Hello
I'm a past member, some may remember me as Magic Star.
I'm mum to Charlie, he is not 2 until the end of June, he seems to be having problems with his anal glands. He has been fed on Millie's Wolfheart since I brought him home at 8 weeks, he has a dentistick every evening, cheesy bites by pedigree for training and a whole carrot once week. He gets no other foods, apart from the odd cooked egg!
About 6 weeks ago, I took him the vet as he was scooting his bum and he absolutely stank! The vet checked his glands and the left one was full and compacted, he emptied them and put him in on antibiotics as a precaution. I chatted to the vet about possible causes because Charlie does nice firm stools and doesn't seem to have a sensitive tummy. The vet said that often diet is not the problem,
but some dogs just have problems with this, and hopefully it won't happen again. I changed his food slightly still Millie's wolfheart but a different flavour and he was fine, until yesterday, we noticed that awful smell again and he's scooting his bum too. So it will be another trip to the vet on Tuesday, I really would like some suggestions on how to prevent this from happening instead of getting to the point where he is having full glands. I'm reluctantly thinking about changing his food and maybe knocking off the dentistick, which he loves, the vet said that the dentistick was unlikely to cause it.
I just wondered if anyone else has had problems with anal glands in such a young dog and if there any foods of high quality that specifically help with this issue?
You're thoughts would be appreciated.
Thanks xx