I found out today my beloved 6 year old Rott has cancerous tumours on his cheek and neck.  I am devastated, he is such a gentle soul, so kind and loving. Why him??  I feel physically sick and can't stop crying, we love him sooooo much.  I lost my Rottie bitch to cancer 5 years ago and can't bare to think it's happening again. 

Bless you.......
             I really feel for you and know what you are going through.....
I lost my first Australian Shepherd to a large spinal tumour at the age of 6 years and it hurt so bad. :(

Has the vet given any indication of what course of treatment they might be willing to try ?

Please feel free to PM me if you want to chat.......

(((Hugs))) to you and your beloved fur baby,

Gabrielle xxxxx

So sorry to hear your bad news. I am thinking of you xxx

Lins xx

I am so sorry danny. :(

I am so sorry to hear your bad news,can the tumours be removed?it may not have spread,get to see a specialist and dont give up hope,thinking of you both,in my prayers,
Ash.

I do so feel for you Danny. I lost my favourite girl to cancer a few years ago. Be strong for him. :(

So sorry to hear this ! Make every day special enjoy each other while you can .....Do all the things you know he enjoys!
It will help to make you cope as this is what I would do in this situation.     God Bless you both      Jill

I'm really sorry to hear this but please keep positive and strong for both your sakes :( 

I'm so sorry Danny. I can't imagine how sad you are right now. What a devastating blow.

I'm so sorry to read this Danny - you must be heart broken and worried sick :( :( :(  

Thinking of you and your gentle boy.  Teri x

So sorry to hear this - thinking of you and your lad.

So sorry danny :( {{{hugs}}} all around X

Thankyou so much for your kind words. He is having surgery on Thursday to remove the tumours.  My bitch Rottie had mammary cancer and we had two lots of operations to remove the tumours, they came back for the third time within months.  She went through so much pain. I have said that if my boy's tumours continue to return I wont keep cutting him open if it only gives him a little longer. I want him to enjoy his remaining life with the least amount of suffering.   His soul mate was our Neo who died 20th April 2004, he has always missed her since her death. A concellation is that I hope she is waiting for him somewhere. Her ashes are on our mantlepiece, when my boy goes, I will put them together again in my father's orchard.              ANYWAY, slap myself around the face and stop being morbid, must be strong for him, musn't I . xxxx thanks again chaps.

so sad - give him an extra hug from me

Yvonne

You are being strong at a time that must be so hard for you.  We'd all be devastated if this was happening to our own dogs and for you to have to go through this more than once must be very difficult to cope with.  You can only do your best for him and make his life as good as it can be.  Sometimes cancer can be treated successfully and I sincerely hope this is one of those times.  My thoughts are with you and your dog.

CG

Hi

I lost my beloved GSD in the summer to cancer it was so quick. I had no idea until he started to swell up with internal bleeding and nothing could of saved him so had him PTS all happend within 4 days. I have had a huge black cloud hanging over me ever since. I brought myself a pup who I adore but she isnt my boy.

I hope you get good results and a little more time with your rottie. My boy was only 4yrs old so I feel even more cheated

Wendy

I'm sorry to hear your lovely dog has cancer. One of our dogs had a nasal tumour; she had the one op. but after that we said "no more" and she was put to sleep once the tumour started to be aggressive again. Sending kind thoughts at this sad time,

Lindsay
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Keeping everything crossed for a good outcome today.

Oh danny, I am so sorry, thinking of you.

Jenna. x

So sorry Danny.  I know what you are going through.  Amy my tibetan terrier was only 3 when she was diagnosed with cancer and the vet gave her 6 weeks.  18 months later we had to send her to rainbow bridge but we and her enjoyed the time together.  Give him and yourself a big hug

CarolW

I am so sorry about your news.

Danny,

Please have a look at this website, Malcom Bearley the animal cancer specialist works from here. It may be worth giving them a call  http://www.animalcancertrust.org.uk

Many thanks, tried the website, but says it is under construction.  thanks again for all the kind words from everyone. xx

Hi Danny,

I am sorry the website must be being updated as it was working last month. I would e-mail them and ask for advice, as I said in my earlier post Malcom Bearley a leading specialist in veterinary oncology works from there.

Do hope you have good news soon.

Oh Danny, bless you both, Im soo sorry to hear this :(
{{warmest hugs}} we're all here for you xx and will send the power of the CD positive vibe x

He is in surgery 10.30am on Thursday. Can we all have a joint group hug for him and can you send him nice thoughts ??  Oh, and a large box of kleenex for me, I cant stop crying !

