Soon, it decreased in size and today, you can’t even tell it was there. I put cold compresses on it a couple of times a day and gave her her allergy meds regularly. I knew he would immediately want to do surgery so I didn’t take her back. But it grew to about 2 inches just like the other one. When I took her back to have her drainage tube removed, I showed our vet another little lump on the opposite side. Since then, I have become paranoid about every little lump. $$$$ He said that something (like an insect) had bitten her and it had become an abscess. He shaved 1/2 of that side, removed the lump, left a drainage tube in for a week, put her on antibiotics and such. (There was no difference or change in the outer skin.) Our vet immediately suggested surgery. In the spring, I took her to the vet for a lump on the top of her right ribcage a little behind the front shoulder. I have a 3 1/2 year old English Cream Miniature Long-haired Dachshund, Bella. At what point do I make him a one way appointment…I don’t want to hurry him away, I love him more than any other dog I’ve given a home to and I don’t want him to suffer either. He is not in pain, is playing (although not as much as previously), and enjoys a short walk, he’s eating. Now the lump is huge and discoloured and I need to make a decision. After that I cancelled the op as I would rather he had a shorter life than suffering so much distress. We made an appointment to have it removed but when we tried to get him into the car he became so stressed that he actually passed out on the pavement, it was horrible, I thought he was dead. About a year ago we found a golf ball sized lump in his groin and we managed to get him to the PDSA who said he had a floating testicle which had been missed when he was neutered in Romania. He has to be seen in the car park, is muzzled and desperate to escape. Poor Pip suffers from anxiety aggression and taking him to the vet is hell for him. Hi Andrew, I adopted a Romanian Shepherd dog four years ago, having been a street dog we don’t know his exact age but I felt he was about four years old. See also: Common Mouth Lumps Of Dogs, Skin Cancer in Dogs and A Lump Below The Eye Lipoma or Fatty Growth Here’s what they are and how we can tell. Your vet can even identify most lumps straight away. If you’re afraid of bad news, don’t be despite the horror stories, a biopsy or surgery isn’t always needed, and most lumps are benign. So the earlier we see a lump, the more options we have.
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