| In the movie The Fisher King there is a
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| | acceptable to express the anal glands
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| rather humorous scene in which Robin
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| | yourself.
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| Williams character is scooting himself
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| | Expressing the Dogs Anal Glands:
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| along the ground by digging his heels in
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| | Expressing the anal glands is a simple
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| and dragging his bare bottom across the
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| | matter. Youll want to hold the tail up
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| grass. In a jubilant voice he calls out,
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| | and pull it gently toward the dogs head.
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| Do you know why dogs do this? It feels
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| | In the other hand hold a tissue or paper
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| GREAT!!
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| | towel and place your thumb on the left
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| Actually, thats not the only reason. Dogs
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| | side of the left gland and your
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| will exhibit this behavior if the anus or
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| | forefinger on the right side of the right
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| hind quarters are itchy, but it can be a
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| | gland. Squeeze firmly but not roughly and
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| sign of an impacted anal gland which can
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| | the glands should empty a brown or
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| be a problem for some dogs.
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| | yellowish liquid onto the tissue or
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| The anal glands are located on either
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| | towel. Impacted glands will not empty as
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| side of a dogs anus and, in the wild,
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| | easily and may require an internal
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| serve as a method of marking the dogs
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| | draining technique. You can do the
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| territory. When a dog defecates the
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| | internal technique at home as well, but
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| glands are naturally compressed and
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| | youll need surgical gloves and a tube of
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| secrete a dark, foul smelling liquid
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| | KY jelly.
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| along with the bowel movement. When the
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| | Internal anal gland expression requires
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| sacs are functioning normally they empty
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| | that the sacs on either side of the anus
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| whenever the animal has a bowel movement.
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| | be expressed individually and will
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| Sometimes, for various reasons, the dogs
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| | require that you place your thumb on one
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| anal sacs may become blocked. When this
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| | side of the gland and your forefinger
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| happens a number of problems can develop.
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| | inside the dogs rectum in order to
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| Some are benign as a foul smell but the
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| | squeeze and express the gland. Impacted
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| can lead to serious problems like
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| | glands will be harder to drain and the
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| diarrhea and infection. To intervene
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| | fluid may be thick and pasty with a foul
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| before a blocked anal gland becomes an
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| | odor and a dark brown, grey, or black
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| issue, the glands must be expressed.
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| | color.
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| Expression of the anal glands is a simple
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| | Infected anal glands may produce a
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| medical procedure that can be performed
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| | discharge of bloody pus and can be an
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| at home or by a veterinarian. Some people
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| | indication of a more serious problem. The
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| prefer to let the vet take care of this
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| | infection should be fought with
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| task because they find it to be an
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| | antibiotics so a vet should be contacted
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| unattractive duty. To save the expense of
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| | immediately if the dog seems to have such
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| a vet, however, it is perfectly
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| | an infection.
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