THINGS WE CHAT ABOUT
11 06 200810:18 AM me: Heather’s up for happy hour on friday
10:19 AM She said that if Scott can go play golf two days in a row, she can go to happy hour and have a couple of drinks with us.
Mickey Mantel’s?
10:21 AM Chris: cool
sounds good
10:22 AM me: Ask a vet online says that Hooper can have “cold tale” caused by tremendous wagging of the tail. Basically he threw out his tail.
10:23 AM It says that if the tail seems painful in any way to take him to the vet. I felt allup and down his tail Monday and he didn’t seem at all like it hurt him.
10:24 AM Chris: what???
he wagged his tail too much?
me: They see this often in labs
labradors
Chris: it’s sad
but why am i laughing
10:25 AM me: I know.
It can also be called “frozen tail”
Chris: i hope that’s all it is
10:26 AM he does wag his tail more these days
me: so do I. It says that if their anus seems swollen, we need to have the Vet drain his glands. Gross, but not a big deal. Check his anus tonight to see if its swollen
Best chat ever
10:27 AM Chris: uh, no
he’s your dog
ha-ha!
me: he’s totally your dog and you know it
Chris: let’s ask him
10:28 AM me: I see this conversation. Us talking Baby talk to Hooper: “Is your wittle anus swollen puppy?”
Do your glands need a squeezin’?
Chase needed his butt squeezed every few nights. He had chronically stuffed anal glands. Dogs make a little slime that is supposed to come out when they poop, but if it doesn’t, you have to express them yourself. Or rather, Tom has to express them while you watch.
There are two ways to do it. The vet will poke two fingers up poor Hoop’s butt and pinch with her thumb. But you can also take your two fingers and thumb and pinch around Hooper’s anus from the outside, sort of like if you were grabbing a baby’s cheeks to pooch out his lips. Pretend Hooper’s anus is the lips. You’re looking for some gray slime to come out. If maroonish stuff comes out that’s okay, too. If little black granules come out, that’s also okay. If red blood comes out, Hooper needs some prescription cream from the doctor.
My God. Did I really just type those paragraphs? Yes. Yes, and I can tell you so much more about anal glands if you ever want to know.
And yes, it’s hilarious. And yes, if his glands are stuffed, he will feel so SO so much better after you squeeze ‘em!
Wow! We never had to go there. His tail was better when we got home that night. It’s practically back to normal. He just over wagged it.
You’re an anal squeezer! That should be your screen name.
Nuh Uh! Tom’s the anal squeezer apparently.