There's one room in the desert prison that frustrates me. the one with quicksand and spikes...when I get to the middle link and midna act like they're in the sand. I cant get through this one part when link waddles, he goes too slow. I can't move on until it stops.
Does anyone know how to fix it?

Turn into a wolf - it's not a glitch.

That is to say, turn into a wolf AND use your smell sense.

2 and 3 are right. I thought it was a bug as well until google showed me the way