dog anal gland infection

Have you ever seen a dog scoot across the floor? Some people who have never seen it think it's funny, but to the dog it's anything but funny! Scooting is when a dog uses his hind legs to drag his butt along the floor, sometimes fairly quickly. It usually is a sign that something is irritating...

. . . except to bring intense pain to my Bichon-Cockapo mix Alvin. It started with butt dragging, moved into infected anal glands, and then the ever-present threat of anal gland surgery. Three vet visists later, Al is fine. But is surgery in his future? And what's the prognosis associated...