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Foul smelling gas and diahrea

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Question
I have a male shipoo who just turned one in October he has had diahrea yesterday and this morning but now i notice very smelly gas that he has been passing.  I also noticed that he has been scooting his behind on my carpet for about 3 days what might this be the indication of?  Thanks for any assistance you can offer me.

Answer
The diarrhea and gas could be from an indigestible he helped himself to or a bug.  The scooting is likely his anal glands.  I am not one to run to the vet all the time, but the vet can easily fix the scooting.  As for the other, it could take a turn for the worse over the weekend or holiday.  I think you should get him in before then.