It's been a very bad 3 weeks. First we lost Dandy the old Golden, then we lost the litter of pups a few days ago. Today I took Ripley my VERY most special girl (my most special dog ever, out of all I've had in my life -she's everything to me) to the vet to be spayed, and just by chance the same morning I found a mammary tumour on her -it had appeared very quickly. The vet removed it at the same time as spaying her and he said it was very nasty indeed. She's ended up having major surgery and now we have the wait to see if it is bad or not -I did request the lump to be sent off. I'm out of my mind with worry as there's been a few Malinois I know of that's died of cancer so I know it happens. Ripley is 9 but otherwise in excellent condition, her latest show report in Our Dogs this week from SKC where she took CC and BOB says she looks half her age and could have kept going all day.

Marianne, you must be in bits, so sorry for your losses & wishing Ripley a speedy recovery.

how awful, fingers crossed all goes well for you and Ripley.

Oh no! Fingers crossed for Ripley to make a full recovery.

fingers and paws crossed that Ripley makes a full recovery. Sounds like you got it fast which is good

Oh Marrianne I am so sorry to hear this, having just had a terrible time I know how you may be feeling, We have fingers toes and tails crossed for you here, we will be praying for good news for you. just remember not all lumps are bad and I really hope this will be the outcome for you.
All our love.
Aileen and the girleis XXXX

Oh blimey..........
It never rains but it pours eh!
Lets all hope and pray for you that it is okay.
Karen

So sorry Marrianne for the awful time you are having,one of my labs had 6 mammary tumours removed aged nine she was very sore for a few days however she recoverd and lived to the grand age of 15yrs,fingers and paws crossed for your lovely girl.

Sheilaxx

so sorry to hear of all this happening. You must be in a tizzy!  Mind whirling and all.  Sorry for the losses of your golden, and the litter of pups.  Lets hope your old special girl makes a very speedy recovery.  Thinking of you.  ((((hugs))))

What an awful 3 weeks! :(

I know what you're going through, I had my Ch bitch speyed just as she was coming into season for the same reason, we had the stud all lined up and had to forget having a litter - it would have been her second.   I couldn't take the chance with her health and it was growing by the day.

That was 3 years ago and so far she's fine - more than fine in fact :)

Hope you have a good result - and soon!   

{{{{HUGS}}}}

I'm so sorry Marianne, what a rotten time you've been having recently. You must be worried sick about poor Ripley - here's hoping she makes a speedy recovery.

I hope you and Ripley are together for a long time to come.Sending very best wishes to both of you and condolenses for the loss of Dandy and the pups.x

So sorry for your losses, amd keeping my fingers crossed for Ripley. My MIL's little cross had a mamary tumour that came up really quickly, and following its removal, went on to live to the age of 17. Fingers crossed for Ripley.

Sending positive vibes.  You must have had all bad luck at once.  Hoping that Ripley recovers well and the sample is benign.  We are all thinking of you.

> mammary tumour

So sorry to hear this. I do hope it turns out OK for Ripley. We once had a complete mammary strip done on a 10 year old OES bitch we had due to tumours. She was fine afterwards, though she did take a while to recover.This was before the days of chemo for dogs so the surgery was all the treatment she had. She lived for another good few years and died of something completely different.  It needn't necessarily be the end. Fingers crossed for you both.

I,m sorry Marianne to hear about Ripley You,ve had more than your share of problems already this year.
I hope its good news for Ripley and that she soon feels a lot better.
You take  good care of yourself as well and keep us updated there will always be someone here for you.
Love Sharon.

(((( Hugs, thoughts, prayers and a HUGE helping of CD positive vibes ))))
Warmest wishes Marianne, make sure you take care of *you* too. I can imagine you working and worrying yourself to the bone with this, those of us that 'know' you, know what an amazing dog Ripley is and how much she means to you, we'll all be right here willing her on for a positive outcome and speedy recovery..... xxxxxx

marianne i'm so sorry, what a horrible time your having.

thinking of you and i hope Ripley can be treated effectively.

so very sorry.

