<div dir="ltr">Melissa<div><br></div><div>I highly recommend Hillside Animal Hospital. Hounds Haven Basset Rescue uses them for their foster dogs in St. Louis. (GABR used to use them back when I was a foster home for them). In all my years with Hillside, I have never felt that they were just in practice to make money. Dr. Ed has been generous with rescue organizations. I adopted my cats through Hillside. The neutering and first round of shots were courtesy of Hillside. </div><div><br></div><div>When Dexter was having anal gland problems, the vet suggested perhaps having his anal glands removed eventually. Before doing that, I gave Dexter unflavored Metamucil daily (1-2 tablespoons). That helped his anal glands to the point that surgery wasn't needed. Also keep in mind that anal gland issues can be related to allergies.</div><div><br></div><div>Jan</div><div>Lady, Dexter, Matilda & Gertie</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 2:25 PM, melissa gibson via Dailydrool <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dailydrool@lists.dailydrool.org" target="_blank">dailydrool@lists.dailydrool.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">The DAILY DROOL<br>
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