Cleaning anal glands on a shi-tzu

Save the dog any further distress. Sometimes the dog's poop may be the perfect firmness but the dog still suffers with full or blocked glands. Also I have massaged her anal area with Epsom salt water and coconut oil that seems to have helped. I think he likes a good bum rub. I agree with E Bennett. If you ever do something that makes him anxious or snappy, go back a stage to something he was comfortable with and start that part again but slower this time.

This will come to be a very painful condition for your dog, and it can come to be a very smelly situation. Now, as I am sitting here typing this, Cooper is lying in his bed playing with his favorite toy and I yet again am getting the "fishy" smell. It's very possible hormones are playing a role.