Sevvy's soft giant poops and anal juice..

by Kelsey Robinson
(Oakland, Caifornia, USA)

Hello,
We adopted our dog Sevvy last September. He is a 70 lb cattle dog/american bulldog/lab/who knows mix. When we got him his foster mom said he rarely had firm poos. The humane society clued us in to a kibble called Nature's Domain Call of the Wild salmon meal and sweet potato made by Taste of the Wild(which is expensive). So we thought we were getting a good deal($29 for a 35lb bag) and its grain free. It also comes in Turkey meal and sweet potato. Anyhow, Sevvy's poos seemed better not totally firm but not liquid and were improving. Then he started expressing his anal glads all the time, mostly in the car. When the vet tried to empty them he said they were mostly empty and really watery and so smelly! So he can't control them and it seems as it collects it comes right out. The food that he eats really seems of good quality and it is affordable for us. Is there a supplement we could add to it to firm him up? the vet said he needs more fiber. So we are adding some hi fiber food to his original food, nothing yet. and his movements are quit large so he is not absorbing enough nutrients. He is a very athletic dog and handsome... So that is our story, if you have any thoughts.
Thank you, your website is so great!
best,
Kelsey, Karl and Sevvy


My Comment:

Hi to all of you

You vet is recommending fiber as the this is regarded as helping the glands being emptied during defecation.

I have been thinking what to do and I have thought of these two solutions.

The first one is to give local medication.

Even if it doesn't seem to be any inflammation or thickened content in them but I sometimes treat "unbalanced anal glands" by placing antibiotic/cortisone in the glands. Often I am using some kind of ear drops contain some kind of antibiotic and some cortisone.

Once in a week for three weeks - I normally using the normal gland entrance and in 99% of the patients without any use of sedative.

After this 3 week period you can see if there is any effect.

The other solution is the one I really don't like to do - surgery.

To remove the glands as they have no important function.

But as I said, I don't really like to do this. This is only to be regarded as a solutions if the problem cant be solved in any other way and the problem is really a big one.

You have to discuss this with your own vet when it might is time to consider this as an option.

All the best

Per Schonbeck