Vet recommends anal gland removal - Can switching food help persistant anal gland infections?

About a month ago, Peppers started scooting and nibbling at her butt. The vet said she did have full anal glands with an infection. He cleared them out and gave us antibiotics. Three weeks later, we brought her in for a recheck, and they did the anal infusion (antibiotics inside the glands) and gave us another course of antibiotics. Now, two weeks later, she still has an infection in her anal glands, and the vet said we should consider having them removed. This past month is the only issue she's had, she's only a year old. In November, we had switched her from Puppy Fromm to Purina Pro Plan Sensitive Stomach based on the vet's recommendation, to help with possible allergies, which turned out to be seasonal. I'm thinking of trying a switch to Wellness Core, has anyone had any experience with this brand and having it help this issue? We just started to give her pumpkin today too. Surgery scares me a lot and seems like a last resort to me, has anyone had success with it??

Asked by Peppers on Mar 5th 2013 Tagged analglands, infection, wellnesscore, food, foodchange in Alternative Treatments