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Worried about one of my dogs
Ginger Daddy
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I have (well, they belong to my ex) two chihuahua dogs, both are three but at different times of the year.
Recently the eldest one of the two has started wandering off and I catch him on the stairs doing this:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10153240891200068&l=6403007287913303504 (should hopefully link to a 16 second video!)
I havent got a clue what is up with him. He also keeps scratching and licking his hind legs at every available opportunity. At first I thought he might have fleas but gave him an extra dose and he is fine. I gave him his worming tablet last night as someone suggested it could be worms.
The other dog keeps trying to hump him, which is obviously perturbing as they are both male!
Any ideas?
Recently the eldest one of the two has started wandering off and I catch him on the stairs doing this:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10153240891200068&l=6403007287913303504 (should hopefully link to a 16 second video!)
I havent got a clue what is up with him. He also keeps scratching and licking his hind legs at every available opportunity. At first I thought he might have fleas but gave him an extra dose and he is fine. I gave him his worming tablet last night as someone suggested it could be worms.
The other dog keeps trying to hump him, which is obviously perturbing as they are both male!
Any ideas?
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EDIT - booked in for 6.15 tomorrow evening.
Be careful with administering flea stuff to your dog as it is effectively a poison so giving an extra dose is not ideal especially with small dogs.
Not to the extent he is doing it though, he is leaving the room to go and sit on the stairs and do what he is doing in the video. He is crying whilst doing it sometimes :mad:
So you don't know what it is yet you know to what extent dogs that need their anal glands emptying perform said function, very strange.
I did some Googling after starting the OP, plus someone text me after seeing the video I sent them saying it could be that.
Anything else, James Herriot?
I was clearly referring to the suggestion that dogs usually drag their butts on the floor.
which is correct most dogs with anal glands problems drag their butts along the floor, I have personally never seen the stair thing. Perhaps its a small dog thing that they can get away with it bigger dogs would fall down the stairs
Not james Herriot you asked for advice then comment like you are an expert.
Err, no.
You said:
So I said:
He never drags his butt across the floor.
Are we clear now?
I said I have never seen the stair thing and butt dragging on floor is common
You said "normally", like it was common practice for a dog to drag his ass across the floor. I obviously misread that as you indicating it was normal day to day behaviour.
it is common practice in dogs and cats for them to drag their butts across the floor with worm problems or anal gland issues, I admitted I had never seen the stair thing and how on earth would I know what your dog does
Got him home and he is still behaving the same! He got a load out so why is he still doing it?
if it continues, go back to the vet as he could have an infection.
what another member said re: flea treatments, so long as they're not applied more frequently than once a week they are generally considered safe, so long as you're using the correct dose pipettes for the animals weight.
Vet is ringing me back once he gets in.
Hope he recovers quickly.
Licking his bum and that area or itching the belly, digging at the bum area with their mouth and dragging their bum along the floor mean their anal glands need emptying. They can have one, 2 or all of those symptoms. Also when they are really full they are painful and you may see him struggle to poo and or have thin poos. My chi Tillie has a problem with her anal glands and has them emptied every 7 weeks. Even though they have been emptied for a good for weeks after she will still be irritated there and drag her bum along the floor.
When the glands become so full they are very painful, Tillie had a massive abcess once and it had to be sliced open and drained.
The bum thing across the floor isn't an everyday thing. You may notice now and again he does it. I noticed Tillie do it once yesterday. You may find that he has an anal gland problem like Tillie if it happens again. You need to know the signs and symptoms and just get them emptied on a regular basis. I actually found a lovely dog groomer who does it plus her nails for £6 each time. I got to know how long to wait in between each emptying before she starts getting bad again and that's 7 weeks for her.
He may still be in a bit of pain plus have infection. Sometimes they need to be flushed out and have a course of antibiotics to get them back on track. I would think he would need more than the one off 24 hour antibiotic injection. He should really have a course of antibiotics at home if the vet says it was infected. Tillie had that and she had the injection then a course of tablets and was ok after that. Then I just kept on top of it before it got to that stage again.