YESSSSS!! The only experience I ever had with this was a fantastic MALE. He, fortunately, had a couple litters on the ground already! Morgan has been doing some research on P.F. recently and I'd checked into it quite thoroughly at the time - maybe 16 years ago or so! They'd tried many things and are still working on ways to cure this even now. I hope it is perhaps a need for cleaning of the glands rather than this. Especially since you already went thru it with another dog. I wish you the best & check with Morgan for more info and I'm sure he'll send you as much as he knows. Norma no L ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia Cross" <chstormdog@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2010 8:34 AM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Do Males Get Fistulas? It seems that we always hear of the females getting them, do the males also? This morning while bathing my 8-1/2 year old male, he was very "antsy" when I went to wash his butt and upper part of his tail, while checking further I really think he has one. I lost my old girl to these and it was horrible. He will be at the vet on Tuesday, as that is the day "his" doctor is in the office. Thanks in advance. Patti ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2010. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================