How do you tell if your dog has worms? I worm my bitch regularly and she is not showing any signs of having worms to me (she is a healthy weight, not losing any weight, no bloated tummy, no signs of worms in no.2's) however at a show yesterday somebody who is allegedly a "breed expert" told me she had seen my bitch "shuffling" on her bum and this meant that she had worms and that I must worm her! I personally have never seen my bitch do this. I am now anxious that my bitch may have a problem. She saw the vet recently to have her pet passport jab/blood tests etc and is due to return to see the vet next week as the first rabies vaccination failed. I will obviously raise this with my vet but does anyone have any advice or is it perhaps just that my bitch had an itchy bum on this occassion ??

I'm sorry this isn't helping you in your question, but how many dogs are failing their rabies test. This is the second dog that I've heard of who has failed its rabies test in the last week.

Hi Guest -I believe this 'shuffling' is also a sign of possible problems with anal glands they may need emptying I'm sure the vet will be more than happy to do this :D
Liz :)

Hi Guest,
It could just be that she has impacted anal glands. The vet can empty them for you (phew it does stink!!) and maybe show you how it's done. :)

My cavaliers shuffle on there bottoms regular this means that there anal glands are compacted, if you take a trip to your vets he will teach you how to clear them.

not a very nice job an as said above very smelly but in some instances a neccessity.

hope this is of some help to you and relieves some of your concerns