Well, my first guess was right. It is an abcessed anal gland. It was about the size of a small egg. I feel like a bad mom for not noticing it earlier. I am with her almost all the time .
As soon as the vet looked at it he said, "wow!, she must be tough cause that has got to hurt!!!' He said "She must be Stoic"!!!
He is surprised b/c it normally doesn't happen to big dogs, usually small ones. He asked if she had been scootin, and said not at all. He laughed and said it must be beneath her behaivor!
I had never seen a dog scoot before until I saw my friends llhaso do it in Dec.
Anyway, he gave her a shot of antibiotic and put her on Kephlex for a week. He went to give her the shot and she yelped before the needle even got near her and he jumped and almost stuck himself. He said "Oh now your gonna be a baby!!!"I don't mind, you have to have a little humor in stuff like that! He said if it keeps happening then she may have to have them removed but that would be the last resort. I immediatly thought of Aly and Reece!!! He said to maybe add a little fiber to her diet with 2T of bran flakes mixed in with her food.
He said the abscess was about to "blow"
(yuk) So I have to put hot compresses on it for a couple days (that should be fun)
He said its not her food or anything so its not that.
She just started licking at it more than normal this morning. Then when we got home I was in the kitchen and noticed she kept digging at it, so I went and checked and sure enough it was starting to ooze, so I applied some pressure and get some infection out and put some peroxide on it and made a greyhound extremely unhappy. If I have to do that often I am thinking of getting a muzzle for her, she tried to snap at me when I pushed to hard. Any suggestions?
That is the update, Thanks for all your thoughts.
Sue I appreciate your support especially since this doesn't hold a candle to your ordeal. You are a gift.
So are all of you.