Hoping for some advice, anecdotes, thoughts, etc. before I see the vet today --
Torque (9.5 years old) is currently suffering from what appears to be recalcitrant anal glands. From memory, I brought him to the vet around Thanksgiving for constant butt licking (no butt scooting). She expressed his glands and the right one appeared to be infected (slightly pink exudate). Tx was one week of Clavamox. One week after the Clavamox ended, another vet (chiro vet) expressed his glands and they were clear. About 3 weeks after that, I expressed them, and they were clear. Another 2 weeks passed, more licking and the right gland was quite bloody when expressed. So the vet thought a 2 week tx of Clavamox should help to really knock the infection out. The last dose of Clavamox was on Saturday. Today, I expressed the right gland (because he was aggressively licking), and it was quite bloody again. So off to the vet we go.
I don't understand why we can't clear up this infection. Thanks in advance for any suggestions, amateur diagnosis, anecdotes, etc.