Mega {{{{{{hugs}}}}}} & masses of  healing prayers to you & your furbaby

Im so very sorry Danny, hope all goes well thursday. I will be thinking of you.
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I am so sorry to read this and hope and pray that all goes well on Thursday.Take care.
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im so sorry to hear this. we lost our beautiful weimy to lymphoma last month. im sure she is looking out for ur doggy. hope it goes well thursday xxx

Lots of positive thoughts and love coming your way - good luck for Thursday hope all goes well xxx

Just when I thought it could get no worse, my insurance company are refusing to pay for his treatment. His policy review date was 16.02.07 and I took him to the vet the day before. They say that my dog was already sick before the policy review date and to be covered I must declare my dog free from all disease and any signs of sickness. I now have a whopping £600 bill heading my way, even though I have paid the insurance company hundreds of pounds as I have all 4 of my dogs insured with them. Cant believe it, what idiots. !!

Rotten insurance company. :( That's why I don't insure and just pay a monthly sum into a 'vets' bank account. Hope all goes well on Thursday.

Danny,
        Will be thinking of you both on Thursday and praying for a positive outcome............
(((Hugs))), Gabrielle xxxxxx

Hi danny, will be keeping fingers tightly crossed for your boy tomorrow - hope all goes well.

Re the insurance company, not quite sure what you mean by review date - do you mean renewal date cos if so, surely he would be covered as the old policy was still be in place when you took your dog to the vet and you were planning to continue insurance cover with the same company?  Seems very unfair to me if they can then turn round and say his treatment isn't covered because he happens to be sick when renewal takes place.  If they won't budge, is there mention on the policy of an ombudsman you can contact?

Just wanted to provide some support and send some hugs for tomorrow. It would be worrying enough without the insurance problem. We'll have all our fingers and paws crossed that it goes well.

I hope things go well tomorrow - best of luck,
Carina

I am praying for you lots of hugs sent to you............ my rr male had double entropia and we had troble getting insurance to pay for in the end they only gave us half..... again wishing and praying for you and your baby xxxxxxxxxxx love marie and toby and tj

Wishing you all the best for today - hope all goes well. Fingers and paws crossed here for you and your lad.

It sounds like some insurance companies have rather odd practices.  I can't understand how they are trying to get out of paying for the cancer operation if you have an existing policy.  I do hope the operation goes well today.

And how did they justify only paying for half of the cost for the entropian operation.  Fair enough to have to pay the excess, but to have to pay up for half of the cost of the operation rather defeats the object of insurance.  Poor dog - it must have been very painful for him.

Just sending a {{hug}}
Thinking of you both today, fingers crossed tight xx

Fingers crossed for your dog, on the insurance - don't know if you see 'Dogs Today' mag, they have an insurance clinic page, the guy runs an independant company offering free advice on pet insurance - this is the sort of case he seems to be sucsessful in getting companies to change their minds about paying. dont know if I can post details on here but you can pm me and I will let you have the phone etc.
Chris

All the best for today, I'm keeping everything crossed for you both  xxx
Maria

I hope today went well and he is back at home.
Lea :)

Hi,

Kane is back home, feeling very sorry for himself. Two large wounds to his cheek and neck. Unfortunately an elizabethan collar wont stop him kicking the wound to his neck. Any tips for getting wounds to heal quicker?

Tumours gone for histology, vet seems to think it is not good, but hopes we have contained any cancer from spreading.

Been a hard time this week, but thankyou all dearly for the good wishes, they have worked so far !!

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I'm glad to hear he's home and will hope that the test results have some positive news for you. Climb onto the sofa and get some Kane cuddles - it will be good for both of you.

I'm so pleased that he's home.  Fingers crossed for the lab results.

Is it worth putting a sock on his rear foot to stop him scratching himself so much?

Best wishes

So pleased he's home :) Sending lots of healing vibes to Kane X

(hehehhe you been on the Gin Kerry!!??)

Danny!! Great!! Glad he's home..brave soldier xx
See how he gets on but Ive got loads of old Bootees the sibes used to run in if you a pair to protect him scratching? (dont laugh!!! they are the UGG boots of the dog world dontchhhhha knoooooow!! :D ;) )

I have previously paid money for those dog boots, he tore them to shreds within half an hour. He went to bed with a sock on last night, the sock appears to have been ingested by my other garbage disposal rottie, who likes eating anything not food. Cant find the sock anyway .  Kane's stitching looks okay so far, he is eating well. However, our 9 month old Frenchie is obsessed with having to make Kane's poorly go away with lots of kisses and licks. We are having to keep them seperate.  thanks again, will update up as we go along, xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx