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and it seems to be getting bigger.

I felt it and it doesn't seem overly hard and it doesn't feel like it is attached to the bone. You can sort of move it around. I do plan on bringing her in to the vet soon, since she needs an arthritis shot anyways. Was just curious if anyone had any opinions on what it could be? Cyst?

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my old sheepdog started getting those fatty lumps when she was 10.
She had them on her chest and sides...never got one on her leg although im sure it could happen. If it feels squishy, then its probabally just fatty lump.
vet can tell you for sure.
 
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OrsonDogge said:
uhmmm, your avatar is a crack-up!!! :lol:
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Yeahh....what's up with that pic, Lisa? Are you actually willing to admit you have a sense of humor? LOL Just kidding! :wink:

Could be just a fatty cyst or I'm sure you realize it could very well be a tumor at her age. Hoping for the best!!
 
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Lisa - how long has she had it? It that the area where she gets shots for arthritis or anything else? Mags got a lump that looked ExACTLY like that on her hindquarters once - and I panicked and took her to the vet and he said it may be a cyst and to wait a couple weeks to see if it went down - which it did - but then she got it again a couple months later - then I realized that it was happening right after she got her shots! She was apparently having some reaction to the shots where it would swell in the area and then return to normal a couple weeks later and it turned out to be nothing to worry about. Don't know if that is the case with Maddie - just a thought.
 
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LuvaBULL said:
The first thought that came to my mind when seeing the pic was a lipoma. You can read more about it here

http://vetmedicine.about.com/cs/dogdiseasesl/a/lipomas.htm

Wishing Maddie all the best!
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That is what I was going to say. It could be a cyst. it doesn't sound like anything dangerous, but I am not a vet and not there. Since it's movable that's a good sign. One of my customers dogs would get fatty tissue deposits every couple months. They used to have them removed at the office (you don't have to). Since they switched foods a year ago, they have been gone. If that's the case, try and make sure the food she is on has very few fillers. A fresh salmon w/potato worked best for their dog.

On a side note; Maddie gets shots? Like steroids/cortisone? Do they work well for her?
 
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Hi Lisa - I have had these on several of my dogs. They are fatty
non-cancerous tumors. They will, over time, grow in size. Depending
on the location of the tumor determines whether or not it will cause a
dog a problem. However, I would still get it checked out, just to make
sure that it is not a cancerous mast cell tumor, which can look and
feel similar as a fatty tumor. All the best to Maddie and hugs, too.

http://www.vetsurgerycentral.com/mct.htm
 
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franklin has had two of them already. both non-cancerous as well. of course, like everyone else said, it's something to get checked out. my vet kept a close eye on them and mentioned that if he picked at them, we might need to have them removed. he did for a while, but we started spraying the bitter apple around the area and he eventually stopped and they both eventually went away. he had one on his leg and one on the tip of his ear.

wishing your sweet girl the best. i'm sure it's nothing that can't be fixed. how old is she? i don't see or hear much about her. she's a pretty girl too!
 
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Thanks for all the advice and well wishes. I am hoping its just a big cyst. We are bringing Maddie in soon for her arthritis shot so we will ask about it then.
 
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Kasco said:
OrsonDogge said:
uhmmm, your avatar is a crack-up!!! :lol:
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Yeahh....what's up with that pic, Lisa? Are you actually willing to admit you have a sense of humor? LOL Just kidding! :wink:
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LOL! Yes, I do have a sense of humor and am trying to show it!! Besides, don't you think Rosco has a nice "booty" that deserves to be shown off? :lol: :lol:
 
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in the end chance had a bunch of lumps. most were fatty deposits, some were not. you can needle aspirate and find out what they are but at maddies age and with her health would you put her under for an operation? if the vet thinks that anesthesia wouldn't be to hard on her then have it checked. otherwise, if it doesn't bother her , then i wouldn't even check it. if it comes back as cancerous and the vet doesn't think she will handle surgery then you have a whole other dilemma to worry about.
 
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attitude said:
in the end chance had a bunch of lumps. most were fatty deposits, some were not. you can needle aspirate and find out what they are but at maddies age and with her health would you put her under for an operation? if the vet thinks that anesthesia wouldn't be to hard on her then have it checked. otherwise, if it doesn't bother her , then i wouldn't even check it. if it comes back as cancerous and the vet doesn't think she will handle surgery then you have a whole other dilemma to worry about.
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Thank you for the advice and what you said is something Larry and I have disucssed. The reason I asked is because the last time she went for her shot, the vet tech said it should be looked at and removed before it gets too large that they can't sew it back up?? To me that made no sense because once whatever is in it comes out, you would think their would be excess skin and not less. :? That was just a vet tech of course. Unless the vet thinks it should come off, we will probably leave it alone for the exact reasons you mentioned but I would still like to get it looked at by the vet at least. If she thinks it should be removed for whatever reason, we will remove it, but because of her condition I really don't see much point in having the contents examined to find out what it is. At this point, I don't see much of a reason since everything a vet does is so damn expensive and the outcome isn't likely to change because of that added information.
 
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Lisa said:
everything a vet does is so darn expensive and the outcome isn't likely to change because of that added information.
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aint that the truth... I took Brooklyn in because she had explosive diahrea for 3 days and $680 in testing, intensive care for 2 nights, IV hookups etc, multiple fecals, bloodwork, and after all said in done they told me there was nothing wrong with the dog it just became stressed and dehydrated... LOL!! She also had a fast growing lump once that developed and it eventually broke through the skin and fell off... It was some kind of cyst... I hope everything comes back okay for Maddie, let us know when you find out!! - Jeff
 
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Lisa said:
attitude said:
in the end chance had a bunch of lumps. most were fatty deposits, some were not. you can needle aspirate and find out what they are but at maddies age and with her health would you put her under for an operation? if the vet thinks that anesthesia wouldn't be to hard on her then have it checked. otherwise, if it doesn't bother her , then i wouldn't even check it. if it comes back as cancerous and the vet doesn't think she will handle surgery then you have a whole other dilemma to worry about.
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Thank you for the advice and what you said is something Larry and I have disucssed. The reason I asked is because the last time she went for her shot, the vet tech said it should be looked at and removed before it gets too large that they can't sew it back up?? To me that made no sense because once whatever is in it comes out, you would think their would be excess skin and not less. :? That was just a vet tech of course. Unless the vet thinks it should come off, we will probably leave it alone for the exact reasons you mentioned but I would still like to get it looked at by the vet at least. If she thinks it should be removed for whatever reason, we will remove it, but because of her condition I really don't see much point in having the contents examined to find out what it is. At this point, I don't see much of a reason since everything a vet does is so darn expensive and the outcome isn't likely to change because of that added information.
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When the lump is removed, some of the top layer of skin is removed with it.
When Sasha had this done, the vet had to graft some skin from her leg to help
cover the area on her foot. It was cancerous - she was 9 at the time and lived
3 1/2 more years. We had to have her put to sleep last December.
 
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