tell the groomers not to mess around with this because it may in fact precipitate an ongoing problem afterwards. I groom my girls myself so don't have to worry about groomers doing this without being asked to do it.