SVTP Dog Owners - Any using Glandex?

Saw we had a dog food discussion going on on the site and thought I'd let everyone in on this. We started using Glandex about 3 months ago for our 75 pound labradoodle. It's designed to help express the anal glands of small dogs, but we use it to guarantee solid turds with our larger dog. It's essentially Metamucil for dogs, and it works. Seriously cut down on dingleberries on a very furry dog. It's worth every penny it costs for that fact alone.

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Always fed Orijen and never had those issues in any of our dogs.

I feed my Boxers a raw diet and their stools are so small and never any "issues." Seems like a good product though.

MinGrey02Stg2 said:

I feed my Boxers a raw diet and their stools are so small and never any "issues." Seems like a good product though.

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What is the raw diet? My 85lb turd factories (boxers) have sensitive digestive systems and are now getting allergies to food they have been eating for 7 years now


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Buy a good dog food with meats listed as the first 5 ingredients, stay away from grain fillers and your dog will have an excellent digestive system. Small poops as MinGrey said and in my case their coats were always shinier and less health issues overall.

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That’s a good start, I always rotate between the fish and poultry/venison and keep a watch on the protein/carb % as they need varying amounts depending on time of year and exercise. Only you can decide which might be beat and experiment from there. As another side note, my vet didn’t believe the age of our Esky because he said he had the best teeth he’d seen for his years. He told me it was largely in part to the balance he was getting in his diet, as well as the habit of including the bones (not boiled or cooked) in with his raw food when he has it.

Awesome. Will give it a try.

One of my dogs has big time issues with digestion, soft stools. Tried a whole bunch of different foods without any real luck. Eventually landed on organic canned pumpkin (one tea spoon with every meal). It’s has helped a bunch but every now and then he will have runny butt. I have to wipe his ass every time he shits. The other two dogs are solid as a rock, could eat a 30 day old carcass without issue.

I also milk his glands. Not fun, at all.

** EDIT: just looked at the ingredients. Looks promising. **


Thanks for the heads up.

Junior00 said:

Always fed Orijen and never had those issues in any of our dogs.

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I tried Orijen and it gave my dog the worst breath ever.

MinGrey02Stg2 said:

I feed my Boxers a raw diet and their stools are so small and never any "issues." Seems like a good product though.

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Raw diet is definitely the way to go (if done properly)

ZYBORG said:

I tried Orijen and it gave my dog the worst breath ever.

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Dry foods are hard enough, then you have the extremely high protein in those brands so I can understand. It taxes the liver and kidneys in the absence of enough carbs as well. Kinda like Keto for dogs. I had the same problem until I figured out where the balance was, and I also started mixing in more raw bone in meats and no problems since. Hygiene is a big one too because of the bacteria in a dogs mouth.

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Dry foods are hard enough, then you have the extremely high protein in those brands so I can understand. It taxes the liver and kidneys in the absence of enough carbs as well. Kinda like Keto for dogs. I had the same problem until I figured out where the balance was, and I also started mixing in more raw bone in meats and no problems since. Hygiene is a big one too because of the bacteria in a dogs mouth.

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I’d definitely go raw, if I could. I have way too many animals and not enough time. I’ve settled for Science Diet (sensitive skin and stomach).

Might try Instinct, I’ve used it quite a bit as well, especially since I can find it more easily and it was quite bit cheaper. Never personally been a fan of SD, too many fillers for my liking.

The Instinct has a raw line specifically for digestive health and one for skin/coat iirc as well if it interests you.

One of our dogs has issues with his glands, we have to bring him in every couple months to get them drained. Lately we have been mixing in carrots to see if they will firm up his stools. Our other dog seems to be able to eat anything and nothing bothers him lol

Junior00 said:

Might try Instinct, I’ve used it quite a bit as well, especially since I can find it more easily and it was quite bit cheaper. Never personally been a fan of SD, too many fillers for my liking.

The Instinct has a raw line specifically for digestive health and one for skin/coat iirc as well if it interests you.

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appreciate the tip, but at this point, I’m sticking with Science Diet. After trying, Purina Pro, Royal Canine, Orijen, etc. Science Diet seems to have worked best for his particular condition. If I have to modify his diet again, I will probably dig deep and go raw.

gonna give the product in the OP a try and report back.

We feed ours a raw diet. Mostly chicken, bones and all, mixed with veggies and fruit. We bought a grinder at Cabela's and spend about 2 hours grinding enough food for about 2 months. Usually buy thighs and/or legs. Throw the chicken in the grinder and grind up the meat and bone. Mix in the veggies as we go. Let it fall into a Rubbermaid container that holds about 6 pounds and throw it in the freezer.

As far as poop. Small and mostly dry. Turds disappear after a week or 2. She's going on 12 and still chases after a ball like a puppy.

Science diet isn’t any good, compare it to Nature Balance, you want zero wheat, corn, rice. What is in your dogs poop are fillers, once you get the food right their poop will be much less and your dog will be healthier. Freeze dried raw food is expensive but mixed in with a good store brand is helpful, my dog still picks the freeze dried food out first but still eats the Nature’s Balance


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Mine gets fed Raw in either the tube or drumstick from stop and shop. Eats them raw. Great for teeth and tarter build up crunching the bones.

I feed dry sometimes as well. Either Blue, Nutra or Wellness.

Highly recommend checking out Fromm dog food. Our one Rottie had some over the top GI problems after chemo and this helped immensely. We ended up feeding to all three dogs and everything became much more regular (pun intended).

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Science diet isn’t any good, compare it to Nature Balance, you want zero wheat, corn, rice. What is in your dogs poop are fillers, once you get the food right their poop will be much less and your dog will be healthier. Freeze dried raw food is expensive but mixed in with a good store brand is helpful, my dog still picks the freeze dried food out first but still eats the Nature’s Balance


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You might want to look into this:

my dog will only eat salmon or duck and Merrick is one brand we get him.
I think we take a chance with all these dog foods, there's just no way to know exactly what's in them.

I honestly believe it’s all the protein, some of those mentioned are ridiculous in levels. That’s why I personally think it’s more important to base the protein/carb levels on their activities and time of year, rotating in other types of carbs and fats with natural proteins. Casper, my Esky, is 13 and still plays and runs like he’s 5 with no signs of murmur or any other issues in general.

They did a similar study which humans in I want to say Sweden or Finland. Anyhow, those who had the higher protein diets had something along the lines of 45% higher risk of heart disease.

You can’t just give them even the best dry food, same as anything else. Too much of one thing, no matter how good, is usually not beneficial long term. But when rotated and properly mixed with other foods it’s a damn sight better than most of the crap like Purina with its crap fillers.