Modified: 8/6/2022
Blink cameras create a seamless security system for your home. But if you just wanna look in on your dog, or your fish tank, knock yourself out! You can sprinkle these indoor:outdoor cameras inside and outside your house. No wiring needed because they run 2 years on a battery. It'll send you notifications if and whenever someone moves in the range of the Blink. I love mine.

Anal Glands (Scent glands) (Vestigial)

Anal glands.
In nature, dogs are "large and in-charge" at the top of their respective food chains. (Well except MAYBE if Lions are around)
They want EVERYBODY to know "Kilroy was here" and so every poop they deposit has a little drop of 'anal gland' scent on it.
These glands express whenever a dog poops because there are SIX sites of muscle attachment for eight muscles. And when the dog pinches the poop off - all eight of those muscles express.
Except if the dog is overweight - or not-exercised then those muscles are distracted away from each other by the dog's 'marbling' with fat - or the muscle tone all-over is lacking for lack of exercise.
Rarely there's no explanation. But that happens and we just don't know.
So sometimes a dog will get an 'over-full' anal gland and then the material inside 'dries' (inspissates) to make it smaller and thicker and then the anal gland abscesses.

Did you know that the longest your dog or cat can live is actually determined by THIS?

They'll lick and scoot to artificially express the anal glands before that happens and they're USUALLY successful.
I can teach an owner how to express anal glands at home and there's a tutorial on my website at drjohnson.com

How to use Eggshells for Anal Glands:

Take a raw egg with shell ON, and put it in a blender - and pour that, shell and all in the bowl WITHOUT food - never put it ON their food. This is 'extra'. Twice a day until the poop is chalky and it's PROBABLE that on pooping this chalky stool can express a 'normal' gland. You could do two raw-egg feedings once a week back-to-back and call that 'painless anal gland expression' once a week, or 'great calcium supplementation, cause it is.
Some people give a shell-on-raw-egg once a day anyway. NEVER mixed in the food.
Can you cook it? Like, a scrambled egg but shell-on? Sure. But raw eggs don't bother dogs.
Many dogs won't suck up a raw egg with shell "pieces" in it. For example my dog Ajax needs it beat up to where the mouth-feel isn't crunchy. -drjohnson.com

LINK TO ANAL GLAND ILLUSTRATION

HOW TO EXPRESS ANAL GLANDS
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A "bark correction" collar is of IMMENSE utility for dogs. Including the dog that goes OUT of his mind when he sees another dog on a walk. A dog that howls all day while you're at work. Even dogs that indulge vocalization with separation anxiety. Yeah. It's a "thing" and it works. Rechargeable, simple-to-use, durable waterproof bark collar with sound and sting.
FRESH BREATH and arrested dental disease. This magic stuff won't break down or remove tartar (crusting) but it will kill the germs that build it. And the breath. So. Much. Better. Oxyfresh is used as the only drinking water source (it's mixed in their water) and works wonders. OXYFRESH KIT 
I always thought that "Alexa" was just piffle. But then I got it. And I wonder "How did I live without this?" You can get all the lights in your house to turn on, and off at the same time. In fact you can automate just about everything. And it's SUPER eaasy to set up. ALEXA SYSTEMS from Amazon
Blink cameras create a seamless security system for your home. But if you just wanna look in on your dog, or your fish tank, knock yourself out! You can sprinkle these indoor:outdoor cameras inside and outside your house. No wiring needed because they run 2 years on a battery. It'll send you notifications if and whenever someone moves in the range of the Blink. I love mine.
These little Kasa plugs are from TP-Link who is one of the biggest IT Automation / router builders out there. Easy to install. Alexa compatible. You just say "Alexa Turn On Garage Lights" and bingobango. Lights come on. Anything you can plug in, like your coffee maker, fish tank, household lamps.
If you wanna grow plants, reptiles, even fish in the house with full spectrum lighting, the technology has come a long way. 1000W Grow Lights LED are now less than $200 and some are even less than $100. Look at how many feet they cover though, because <600W may not cover ONE plant! Grow tomatoes in the house
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Your dog can't use it's hind legs well enough to actually function or get around. If they can still pee and poop on their own volition, consider a cart for mobility while they convalesce with, or without surgery. For MOST dogs they work. I like the FOUR wheeled ones. But nowadays they make four wheel carts with removable front wheels. Mobility Carts for Dogs at a Reasonable Price.
Your dog or cat is at the house. What's he doing? Wanna pop-in and surprise 'em? Get these Furbo Treat Cams and you can visit like your dog's on Zoom! And talk to 'em. And even toss 'em a treat! Some people use these to give medicine when they're away. Others just to visit their dog from work! Furbo is just ONE manufacturer. Reliable. Here are all of them.
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