We have a 4 year old Schnauzer mail. We had the surgery to remove the glands 10 weeks ago. DON'T DO IT!!!!! I would not recommend it to any pet owner.

Our poor little Monkey now has fical incontenence (sp). It has been the worst 10 weeks of our life with our dog. It is a nightmare.

Our little Monkey had to have the glands drained about every three weeks and it was like $32.00 each time, so, I asked the vet what options we had to keep from spending all this money. He said "We can operate and remove the anal glands". I asked the vet what was involved in the surgery? He said you bring him in on Wednesday, we do the surgery, keep him over night for observation and you can pick him up on Thursday. He did say that there was a slight chance that he could have the incontenence but that was such a low chance and he had not seen any dog have it in all that he had performed in seven years.

We are still so upset that we allowed the surgery to be done in the first place. Now they want to inplant a silicone ring to stop the problem. We'll see how it goes in the next month or so before we do anything.

It's not fair to the dog and it's ruined his behavior. He wants to hide all the time.

Good luck