The vet can't get to the bottom of this but perhaps you lovely. Mumsnetters can.

[mckenzie]

Our gorgeous 2 year old Tibetan Terrier has been scouting, on and off, since the summer.

We've had anal glands checked numerous times; the vets have always said that they don't feel impacted or that they are causing the issue and indeed, we've been to the vets, had the glands released, and a day later he is back scooting.

We Shampoo his bottom area twice a week with Malaseb and leave the product on for 10 minutes.(this advise from the animal hospital dermatologost).
And I've now started using MalAcetic wipes twice a day, on the vets advice.

His bottom looks very red. He doesn't flinch when I shampoo or wipe but actually stands quite happily as if it's offering some relief.

On the whole, he's a happy, chilled lovely wonderful best ever dog

Any suggestions please?

TIA

Scooting even

My dog has had issues of scooting and bottom obsessions. We ended up having his anal glands removed and this seems to have solved the problem. We have noticed however, he licks his rear end a lot when he's had his coat clipped. The groomer now scissors that area now rather than using her clippers and that seems to have solved that problem.
It's quite distressing to see them uncomfortable and sore isn't it OP?

Sounds improbable but a combination of a doggy probiotic powder, Nutramed tablets for liver support and a carrot a day stop my dog scooting. I'd also look at putting dog on a grain free diet in case of allergies and doing a stool worm test to rule out any parasites if that's not been done already.

Yeah. agree with pp.
Scooting - parasites, anal gland ishoos, haemarrhoids (some cant be seen as internal), dietary intolerances.
Grated carrot (if ddog will eat) are good for all these probs as diet can cause /repair all these. Plenty of fibre and exercise. Also be v careful with complex chemical going on most sensitive tissue. Cooled witch hazel should give much relief.

Good diet, exercise and the cooled witch hazel are all helpful regimes for many isshoos. Also pumpkin is good fibre source

Haemarrhoids rare but do happen. Hope your boy feeling better soon. He may now just have a habbit cycle going of scratch/itch and have a form of thrush or lack of any natural protection from all the product.

... cant get to the bottom [of this]

Thanks for all the replies.
Did you like that shriek?

I'll get some witch hazel and try the others suggestions. Luckily he loves carrot- I use it as a training treat even such is his liking

Should I be able to take a stool to the vets and pay for that test to be done? Or would I need to arrange it prior do you think?

I think worm infestation very unlikely unless ddog is eating nasty dead creatures or killing his own and you dont worm.

Sounds like your dog is already having extensive skin treatment, has there been an allergy test as the anus is a very common site for itching from allergies.

How soft/hard are your dogs poos?

Back in the summer when we saw the dermatologist at the hospital they did various tests and he seemed to think it was a thrush type as at the time he was paying quite a lot of attention to his ears also.

We have been giving him pro fibre to keep his stools solid to try and help with the anal glands releasing naturally.
I've stopped that for now though in case it is part of the cause. We use a dog Walker twice a week and for what it's worth, she thinks his stools are the healthiest of all the dogs that she walks.