my friend's 3 month old puppy has a lump behind his left leg. It's rather large (since he's such a small dog) and is squishy as if it is filled with a liquid. I asked her if she ever took the dog to the vet for it, and she said no. Now, that puppy came from a liter of puppies we bred, and i know he got that lump when he was around 6-7 weeks old. When we gave her the dog, we told her to get that checked out IMEDIATELY, and she didn't. I'm worried about the puppy. He seems very healthy. He eats, and plays as much as one of his brothers (my friend took two pups) but i'm still worried. I told her to take him to the vet and she said she would this week. Anyone have anything similar happen to their puppies? any idea of what that lump could be?
2007-01-03 19:24:46 · 13 answers · asked by Andii 3 in Pets ➔ Dogs
sorry i can't help much, could be almost anything... my advice would be to go with your friend to the vet, if you can, so both of you hear first-hand exactly what the vet says
2007-01-03 19:35:33 · answer #1 · answered by spacey_post 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you gave your friend the dog and she said she would take good care of it and take it to a vet and didn't, why don't you just tell her you want it back and with a responsible owner. The dog probably won't live 5 years with an owner like that. On animal planet ive seen people fined and even arrested for neglecting medical needs for their pets.
Anyways my aunt's cat last week died from a lump that was cancerous in its stomach. IT was a soft lump too! She took it to the vet, but it was too far along to save the cat.
It could be a cyst , but there is a very slight chance it could be something else. IT's best to have it checked by a vet.
2007-01-03 20:31:48 · answer #2 · answered by Rachel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It may be a cyst or some type of fatty tumor. When (and if) she takes the puppy to the vet, the vet can insert a needle into the lump to find out if it is an abscess or something that can be drained, or if it is a tumor that will need to be surgically removed. I doubt it's anything life threatening, since he is still a young pup.
2007-01-03 19:42:04 · answer #3 · answered by Andreamy_23 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I surely have a great breed canine in her twilight years and he or she has a great fatty lipoma below her neck and into the chest hollow area. The vet believes that it is quite supported via the chest muscular tissues. My canine has arthritis and her front ft have mounted at an strange attitude. She additionally had a sarcoma lump bumped off final 3 hundred and sixty 5 days. The sarcoma lump grew to become into completely grainy and felt like a bag of rice in comparison with this fatty type tumour that's merely that, it is a great wobbly lump. it isn't any longer mounted, via which they imply related to the muscular tissues or something. it is appropriate offering your canine is below vet care and supervision to go away the lump the place it is extremely than traumatise the canine via removing it. In my canine case de bulking it isn't any longer the undertaking. that's the hassle-free bit yet therapeutic it up may well be a undertaking.
2016-10-06 10:15:21 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like your friend is not a responsible pet parent. Tell her that by not taking her pup to the vet, that is neglect and if she doesn't do it soon that you will call in either the SPCA or animal control and they will either ORDER her to get the dog to the vet and if they return and she hasn't done it they will take the dog and make her sign it over, then she will probably have to go see a judge and explain to HIM why she refused to take the puppy to the vet.
2007-01-04 00:48:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like a hygroma. A hygroma is a fluid filled lump, that is benign. It can be drained at the vet if it is hurting him. Normally this will reabsorb on its own. But, I would take that pup in to the vet to have the fluid analyzed. Pups get hygroma's from knocking into something.
2007-01-03 23:14:32 · answer #6 · answered by bear 2 zealand © 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
same thing with my friends adult dog. But it turned out to be cancer as the vet discovered. Vet said to amputate the leg, 2 years ago - my friend could not bear the pain to have a 3 legged dog, she refused to do what the vet said. The dog's still running around today, so ......
2007-01-03 19:31:42 · answer #7 · answered by PikC 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not a Cyst at all, it is a viral tumoric infection that may lead to cancer if not popped/punctured immediately! My family owns two animal hospitals and deals with this regularly. You must get a clean needle and inject it into the pouch to excpel the liquid. Make sure to clean the area with rubbing alcohol and bandage it to prevent further infection.
2007-01-03 19:38:38 · answer #8 · answered by albertiskandar@sbcglobal.net 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
prob a cyst. Best thing is to take it to the vet to get it drained and bandaged. The pup will chew it, pop it, then it will get infected, not to mention it will be kinda messy.
2007-01-03 19:27:57 · answer #9 · answered by TONY 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a vet so um it probably has a tumor and you need to go to the vets right away the tumor can get very affected and he could lose his leg so please take him to the vet. but yes it does have a tumor I'm pretty sure :) glad to help
2007-01-03 19:37:08 · answer #10 · answered by Monica B 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