Sore on Dog
Sore on Dog
(Repeated post on another forum)
My female GSP has a sore on her chest area. You can't tell from the picture but it sticks out a good 3/4" - 1". Had to hold her on her back and take the picture myself. I've been putting neosporen on the sore and it looks good when she is in the yard or in the kennel. When I take her hunting it swells up huge. Any idea what it is? I'm thinking she got cut on a barbed wire fence.
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Thanks,
Brian
My female GSP has a sore on her chest area. You can't tell from the picture but it sticks out a good 3/4" - 1". Had to hold her on her back and take the picture myself. I've been putting neosporen on the sore and it looks good when she is in the yard or in the kennel. When I take her hunting it swells up huge. Any idea what it is? I'm thinking she got cut on a barbed wire fence.
Updated Photo
Thanks,
Brian
Last edited by Addict on Sun Jan 02, 2011 8:51 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Sore on Dog
It's really hard to tell the orientation of this picture but could she have possibly ripped one of her nipples off? Judging from the alignment of the others, that is what it looks like.
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Re: Sore on Dog
No it's inbetween the nipples.jlp8cornell wrote:It's really hard to tell the orientation of this picture but could she have possibly ripped one of her nipples off? Judging form the alignment of the others, that is what it looks like.
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Re: Sore on Dog
OK. It was hard to tell from the pic.
Would take a trip to your vet.....
Would take a trip to your vet.....
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Re: Sore on Dog
Do you always comb her for stickers when she is done running?
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Addict, think I wiuld get it checked out. May not be serious but it needs to be taken care of so it can heal.
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Re: Sore on Dog
My old Lab has one of those in that area. It should be removed and tested.
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Re: Sore on Dog
Might be a grass seed abcess. Go to the vet asap. She will probably need antibiotics no matter what it is.
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Re: Sore on Dog
+1 .
Ricky Ticky Shorthairs wrote:Might be a grass seed abcess. Go to the vet asap. She will probably need antibiotics no matter what it is.
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Re: Sore on Dog
Vet said a piece of grass got stuck in a cut. She also said that this could take up to 6 months to heal so unless it gets worse not to worry about it.
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Re: Sore on Dog
Any explanation on the growing in size when active? Maybe due to the irritation. Glad it isn't serious!
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Re: Sore on Dog
From the pictures looks like a histiocytoma.....which generally goes away by itself in several weeks and is nothing to worry about. One of my dogs just had one come up before Christmas....vet confirmed what it was. As others have said though.....take your dog to the vet to be sure. I always feel a little bit like a knucklehead when I take my dog to the vet and it turns out to be nothing, but I suspect that I would feel much worse if I didn't take them to the vet and it turned out to be something serious!
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+2Troy08er wrote:+1 .Ricky Ticky Shorthairs wrote:Might be a grass seed abcess. Go to the vet asap. She will probably need antibiotics no matter what it is.
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Re: Sore on Dog
Read the post up a little and you will see he took the dog to the vet 3 weeks ago and she told him it was nothing serious just give it time to heal.
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http://www.perfectpedigrees.com/4genview.php?id=207
It's not how many breaths you have taken but how many times it has been taken away!
Has anyone noticed common sense isn't very common anymore.
http://www.perfectpedigrees.com/4genview.php?id=207
It's not how many breaths you have taken but how many times it has been taken away!
Has anyone noticed common sense isn't very common anymore.
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Re: Sore on Dog
Don't know how I missed that post!
Good to hear nothing serious....
Good to hear nothing serious....
Re: Sore on Dog
The swelling and irritation of the lump have been going away. It's helped that my guiding is done for the year. Just going to keep giving her more time to heal.