Pork n Pickle
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- Jul 21, 2023
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Hi everyone,
We have a 2.5 year old male English bulldog named Pork n' Pickle that we absolutely adore. He is in great overall health (for a bulldog ) but over the last ~year he has been having periodic issues with his anal glands leaking. He doesn't scoot, but will start sniffing the rug or a blanket and the smell becomes very obvious. He's embarrassed by it and we wipe his bottom and he was usually good for a week or so.
We asked our vet and some other bulldog friends for advice and tried adding a scoop of organic pumpkin to his meals (Fromms trout and whitefish dry kibble). That seemed to have positive results for about ~2-months and then the issue reappeared. I took him to the vet this week to have his glands expressed (they said both were backed up) but was curious if anyone here had any suggestions beside a quarterly trip to the vet. I've heard a couple people suggest the supplement glandex, but the trip to the vet would be less expensive (not that that is the deciding factor) and I would think more effective.
Appreciate any suggestions!
We have a 2.5 year old male English bulldog named Pork n' Pickle that we absolutely adore. He is in great overall health (for a bulldog ) but over the last ~year he has been having periodic issues with his anal glands leaking. He doesn't scoot, but will start sniffing the rug or a blanket and the smell becomes very obvious. He's embarrassed by it and we wipe his bottom and he was usually good for a week or so.
We asked our vet and some other bulldog friends for advice and tried adding a scoop of organic pumpkin to his meals (Fromms trout and whitefish dry kibble). That seemed to have positive results for about ~2-months and then the issue reappeared. I took him to the vet this week to have his glands expressed (they said both were backed up) but was curious if anyone here had any suggestions beside a quarterly trip to the vet. I've heard a couple people suggest the supplement glandex, but the trip to the vet would be less expensive (not that that is the deciding factor) and I would think more effective.
Appreciate any suggestions!