Have you never expressed your dog’s anal glands before? If your dog has the following characteristics, then your dog’s anal glands may have already been inflamed, so you must pay attention!

1. Anal redness and swelling

Usually the dog’s anus looks red and swollen, so this is one of the symptoms of dog anal gland inflammation. Usually, the owner can lift the dog's tail and observe it.

2. Difficulty in defecation

Dogs usually have difficulty defecating, and may even suffer from constipation. This may also be one of the consequences of blocked and inflamed anal glands.

3. The anus has a strong odor.

The anus will emit a strong stench. This may be because the anal glands have been inflamed, which is why there is such a strong odor. Of course, anal odor cannot be ruled out as the cause of the stench of stool.

4. Licking vigorously around the anus

If the anal glands are inflamed, the dog will lick vigorously around the anus, or chase its tail and bite.

5. Rubbing the butt

If a dog keeps rubbing its butt on the floor, it may be because the anal glands are blocked or inflamed and the itching is unbearable, so the dog rubs its butt to relieve the itching.

The above points are all signs that there is a problem with the dog’s anal glands, so if you find such a situation, the main thing you should do is to express the dog’s anal glands regularly.

Step one: First, the dog must be fixed and calmed down. If you have a large dog, it is recommended that two people work together, one person is responsible for squeezing the anal glands, and the other person is responsible for holding the dog down to prevent it from moving.

Step 2: Do a good job before squeezing the anal glands. Wear gloves, an apron and a mask. Cover the dog's anus with toilet paper in advance to prevent the smelly water from splashing on the body. It is best to keep away from the face.

Step 3: Turn the dog's tail upward to make the anus protrude, and then find the exact location of the dog's anal glands (usually at four o'clock and eight o'clock)

Step 4: After finding it, you can start squeezing the anal glands, with the intensity increasing from light to heavy, and slowly squeezing from the inside out until the anal glands are squeezed out.

Note: Under normal circumstances, the squeezed-out secretions appear light yellow-brown, like toothpaste. If the secretions are found to contain blood streaks, or there is a hard lump in the anus and the secretions cannot be squeezed out, this situation means that the dog's anal glands have been severely blocked and must be sent to a doctor for treatment as soon as possible.

Just mentioned that the stench of dogs' anal glands may also be caused by the strong stench of poop. So what is the cause of stench of poop?

①Related to staple food. If the dog food that the dog usually eats is too low-quality or the food is too greasy, it will cause the feces to stink. This requires the pet owner to change the staple food. It is recommended to choose a dog food that is easy to digest and absorb.

I personally recommend "Gan Bu Gui Natural Dog Food", which is low in salt and light, and uses high-quality meat. It is easy to digest and absorb. It also contains yucca powder, which can increase the intestinal absorption rate and reduce stool odor.

②Related to gastrointestinal digestibility. The stench of dog poop may also be due to the fact that the dog’s digestive ability is not very good and cannot fully digest and absorb nutrients, so the smell of the dog’s feces will be stronger.

It is recommended that pet owners feed their dogs some pet probiotics to promote digestion, help increase their dogs’ digestibility, and improve their intestinal health. In this way, the gastrointestinal digestibility will be higher, the natural absorption capacity will be stronger, and the stool will not be so smelly.

③Related to parasites. The smell of dog poop may also be caused by parasites in the intestines, which will hinder the dog's gastrointestinal digestion function, making the dog's poop extremely smelly and shapeless.

So dogs must be dewormed regularly. Generally speaking, deworming is done once every three months internally and once a month externally.

④Related to disease. If your dog's poop usually smells bad, it may also be because the dog is suffering from diseases, such as parvovirus, canine distemper, gastroenteritis, etc. At this time, you need to check carefully.

Check whether you are infected with parvovirus, etc., take your dog for regular physical examinations, vaccinate your dog regularly, and give your dog plenty of water to drink.

Conclusion: Do you usually express your dog’s anal glands? How often?