I have the worst luck....cancer again?

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ok so last june my 8 yr old golden died of mast cell cancer. We were pretty surprised as 8 in our minds is young also we always fed high quality foods such as acana.
anyway the month after we adopted a great pyrenees called winston and he has been with us for the past year.
Anyway I have had winston for about a year now and have been super focused on trying to limit his exposure to chemicals. I give him interceptor once very two months and he is not on flea/tick meds.
Winston is 3 yrs old....and great pyrs are healthy dogs.

well we went to the vet saturday after seeing a lump and the vet said it looked like a tick bite(i pulled what i thought was a tick off there so it makes sense) but to use antibiotic and it should heal in 72 hours. Well it never healed and we went back today because we found another round lump on his back leg!!!(i know ipulled something off of this lump but nto sure if it was a tick)

Anyway vet told us he;d be surprised if it was cancer but I think that's bc of our dog's age.....an since puppies get cancer that means nothing...

he aspirated him and we will get results wednesday.

it looks lie my second young dog will die from cancer...i am a jinx.

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still no call..maybe he's scared to call me!!!

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i also see a pink discoloration on his nose what could that be???

=(

[TwoBitsMom]

Try not to worry too much about the lump. No news is good news. Call your vet in the morning. They should have called you by now. As far as the possible tick bite goes...it is a possibility. I pulled a tick off my dog 3 weeks ago.  She still has a large lump at the spot the tick was pulled from. It is hard and feels like scar tissue. I am hoping it will eventually go away.
I also pulled a tick off of myself about 3 weeks ago, and I still have a large hard lump in the area I pulled the tick from.  
If things don't look like they are getting better soon, I will take my dog to the vet. The head of the tick may still be lodged in the skin, and causing problems.  
I hope that you have good news tomorrow....I will keep my fingers crossed for you...!  Let us know what you find out.
Connie

[tonyb286]

Hi. The pink-nose is a sign of possible infection, as the black colouration is actually the protective layer of skin on a dog's nose. It is worth mentioning this to your vet when he calls as oral antibiotics are normally needed. A locally applied topical antibiotic ointment is also available, but as dogs tend to lick their noses alot, it is important this is specially prescribed by a vet to ensure it is non-toxic. The pink-nose could potentially also be the result of a scratch, though less likely as it would have defined and slightly bloody edges to it, which you would see. There are other possibilities, but just check out the symptom with your vet. Fingers still crossed for good news. Tony

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called the vet wisnton is fine ;)
aspiration said POSSIBLY worst case scenario it's a bengin mass...but most likey a bite.

yah we have antibiotic for him but we havent been applying it ill admit..

i cant believe the vet wasnt gonna call......

[ginger899]

Oh that's good news. I'm relieved for Winston, and you. It's horrible, waiting for results isn't it?

Don't mess about now! Keep putting the antibiotic cream on! I'm sure the bites will be fine, but if the vet prescribed the cream it's because there may be some infection, so keep using it.

Glad you have nothing serious to worry about there.