My friend's Cocker Spaniel has them all over his body.
2007-07-15 15:27:18 · 15 answers · asked by PT 1 in Pets ➔ Dogs
Hey, Liz, if the dog's lump can be moved around, but is hard, then what?
2007-07-15 15:46:35 · update #1
Most vets can tell by feel, but to be positive they have to do a biopsy and look at the cells under a microscope. Cancers are usually harder than any other type of a cyst or normal tissue. Also cancers are attached or rooted while cysts are not attached to underlying tissues.
Is this cocker a girl? Does she have mammary cancer with small hard lumps on her chest and belly near her breast area?
2007-07-15 15:33:48 · answer #1 · answered by mama woof 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tumors have characteristics that a vet can probably determine if they are benign or malignant just by examining them. Usually, when the tumor or lump is soft and it can be moved around, it's benign. If it's hard and appears to be "attached" it could be malignant. If your vet thinks it could be cancerous, it should be removed and biopsied to know for sure.
To answer your second question.....I'm not a vet, so I really can't say for sure. But, my dad is a physician and he has said that one of the characteristics of a cancerous tumor is that it is attached and will not move around. How big are these tumors? My older cocker when he was young had little pea sized hard cysts (can't remember the name of them) all over and I had many of them removed. My vet said they were not malignant and that they would probably continue to grow. He is now 15 years old and to be honest...he has so many warts, I have lost track of what bumps are what!
The bottom line...if there is concern, I would tell your friend to take his/her dog to his/her vet to give him/her piece of mind. Keep us posted! - Liz
2007-07-15 15:39:57 · answer #2 · answered by ♥ Liz ♫ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cocker are prone to having lumps and bumps all over especially when they get older .Usually they are just fatty tumors but to be sure you need to take it to the vet and have a biopsy done to be sure. All the vet does is pokes the lump with a needle and looks at the fluid under a microscope. Takes about 5 minutes.
2007-07-15 15:33:23 · answer #3 · answered by Cavalier KCS mom 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Many breeds, like Cockers, get pink warty looking growths all over called papillomas. They are benign growths. No one can tell without seeing them what they are. A vet can tell with some growths, like papillomas or lipomas, but other tumors need a pathologist to examine them for a diagnosis. Any bump or lump on a dog or cat should be checked out as soon as possible!
2007-07-15 15:46:00 · answer #4 · answered by KimbeeJ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
By taking the dog to the vet and getting it examined/ biopsied.
On a cocker it could also be cysts, which are generally harmless, but can get infected, and if so, need to be seen by a vet.
2007-07-15 15:32:17 · answer #5 · answered by Annie 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-03 21:44:46 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the only way to know for sure is through a vet and if there all over this poor dog get him checked out asap tell your friend cancer is painful in animals too
2007-07-15 15:42:30 · answer #7 · answered by sassy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Chances are, if it is an older dog, they are just what they call fatty tumors, but I am not a vet, and neither are you, so they need to get the dog to a vet.
2007-07-15 15:29:54 · answer #8 · answered by boleen03 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The tissue or fluid from inside the tumor must have a biopsy, or be examined under a microscope.
2007-07-15 15:32:49 · answer #9 · answered by Zeera 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Only your vet can tell you for sure. You need to have the dogs tumors examined.
2007-07-15 15:31:46 · answer #10 · answered by gerty_mac 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