<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:garamond,new york,times,serif;font-size:18pt;color:#c00000;">Last week Ginny came inside from her first poo of the morning with a bloody rear end. Did we panic? You'd better believe it!. Luckily our vet opened up in 2 hours so we cleaned her up, babied her, prayed and waited...trying our best to not cry. Our first thought was that she had scarfed up some poison somewhere the night before. She's a pro at finding "stuff" to munch during her walks (no matter how closely we watch her) and we have some new neighbors who we don't really know. Had someone thrown out rat poison or something? Our dogs are never off-leash and alone (except for an occasional escape) so we really got scared. She had a little diarrhea the day before and we'd started her on slippery elm but other than that we were at a loss...I
thought maybe she had a bleeding hemorrhoid, if dogs even do that. It was the least ominous sounding ailment I could imagine. <br><br>The vet looked at her and quickly said that her anal gland had ruptured. He said the worst of it was over and he gave her a high dose antibiotic shot and antibiotic pills for the week and sent her home. Ginny had never shown any anal gland symptoms -she's never scooted or acted uncomfortable so it was a total surprise for us. Beaudreux yes, he has frequent problems but has never ruptured. <br><br>She started looking better and then last evening the other side ruptured! She's doesn't seem to be in pain but we are concerned. Should she be on more antibiotics or for a longer period since it has happened again or would that be more unhealthy for her? Is there something else we need to do for her? She took her last dose of meds this morning. <br><br>Any advice will be appreciated. I
look forward to hearing how others may have handled this problem in the past. Thank you all so much! <br><br>Pam <br>along with Olive, Ginny and HBeaudreux all from NC<br><div><br></div>
</div><br>
</body></html>