Arizona let you open it up with a scalpel! That
thing must really bother her and she is a very patient girl! My dogs
would never put up with that. Sounds like it is time for a different Vet
who will try to remove the thing. One of my Labs had fatty tumors that
the Vet said would eventually do this sort of dying off and draining if they
got too big and were not removed. And more of them did come back in other
places - all benign but rather ugly. They were much easier to find on a
shorter haired dog, our fur monsters can hide a baseball sized lump in their
fur.
From:
owner-pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org [mailto:owner-pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org] On Behalf Of Bea
Stephens
Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 10:14 AM
To: pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org
Subject: [pyrnet] Arizona's a BIG girl... and weird growth, boil, ???
Arizona went to the vet this past week. They weighed her in at 133
lbs. I knew she’d gained a little and was looking nice, but I thought she
was about 120 lbs. haha. And we just recently took in a stray Chihuahua.
WOW… what a difference. He’s about the size of her head.
She went to the vet because she has a “boil” at the
base of her tail that just keeps persisting. It grew to the size of a golfball.
I tried draining it twice, but it never did all the way, and just filled back
up again. Vet said if he drained it, that it would just come back again. And
that removing it would be difficult because of the location. I was kinda upset
with the vet because he acted like he didn’t want to do anything with it.
The day after she went to the vet, it suddenly grew even bigger in
size and a small area opened it. It started draining a foul smelling (like
poop) red-brown liquid all over the place. I’m a nurse. So I took her
into the shower and opened it about an inch or so with a scalpel and let a lot
of it drain out. But it never did go down all the way. About half of it is a
solid mass. Doesn’t look good. I think she may have cancer. I really hate
to take her back to the same vet. He’s good with basic stuff. But I think
this may be out of his league.
From:
owner-pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org [mailto:owner-pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org] On Behalf Of Laurie
McDonough
Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 10:40 AM
To: pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org
Subject: Re: [pyrnet] Diet question
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He has been seen by a vet recently, but you know they
don't even see Pyrs that frequently so I thought I would ask the list.
Thank you for your info. having comparable numbers is useful! Thanks so
much.
--- On Mon, 9/21/09, bigbcustom@comcast.net <bigbcustom@comcast.net>
wrote:
From: bigbcustom@comcast.net <bigbcustom@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [pyrnet] Diet question
To: pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org
Date: Monday, September 21, 2009, 9:35 AM
For what it's worth, my boy was the same height and 76
pounds at 11 months. He is now 7 years old, 28-1/2" at the withers and
weighs 118 lbs. I used to have the same worry that you are expressing now,
and took him to the vet who did a thorough checkup. He was fine. He is still
picky, and will skip meals occasionally. I think it is his way of regulating
his weight. If your dog is happy and normal in all ways besides the
pickiness, I wouldn't worry too much. It never hurts to take him in for a
checkup if for nothing else than to give yourself piece of mind.
Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
From: Laurie McDonough
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:23:48 -0700 (PDT)
To: <pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org>
Subject: [pyrnet] Diet question
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Hello,
I have an 11-month old neutered male pyr. He is very picky about his
food and I have trouble getting him to eat. Although I'm aware that
slow growth is preferable in giant breeds, he has not gained much weight
over the last few months although he has grown in height. Right now
he is about 28" at the withers and 73 pounds.
He is not underweight, his ribs are covered but he is thin.
Any suggestions on food brands or additions to dry food that other picky
prys like? Also your opinions as to whether this is unusual or fairly
normal would be great.
Finally, what do you give these guys to *chew*??? He doesn't really
have any interested in chewing the large heavy-duty nylabones. I know
raw-hide is not acceptable - what about fresh large leg bones from the butcher?
Do these have to be supervised?
Thanks in advance for your help!
Laurie & Bacchus
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