Posted on 12/10/2014 12:22:52 PM PST by GYPSY286
My two dobermans (aged 10 and 13) have developed fatty lumps.
I have a couple of them myself.
Oh wow, they have figured out how to get most dogs to live to or near their theoretical maximum age. That alone is going to bring about more sick dogs. I hope you aren’t a stealth PETA person.
No, and you should listen to the entire video of the vet regarding “bringing about more sick dogs”; it’s covered in the video.
She’s very clear about responsible owners versus irresponsible owners.
My lab has a pretty big one on his side, ok its real big. How much does that surgery cost?
“Nature” has brought us short lived dogs that live on what they can catch in the wild.
Anything beyond that is going to be artificial, by very definition. To get holier-than-thou about it implies we should be happy with wild dogs. There is no escape.
They’re harmless lipomas and can be associated with low thyroid.
Corticosteroid injections have been show to be useful in reducing them or if they’re somewhere easy to get to, you can just remove them surgically.
I’ve had dogs get lots of them since Ibizan Hounds are very prone to them and none have caused any trouble.
Never heard of the NuVet but if it’s otherwise harmless, give it a try.
balloon. sigh
Almost every dog. I have ever had has gotten fatty lumps.
If you’d listen to the video you’d hear that the vet’s dog lived to 17 years old.
Why are you pimping the video? That’s wonderful, some dogs do. But as a veterinarian she should be a scientist not an evangelist. “This experiment succeeded” is all she can say. Dogs in nature, eating meat, also have short brutish lives. Can’t ride on one as an inflexible ipse dixit prescription without riding on the other. Here’s news: wild dogs do not eat starved specimens. They eat whatever was in their prey’s stomach too. A mix of carbohydrates in a dog food is not even untrue to “nature.”
Most of my Ibizans had or have them and they were all linebred.
They were also all low thyroid due to genetic predisposition *and* just being sight hounds.
First test and if that comes back “normal”, give ‘em some kelp tablets, anyway.
:)
People have also reported success with that spiffy wonder spice, Turmeric.
http://en.allexperts.com/q/Alternative-Medicine-Pets-3721/2010/9/14yr-old-dog-ang.htm
I’d be sure the vet aspirated each lump for biopsy, as the fact that one is a lipoma does not mean every lump is benign. I’ve had the vet pass on cutting some while removing others as quickly as possible. No mast cells so far, but at least one of my dogs’ removals indeed was cancerous.
I’m skeptical of the supplement’s claims. But with what improvement I’ve already seen from changing to a high-quality feed - Taste of the Wild, in my dogs’ case - I wonder about the cumulative effects of lifetime grain diet that manifest only after it’s too late to prevent or reverse damage. Most available-in-the-average-grocery-store kibbles are too much grain, too little quality protein. My dominate female rarely ever gets sick now, and I know the cause if she does. Huge improvement in her quality of life & energy level.
The cost of a mass removal will vary wildly depending on your dog’s age, health, size of the mass, and how big a city you live in. Older dogs need bloodwork prior to any surgery to make sure they can handle the anesthesia. I charge about $100 for the lab work and from $70 to $100 or so for the surgery, but I’m a small time, rural vet who gets choked by Catholic guilt if I try to charge what I probably should. If you are rural the cost shouldn’t be overwhelming. Bigger cities costs are shockingly higher.
*gasp* Linebred dogs? Do they have 2 heads and a low IQ? Do they play dueling banjos and harass innocent canoers? ;)
“Watch a puppy eat a chicken leg...”
One day it’ll be someone’s arm he’s gnawing like that.
No, that would be *my* family.
The dogs are just fine.
:)
[Seven’s breeding co-efficient would render you awestruck or make you scream, depending]
:D
SOY.
Soy is a goitrogen and causes hypothyroidism.
I know of many “good”, expensive dog foods that still include soy and other goitrogenic ingredients.
You have to become a nutritionist to keep your dog well, these days.
:-\
So, here’s a start
Notice that broccoli is popping up in dog food, now.
That is one reason I switched from Castor & Pollux [and several other premium foods] back to TOTW...no broccoli in their formulas.
And, for the first time in a dozen of linebred, lumpy dogs, my remaining Ibizan Hound is lump free, as are all the other dogs.
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