Ok we all know why I am bringing this up now. I actually meant to ask earlier. I am wondering how often do you all express your dogs anal glands?
Mikey doesn't scoot or anything but I was thinking of doing it just in case, and then in the thread about the ruptured gland, it was mentioned doing it monthly Am I super bad momma? Should we be doing it this often?
Oh and I need some back up for Dave-he thinks I'm making it up :eyerollexpressing the anal glands) or that I have some sick obsession with them (Bunnies need their glands cleaned too, and I clean all my friend's rabbits' glands too)
I haven't physically expressed glands before, my mom used to for Molly all the time, she filled up quickly.
Funny story-this is how my parents did it for their first dog Max. Well anal glands serve a purpose you know-like a skunk they release a smell when the dog is scared-also called 'scare glands" ...Max was scared of strange men...so my dad would dress up in black, creep around the back of the house, and pop his head up over top of the fence-Max was outside- to scare him "Boo!" and yeh-he emptied his anal glands :eyeroll:
Mikey doesn't scoot or anything but I was thinking of doing it just in case, and then in the thread about the ruptured gland, it was mentioned doing it monthly Am I super bad momma? Should we be doing it this often?
Oh and I need some back up for Dave-he thinks I'm making it up :eyerollexpressing the anal glands) or that I have some sick obsession with them (Bunnies need their glands cleaned too, and I clean all my friend's rabbits' glands too)
I haven't physically expressed glands before, my mom used to for Molly all the time, she filled up quickly.
Funny story-this is how my parents did it for their first dog Max. Well anal glands serve a purpose you know-like a skunk they release a smell when the dog is scared-also called 'scare glands" ...Max was scared of strange men...so my dad would dress up in black, creep around the back of the house, and pop his head up over top of the fence-Max was outside- to scare him "Boo!" and yeh-he emptied his anal glands :eyeroll: