Not the most pleasent question, that’s for sure. My beloved dog was sitting on the sofa last night and happened to have some sort of anal gland leakage. As we all know, it’s a terrible, terrible smell. Is there ANYTHING I can do to get the scent out of the sofa? Poor guy was beside himself as he’s great in the house.
Any sort of cloth cleaner (NOT perfume) to remove the surface stuff and then saturate the area with witch hazel (after doing a discrete test patch). At work we often use witch hazel on our clothes if we get hit by projectile anal gland juices.
GraceLikeRain, thanks for sharing, but I’m actually really sorry that you know that. Yuck.
Have you tried white vinegar? I use it with good success.
Paula
Natures miracle products!
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GraceLikeRain, thanks for sharing, but I’m actually really sorry that you know that. Yuck.[/QUOTE]
Lol 5 years as a part-time kennel assistant in a huge vet clinic. I don’t know how many hundreds of anal glands I’ve expressed over the years.
I understand that Nature’s Miracle isn’t the same formula that used to work so well, and maybe someone else on here will know what the new form of it is called.
I might just burn the entire cushion. :dead:
You could try the skunk remedy - hydrogen peroxide, baking soda, and white vinegar. That removes skunk oil so it might work on the anal gland goo.
Buy a new couch.
Kidding, halfway… There is also a product called AOE that can help with the odor. Unfortunately the best thing is time, because even the best cleaners won’t pull out all of the smell. If you can take the cover off and wash it that helps!
My little dog sometimes releases her anal gland when she’s reclining on my lap. :dead: Blech.
I’ve used a regular dish soap to spot clean before washing and also spot clean if she does it on couches. I also use Nature’s Miracle but wasn’t aware that the formula had changed…humph.
I guess it’s good that it’s doing it’s “anal gland thing” naturally. I had a little Peke whose anal gland ruptured. She’s OK, and it healed but that was a big vet bill.
There used to be a product called Odormute, but since I bought a gallon, haven’t had to buy it again–and have had it for several years now, so don’t know for sure if it is still available. Am thinking I got it at Sam’s club.
I don’t know if it would work in this case but my go-to is Simple Solution Extreme Stain & Odor Remover. It has enzymes that break down dog and cat urine smells into non-existence. It might work well on anal gland secretions.
I think I’d use fire.
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Vinegar + sunlight otherwise…
Do all dogs do this? I’m just curious, we have 2 dogs, and I’ve never found any rank smelling spots anywhere in our house.
Does doing the butt-drag indicate they are trying to express them?
Sorry for the stoopid question, but you don’t know unless you ask!
Butt dragging is a symptom of impacted anal glands. However, my mini Schnauzers would do this sometimes when they had grass or something that wouldn’t pass, and was hanging out and irritating them or itching. Normally, when a dog poops some anal grand scent goes with it, but if the glands clog up they can get very painful. There is usually butt dragging, and a scent like dead fish, and it means a trip to the vet if it’s too bad.
I’ve got three small dogs in the house and I cordon off the areas where they are not allowed and put double slip covers on the couches. They’re all old so I don’t have the heart to not let them up on the couches and chairs with us. I wash these sometimes twice a week. I also bought cheap blankets from WMart to put just on the seats.
