Comments on: My dog drags his bottom http://www.dogs.ie/articles/my-dog-drags-his-bottom/ Information on all breeds of dogs Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:49:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: lilly http://www.dogs.ie/articles/my-dog-drags-his-bottom/comment-page-1/#comment-344 lilly Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:49:46 +0000 http://www.dogs.ie/articles/?p=25#comment-344 u suck!!!!!! u suck!!!!!!

]]> By: George Burns http://www.dogs.ie/articles/my-dog-drags-his-bottom/comment-page-1/#comment-326 George Burns Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:40:26 +0000 http://www.dogs.ie/articles/?p=25#comment-326 Hi Julie, What food do you feed your dog at the moment? Hi Julie,

What food do you feed your dog at the moment?

]]> By: julie http://www.dogs.ie/articles/my-dog-drags-his-bottom/comment-page-1/#comment-325 julie Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:51:35 +0000 http://www.dogs.ie/articles/?p=25#comment-325 I have a cavalier she has had her anul glands done but still insists on wiping her dirty bum all over my cream carpet.URGH !! Yetserday on the beach she was jumped on by 3 different male dogs so now i can only presume that she must have an infected anul gland perhaps a bit bloody hence getting the boy dogs excited..she was spayed as a young dog and is now 8 so I know she isnt in season. we are off to the vets tommorow to have the problem looked at, dont things always happen at a weekend... I have a cavalier she has had her anul glands done but still insists on wiping her dirty bum all over my cream carpet.URGH !!
Yetserday on the beach she was jumped on by 3 different male dogs so now i can only presume that she must have an infected anul gland perhaps a bit bloody hence getting the boy dogs excited..she was spayed as a young dog and is now 8 so I know she isnt in season.
we are off to the vets tommorow to have the problem looked at, dont things always happen at a weekend…

]]> By: George Burns http://www.dogs.ie/articles/my-dog-drags-his-bottom/comment-page-1/#comment-233 George Burns Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:42:33 +0000 http://www.dogs.ie/articles/?p=25#comment-233 Hi Paul, This is an interesting subject matter and while you described the reaons and possible solutions, I think it is very important that dogs owners understand the cause of anal glands being irritating to the dog. You mention worms which is prefectly correct but the anal gland should always be full but not be a cause of irritaion - the anal glands represent the dogs means of marking their territory. The cause of anal gland irritation is in my opinion more likely than not to be rooted in the diet. According to Traditional Chinese approaches to nutrition and health, foods which create very warm and damp conditions in the body are likely to cause anal gland irritation. Also, the anal glands are likly to collect waste material in the body resulting from improper diet. Foods which create warm conditions are generally high levels of protein whereas food which creat damp conditions are generally high levels of fat in the diet. Waste materials usually arise from highly refined ingredients is most of the highly commercialised pet foods. To avoid the problems of anl glad irritation change the dogs diet to a low protein, low fat, high quality diet and avoid the potential for these irritations turning more serious and becoming infected. Hope this helps Hi Paul,
This is an interesting subject matter and while you described the reaons and possible solutions, I think it is very important that dogs owners understand the cause of anal glands being irritating to the dog.

You mention worms which is prefectly correct but the anal gland should always be full but not be a cause of irritaion – the anal glands represent the dogs means of marking their territory.

The cause of anal gland irritation is in my opinion more likely than not to be rooted in the diet. According to Traditional Chinese approaches to nutrition and health, foods which create very warm and damp conditions in the body are likely to cause anal gland irritation. Also, the anal glands are likly to collect waste material in the body resulting from improper diet.

Foods which create warm conditions are generally high levels of protein whereas food which creat damp conditions are generally high levels of fat in the diet. Waste materials usually arise from highly refined ingredients is most of the highly commercialised pet foods.

To avoid the problems of anl glad irritation change the dogs diet to a low protein, low fat, high quality diet and avoid the potential for these irritations turning more serious and becoming infected.

Hope this helps

]]> By: Jeanie http://www.dogs.ie/articles/my-dog-drags-his-bottom/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Jeanie Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:29:30 +0000 http://www.dogs.ie/articles/?p=25#comment-22 Interesting read, thanks for the information, but I think I will leave it to the professional and let my vet do those things. No amount of money would pay me to put my hands on my dogs bum, especially when there is a danger of some secretions coming out ! Still it's a good article, Thanks. Interesting read, thanks for the information, but I think I will leave it to the professional and let my vet do those things. No amount of money would pay me to put my hands on my dogs bum, especially when there is a danger of some secretions coming out !

Still it’s a good article, Thanks.

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