Charles and Lyn
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Our Rosie is two years old and is constantly scooting, we believe because of her anal glands. To try and combat this we are currently adding bran to her food. We are monitoring the emptying of her glands monthly to see if this will ease the problem. Our Vet has suggested as a last resort, if nothing else works, the removal of her anal glands which do not do anything in any case. However, whilst we don't like to see her discomfort with the full/blocked anal glands we're loath to put her through the trauma of the operation to have them removed, particularly as there is always the risk (albeit very slight) of faecal incontinence afterwards. I appreciate that it is a common problem with Cavaliers and am wondering if anyone else has had the problem and any advice/recommendations as to what we could do would be very much appreciated. Thanks in advance.