When the vet drains the gland, if blood is present she gets treated
for an infection. Most
dogs can just take a simple course of antibiotics
for this, but with Pumpkin, we infuse the gland with animax ( through use of a needle), and then she is on antibiotics for a month.
The few times she didn't present w/the 'smell symptom' her anal gland got impacted and swelled up like a large cherry on her butt.