Any animal doctors out there?

My dog, who is a cockerspaniel, had her teeth cleaned in Feb. The vet found a tumor by one of her back teeth. He romoved the tooth and as much of the tumor as he could without hurting her jaw. I have looked in her mouth today and I see a red lump the size of a quarter protruding from her jaw bone at the same place. What should I do? Also, she is 11 and has been getting all of these tiny growths all over her skin, making it hard to groom her without cutting them....any suggestions?

Any animal doctors out there?
Whenever a veterinarian removes a mass, tumor, growth, cyst, etc. from your pet you must make sure it is biopsied and sent out to a lab for identification. It will cost a little extra but without this vital information you as the owner will not know:





1. What was removed?


2. Was it removed completely - or was some left behind?


3. Is it malignant (could spread) or benign (localized)?


4. Is there a treatment to help prevent it from returning?





Question: Was the jaw radiographed (x-ray) to see if the tumor involved the underlying bone? Were chest radiographs taken to see if your dog has cancer in its lungs (one of the first places malignant cancer will show up)?





If your veterinarian did not mention any of these things he may not be offering your dog the kind of care she deserves. You are paying your veterinarian alot of money - ask questions until you feel satisfied.





Good Luck.
Reply:well get a pro 2 gut her hair and the red thing is prabally just swelling ir mabe an in fection u should get it checked out be4 it gets worse
Reply:Unfortunetly those lumps are a part of old age.





You do want to take your dog to the animal doctor, which is also called a veterinarian.





The lump or cyst in her mouth needs to be monitored. If it gets too big, it could interfer with her breathing and eating.





You can have all of those lumps surgically removed, but with your dog's age, I wouldn't bother unless it was cancerous. But definetley keep an eye on the lump in her mouth.
Reply:She needs to go back to the vet. He needs to look and see if it is an infection or something more.
Reply:I know how you feel My dog had the same prob...our vet recomended a speacial vet that specialized in cancerous mouth tumors...he said he could surgically remove the tumor but he may have had to remove part of my dogs jaw-bone too...we decided to go with radiation treatment...my dog died recently and we think he had a stroke...the radiation got rid of the tumor tho...





do you know if the tumor is cancerous??My dog had a cancerous tumor that wouldn't spread but it would take-over his jaw-bone and get bigger until the jaw broke...that's why you have to treat it fast....the faster you find it the faster you can treat it and the faster you treat it the greater the chance that you can get rid of it


Good luck!!