Ms. Sophie is an 18 to 20 pound rat terrier bred in Caratunk, Maine and living in

Ellsworth, Maine. She had long had a problem that appears to plague small dogs like

her: irritated anal glands. Ms. Sophie would frequently go outside for the sole purpose

of scooting in an attempt to obtain relief.

 

We periodically took poor Ms. Sophie to see a veterinarian to have her anal glands

manually expressed by a trained professional. Our veterinarian recommended diet and

exercise as control methods for her irritated anal glands, but these efforts were only

successful over the short-term. During a particular flare-up, we decided to research

how to express her glands ourselves to save on veterinarian fees, and quickly

discovered the we were not comfortable with doing this ourselves.

 

During our research, we discovered that dietary changes could resolve this problem, so

we created Ms. Sophie's Scoot No More Dog Biscuits. About three weeks later, after

scooting daily and receiving two or three biscuits each day, Ms. Sophie suddenly

stopped scooting.

 

Although Ms. Sophie still periodically scoots, her episodes are much further apart,

considerably less severe, and of significantly shorter duration.