[Dailydrool] Anal Gland Surgery

[Marsdoxy2 at aol.com]

First I want to wish everyone a happy fourth of July, as many of you my  
Maggie will be scared , so the air conditioner will be turned up on high even  
though it has been a very cool week for Northen  Ohio and all the TV's will 
 be on and turned up ,  whatever it takes to divert the noise, there are  
actually several  towns around us also having their fireworks tonight and  
they are pretty close so we will be surrounded by it tonight, we have our work 
 cut out for us.
Now on to the big   question,   my Maggie Wags has had  problems with her 
anal glands since she was just a young  pup,  they  are seated deep and she 
can not express them herself,  we have tried  pumpkin,  no help.  any ways 
when they express her glands ( every two  weeks )  she is full and she screams 
when they do it, even after they are  done, she will whine and cry for the 
next 20 minutes, so they must be painful  for her, the vet suggested today 
that maybe we should think about having them  removed, he said that it is not 
an easy surgery and quite painful for the dog  .  I would appreciate some 
feedback on this,  I am scared and really  hate to put her through this, but 
something has to change, a week after she has  them expressed, she is 
scooting again, I can tell just by the way she acts that  she doesn't feel good. 
please feel free to E Mail me off  the drool with  any advice,  has anyone 
had the surgery before ?? are there other options  ?
 
Marlene   Mommy to Maggie Wags and Evil  Annie
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