Infected Anal Glands - Page 1

For about 1 1/2 months I have been treating my 17 mo. old intact male with a wide spread antibiotic for infected anal glands.  Its not perianal fistulas but we can't get rid of the pus and blood. 

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks

Had a similar problem with my neutered male just recently. Was first on Amoxicillin, which did not help. Then switched to Metronidazole (Flagyl) and this did the job. He cleared up within 10 days. Have a recheck after 6 weeks, which will be in two weeks. His anals were also brownish bloody, and he never showed signs of discomfort like licking or scoobing. Discovered it by coincident as he emptied them, as always, at the Vets (he is a chicken at the Vet....lol)

What ever antibiotic you have him on, after over one month it needs to be changed defenitely.

I had to have mine ,at the time, intact male taken out because of infection and always having them to be expressed.

If the various medications used do not clear up your dog's infected anal glands, the best solution is to have them surgically removed. Infected anal glands quite often lead to the far more serious condition of anal fistulas. Dogs which have their infected anal glands removed very rarely get anal fistulas.

This is a serious condition you should watch carefully. If it clears up and comes back more than once, opt for removal

Recently I was approached by another GSD owner who had similar problems to those discussed here and was about to have her dog's glands removed.  I recommended changing the dog's food, introducing much more roughage into the diet and changing the type of food fed.  As the owner was not in a situation to use RAW she switched to a lower protein feed, which was in fact a greyhound food, also introduced was raw carrots, eggs (inc. shell).  Within 2 weeks of this change of diet from a premium food the dog was much better and no longer required medical intervention.  Had raw been an option, it would have recommended chicken carcasses as they prove to be effective.

If the diet does not result in stimulation of the bowels then the anal glands do not get stimulated from inside and do not get naturally cleared.

Have a culture and sensitivty done to determine what the infection will react to rather than using a shotgun method.  Also increase the fiber in your dog's diet as that will help stimulate the glans.   I have one dog who needs them expressed at least once a month... others who never need it,and all eat the same thing. (no she's not a Shepherd )