Pete's Surgery

So yesterday Tim and I noticed that it looked like Pete had a small bee sting or mosquito bite on her, uh, butt hole. It got progressively bigger and more swollen as day turned to night, until it looked like the picture at the right of the page.

We googled it and came up with this little lovely health problem in doggies: Anal Sac Disease. Pete's right anal sac failed to empty itself so all of the yummy fluid backed up and the gland finally ruptured this morning, resembling a hemorrhoid (don't click if you're easily grossed out. Don't worry, that's not Pete's butt, it's a Google image).

I brought Pete to a walk-in vet and luckily they could take her immediately, but she'd require a surgical flushing of the anal gland, which apparently is really painful so the vet had to put her under general anesthesia. But luckily Pete is in excellent health so she made it through quickly and with flying colors, and she's recovering right now. Tim and I will pick her up today around 5:45 pm.



The moral of the story: if your dog scoots its butt across the floor, it could be more than just a stray dingleberry.