You Know You Love Your Dog When…
Posted by Desert Diva on Saturday, January 30th, 2010
Today I woke up to my dog Cali licking her “nether region.” OK, she was licking her butt. I wasn’t too excited for two reasons… One, she likes to give me “puppy kisses” in the morning, and two, I had no COFFEE!
Last summer, she had a trauma where one of her anal sacs burst and I took her to the vet. A round of antibiotics and a shot later (and about $100.00) it was discovered that one of her anal sacs had ruptured. She recovered and I always ask the groomer to “check” to make sure that it doesn’t happen again.
However, due to the excessive “licking” I decided to “take a look.” The good news is that I took her right to the vet and the anal sac was inflamed, but hadn’t burst. The bad news is that it cost approximately $83.00.  I suppose the best thing to do is to learn (ugh) how to express my dear Cali’s anal glands. I suppose we’re connected for life – she, to let me mess with her butt and me to do the “icky” deed…
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Great picture! Yuch! Poor you and poor Cali. Hope you both feel better soon.
hey….the vet should do that in an annual visit….you may have to ask….would it need to be done more than once a year?….maybe it is easy to do….I don’t know….you are a brave girl…..Cali appreciates it……
Cali is VERY lucky to have you for a mom!!!
Hi DD
I have two small dogs was told by the vet to feed them small pieces of carrot (raw or cooked) I cut the pieces really small. Helps exspress the glands naturally