Can anyone help.I have an 11yr old gordon setter who has a cyst the size of 50p piece on her side.unfortunatly it has burst and will not dry up.The vet suggests operating to remove it is the only answer,the problem is she has a bad heart condition,I nearly lost her when she had a tooth out because she has a very bad reaction to anaesthetic so if there is another option I would be grateful to hear it.

Here is a technique that works well on dogs, the article is about humans but the same methosd works well and the dog can be just under local anasthetic:

http://www.aafp.org/afp/20020401/1409.html

thank you so much for the article I will show to the vet next time I take polly and will let you know what happens

Could you please email me at clairecem@aol.com as I too have a Gordon with a heart condition and would be interested to compare notes.