What is Scooting?
Scooting is the motion that a Pug makes when they rub their rear end across the floor or ground. They do this because their anal glands fill up with fluid. Getting rid of this extra fluid is called “Expressing the anal sac glands”. Do All Pugs Have Anal Sac Glands? Yes. Just like the appendix in the human body, dogs have anal sac glands that seem to serve no needed purpose in the animal’s body. These are found on all Pugs. There are actually 2 of them, found right under the skin that surrounds the Pug’s anal muscles. What Happens to These Glands on a Pug? These glands hold a substance that is similar looking to a brown oil. The smell from the dog’s anal sac gland secretion can be quite terrible. Sometimes, when a Pug eliminates, if the bowel movement is very hard or large, it will press against the sac and cause the secretions to come out. However, most dogs have soft eliminations that are not hard enough to cause any secretion. So what happens? The glands become engorged with fluid an
