Ive just been grooming my seven year old wheaten terrier and have found a small hard pea sized lump to the side of one of her nipples. We are going to ring the vets on Monday but im worried that she might have cancer, please help!

sarah xxxx

Dear Sarah,

I know you're going through - I went through something similar about 2 years ago with my BC x ESS - it turned out to be mostly cystic tissue, and whilst she had to have a mammary strip, she's still with us 2 years on, and having been speyed at the same time, is fighting fit and very active for a 12 year old :)

Thinking good thoughts for you - please let us know how it goes ;)

try not to worry,untill you have seen the vet it may be nothing.could just be an age thing they all get.
the vet will give you a better idea what it is and at least you have found it while its small.
let us know how you get on.            :-) i hope.

That is why it is important to check when you groom, the vet will remove the lump and have it tested, there is far more chance that it is benign than otherwise and even if it proves to be malignant you have caught it early and follow up treatment should prove successful.

Thank you all for your replys i not so worred anymore, will keep you posted about what the vet said and hopefull Rosie will be alright.

thanks for your help,   sarah xxxx

Just got back from the vets and he just said to keep and eye on in and he will remove it if it gets twice the size. He didnt seem that worried so hopefully all will be ok. Thank you all for your help.

sarah xxxx

That sounds good news then, hope it stays that way :)

Sarah

I'd go back to the vet and insist he takes it out now.

I took my girl last week after finding a very small lump just above her teat (smaller than a very small pea), the vet thought it was nothing and told me to forget it, i insisted he remove it and also spay her at the same time (mammary lumps are fed by oestrogen so if you remove the ovaries they are less likely to develop).  After much insistance from me he agreed and last week Rhea had the op, when they removed the lump (which the vet previously insisted was nothing) it looked malignant!!! and is at the lab for analysis.
Please go back and have it taken out now - if it is a tumour then it takes nothing for infection of the lymph nodes and then she is in real trouble.  I'd also have her spayed if she is likely to devolop mammary lumps.

Sharon

OK thanks sharon.

Ive just found a lump on my Dog tonight. Going the vets in the morning :(

Its red around it, and a black head, he's groomed everyday, and ive never noticed it before, so im hoping its just a bite. It doesnt bother him in the slightest when I touched it, so I dont think, or rather hope, its nothing bad!

I agree.  I found a lump like this in my elka at 5 years old and saw that Truda who was working for my vet at the time, and she said wait and see.  I wasn't happy and phoned one of the partners, the large animal specialist and he said get it out.

It was sent off and came back as Carcinoma.  3 1/2 years later it grew back in smae spot and she had a partial mastectomy.  She is now 12 1/2 and has so far had no reocurrence.  The sooner small cancerous lumps are removed the better. :D 

There is usually nothing to be gained from waaaiting, the only way to know for sure what kind of lump it is is to have it analysed, and for that it needs to be removed, as why waste time with a biopsy, removing it will take the same time.

Hi Sarah I also found a lump like you described on my Boxer bitch Dixie back in april this year, she had her nipple removed along with the lump and also spayed at the same time as my vet thought it could be all into connected with each other which it was as her uterus was in a bad way and she would have died if she had had another season.The lump was not cancerous it was all to do with the hormones produced by her ovaries.
Let us know how you get on.

Take care Jane...:-)

thanks jane :)