Thanks everyone. Ripley came home yesterday with two wounds, the biggest was the tumour removal site which is nearly a foot in length.(But as they are both underneath her, you can't actually SEE anything unless she is laying on her side, standing up she looks normal. Her coat is very thick so hides a lot.) She was SO out of it, having stopped breathing several times during the surgery. Today she is MUCH better but obviously must take it very easy. She's getting spoilt rotten and she's with me all the time day and night. We should have the report back anytime from end of next week onwards. The vet did think though it most likely was a malignant tumour, so we can just hope he got good enough margins. THANK YOU in particular to everyone who shared stories of bitches who had had the same done and gone on to love several more years -that REALLY made me feel better. You're all GREAT, every one of you.

bless her, the poor thing it sounds like a heavy op. i really hope they got it all.

you need to take care of yourself as well as your girl, you've had a hell of a time.

thinking of you all, please let us know how everything goes.

>bitches who had had the same done and gone on to love several more years -that REALLY made me feel better.

Possible the most appropriate typo I've ever seen :)

Keeping everything crossed for your special girl, Marianne.

healing thoughts to Ripley and hugs to you a pretty tough time for you at the mo xx

Possible the most appropriate typo I've ever seen :-)

LOL!! And yes, it certainly is true!

Marianne, so sorry to hear all the problems that you have been having. Just so glad to hear that Ripley is okay.
You know, a Golden I know ended up having a double mammary strip about 3 years ago. She is still here and still showing in the veteran classes.

Just caught up with this and wanted to add my love and best wishes, hoping that Ripley makes a full recovery and that the mass was nothing sinister. xx

Just caught up too. Thats it for your bad luck now. Just good, good and more good from now on.!!!

Hi Marianne

sorry things have been so rough lately :(  You must be heartbroken over Dandy and your little one's distress at losing her pups.

Sending positive thoughts and vibes to you and Ripley that her op has removed any traces of danger and that she has many happy years ahead to share with you and keep the others in line :)

God bless, Teri

Thanks Teri -thanks everyone. We will have Ripley's results later this week. Both she and Ginny are getting closer to normal now although it will be a while yet before they are 100 %. It's really nice, normally those two tolerate each other but don't LIKE each other -Ginny being my only Papillon who doesn't really like big dogs. But it's like they have something in common now, and today I have found them cuddled up together on the sofa several times!

> We will have Ripley's results later this week

Well she's officially on the much bent ear of Him Upstairs :)  How lovely that your girls are 'sticking together' at this time - in such instinctive animals there's bound to be a level of understanding between them that we can't begin to understand.

Will look forward to updates - please God, good ones!
Teri x

The tumour was BENIGN!!!!!!!!!! Slightly atypical so the lab said to watch her closely, but even so, everything removed with clean margins, looks good, nothing much to fear at the moment!! :) :) :)

Delighted to hear this Marianne.. I bet there was a very audible sigh of relief :-)

What great news I am so pleased for you here's to a long and healthy life ! (Lifts champagne glass)
Aileen and the girlies xxx

Bl**dy Brilliant Marianne<raises a glass of sparkling water>here's to many more years of you & Ripley

Glad to hear you have had some good news for a wee change. :)

glad to hear ripley's tumour was benign....some good news at last :)

> The tumour was BENIGN!!!!!!!!!!

YES!!! so pleased for you!! what lovely news :)

Fantastic news, Marianne! What a relief! :dances:

That's Brilliant news!! :-D :-D :-D

Fantastic!!!! So pleased for you.

Brilliant news,so glad.

Sheila xx

> The tumour was BENIGN!!!!!!!!!!

Oh I am pleased :-). Wonderful news for you.

really pleased to hear this!

> The tumour was BENIGN!!!!!!!!!! Slightly atypical so the lab said to watch her closely, but even so, everything removed with clean margins, looks good, nothing much to fear at the moment!! :) :) :)

The only one of mine to ever have cancerous mammary tumours lived quite happily for 5 years after a partial mammary strip at 8 1/2, and her death was totally unrelated to Cancer, so Ripley really should be fine.

Sending all you and yours the best positive thoughts.

Really pleased for you Marianne...
Nice for you to have some good news...

Gabrielle x

Wonderful wonderful news!