Posted on 12/10/2014 12:22:52 PM PST by GYPSY286
My two dobermans (aged 10 and 13) have developed fatty lumps.
Funny, Fatty Lumps is my wrestling name...
LOL - Perhaps you should switch from Purina One then.
For your input.
Quit feeding them bacon? =D Seriously, though...hopefully you’ll be able to get it in check!
We had a Doberman many years ago. She also had fatty tissue lumps, which were never a problem. Our vet told us not to worry about it. I would periodically have them checked, though. At that time, there did not seem to be a particular reason for the appearance of them, perhaps times have changed.
My dog has them bad.
Could be a vitamin deficiency.
When my dachshund Maxwell was about eight years old (he died over a year ago at 15) he started out with what the vet thought was a fatty lump on his side. It grew and grew, pretty rapidly, when it was taken out it was over three pounds, and was called a lipoma, but was benign. The vet said it looked like a beef roast and asked me if I wanted to see it, I declined. Lol
My former beloved dog, Grainger, who passed away last year was born with a lipoma on his neck.
He had that tumor for his entire life of 14 years and it never caused a problem.
Later in his life he developed another on his chest near the middle of his ribcage. It also never appeared to be a problem aisde perhaps from being uncomfortable for him to lay on.
He then further developed another on his head above his eye which did become irritated from him scratching it, so that one had to be surgically removed in order to provide him relief.
The vet suggested that these tumors can develope from the shots that they got over their lifepans.
During the last 4 months of his life he developed grand mal siezures. He suffered two violent seizures when he was then put on phenobarb which bought us about another 4 months of precious time with him before he one morning suffered a petit mal seizure which he never came out of and had to be sent home.
Hard day.
I suspect he did have brain cancer which caused this to happen.
I haven’t experienced them in my dogs, but I personally have experienced them in myself! They are called lipomas. The surgeon I went to to have them examined called them “chicken fat”. (He did use the medical term as well!) Some people get them, and I don’t remember him saying there was a cause other than that some people (and apparently dogs) are prone to them. They aren’t dangerous, but if they are located where they can interfere with movement, they should be removed.
Regarding the product that you saw that is supposed to reduce the size of the tumors, call me skeptical.
It’s actually quite common of the breed. We’ve lost our 2 dobermans, the female on Labor Day, but not to the fatty lumps (which never manifested in anything else that we could tell). But both to cancer.
Supplements? Garbage. Feed them raw turkey necks & ground chicken plus fresh veggies (both of ours loved veggies). And use NO HERBICIDE in your yard.
9-10 years is average for the breed.
Heartbreaking...don’t waste a day with them.
My Ragdoll cat IS a fatty lump! He’s like a furry ballon with feet!
Sorry, I didn’t mean to negate your dog’s problem. It just reminded me of my cat.
I’m a vet with almost 20 years experience. Lipomas are no big deal unless they get big under a limb, which leads to arthritis due to irregular gait or if they get circus freak size and make the dog lopsided. I haven’t heard of any medication that reduces their size. I really hate doing surgery especially mass removals (never know where that mass grows a big blood vessel to supply it, a nasty surprise when cutting), so if you try this and it actually works let me know. But I’m skeptical.
A lot of dogs get them because all dogs are “damn dirty mutants”, but we all love them just the same.
How do you know they are suffering? Leave it alone.
Thanks!
These fatty lumps are common. Just had one removed from my dog. Easy to find info. even on youtube. As for the products that report they reduce the size, I call BS. I too had never heard of this situation. In my dog, it started slow, then wow, it took off to a very large size in a short period of time. Family member just put down a Dobbie, cancer at about 7 yo.. Had your dogs lumps as well.. So much for the champion lines, mutts appear to do better. Good Luck!!!
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