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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>You know, anal gland issues usually respond very well to adding extra fiber to your dog’s diet. And changing to all kibble does not add more fiber, just lots more carbs. There are lots of dogs on this list who eat kibble and have anal gland problems. Since you are already feeding a mix of kibble and cooked, and they are eating around the kibble, maybe you need to give them less cooked food (so they have to eat kibble to get full) and make sure that it’s in much smaller pieces all mixed in with the kibble. If they’re going to get full, they have to eat kibble, too. And maybe change the way you make/serve the cooked food. I feed mine a mix of cooked and kibble, too, and they always eat it all up because there’s not enough cooked to fill up on, and everything is mixed together. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>My cooked food is like a soup that’s made in the crock pot, with little pieces of meat and little pieces of veggies all in a very tasty rice-based mix. One batch lasts my two girls about 5 or 6 days at two meals a day, and it will have been made with a pound of cooked ground beef, two cans of veggies, bullion powder to make it tasty, all added to a base of a cup of rice and 8 cups of water that has been cooked in the crock pot for 5 or 6 hours. It gets stored in a lidded container in the fridge, and at meal time I measure out enough for two dogs, heat it up and pour it all over the kibble and then mix it up so everything gets that good flavor, and they love it. Once a day I also add a small handful of Fiber One cereal to their bowl, it adds a lot of fiber and helps keep the poops firm and anal glands emptied. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Anita Woodrum<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><a href="mailto:awoodrum@clear.net">awoodrum@clear.net</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>