Any idea what this disease or growth is??????

[Geno67]

We have a stray Catahoula that the ex-wife took in many years ago. He's been nuetered and has always been problem free. Now our income level means that dogs get treatment available from the co-op, online from a vet supply or none at all. This startd as minor skin lesion on his foot about three months ago.

[IMG]http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u278/Geno_022/P5120086.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u278/Geno_022/P5120094.jpg[/IMG]

[Geno67]

He's not chewing on it. It started as a small eruption on his foot and has spread to what you see now with a good bit of swelling as well over about three months.

Not that expensive - it's just that we went from a six figure income home to a no income home. We have no money.

[Dan Sims, DVM]

In the pictures the lesion appears to be a malignant/aggressive tumor.
Mast cell tumors and fibrosarcomas can appear as this.
A biopsy is needed.

[ireneo]

That looks very sore and severe. Reminds me of an animal chewing on their foot. Has he been chewing on it? Have you tried putting a victorian collar on him to keep his mouth away from the wound?

I know medical treatment is expensive but if you don't get it under control soon, I worry about infection in the wound and possibly going to the bone and septicemia.

[Geno67]

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u278/Geno_022/P5120086.jpg

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u278/Geno_022/P5120094.jpg