goldens

My golden retriever mix, Honey had a little lump removed fom her left rear leg outside her knee a couple of months ago. From looking at it my vet did not think it was cancer, but once it was removedhe said it looed "ugly undeneath." When report came back---mast celltumor, bu the edges were clean. He had gotten it all. However, including the histopath report, our bill was jst a ta over$300. But we did have to add a little more to get antibiotics when she bused the insiicion open and had this gaping hole in her leg. But she s al healed now with a tny ara o no fur on her leg. However, her fur is so long you don't even notice it unless looking for it. It is better to get the bumps removed and teted if there is any doubt at all. I hope your girl is cancer free.

We just had a masts cell tumor removed from our golden retriever mix's leg 4 weeks ao yesteday. I am talking Texas here. Before surgery we had a full blood panel done to make sure there was no problem with liver, kidneys any infection, thyroid, etc. She was given an injection of benadryl and one of valium before going into ER. There she had a tube down there throat that divided into two and gas was in one side, oxygen the other. I was in the Or to watch the procedure. She didn't want to go under and they had to give her another injection. The incision was about 4 inches long and took many satitches. After surgery she was given tetnaus injection. ..and they trimmed her nails (no charge for that) Cost for all that---$302. It was $90 to have the tumor sent off and tested to make sure a clen margin was obtained. It was clean. The tumor was on the side of her leg, knee level. She ended up busting it open over a week later and I had to take her back in. They would not restitch it as it probably wouldn't heal, but cleaned it up and put her on 2 weeks supply of antibiotics. If I remember correctly that trip in ran me around $50 and that was because of the drugs. I hope the lump turns out to be nothing for your dog.

My vet goes 3 years for vax and after age 7-8, none at all except law required rabies. Another thing, as most, if not all of you know, ProHeart was pulled from the market here back in Sept. 2004 after it had killed so many dogs, including my golden retriever, Hunter, and only returned last summer. They say it is "reformulated" but it carries a ton of warnings and one is to not give it within a month of any vaccination. Nw according to them ackn Jan. 2005 when hey tried to get it back on the market, the 12 month version used down there was brought up and Dr. Rami Cobb of Fort Dodge said it was the same vaccine only triple the strength of the 6 month version used here. Now this time out it is suppose to be reformulated. I do not know if you all still get the "old version" or the newer reformulation, but if it is the new one, don't give it within a month of any vax. Heck, I wouldn't give it at all after what happened here.

That is great news. I was in a panic when Honey busted opn he incision and this big gaping wound right in the middle of the incision. M vet said it would not heal ifrestitched, had to heal from the inside out. Said it would take abou 4 weeks, but in 2 1/2 it is almost healed and she is rid of that dang cone--and I can grow skin back on my legs now!

Well, I don't know how Honey did it, but during the night she maaged to bust open the middle part of her incision. There was this big gaping hole in her leg. Instant panic,of course. The stitches were due to come out today and it was so un-healed as to have that hole. I figured it would have to be restitches...she d aMas Cell Tumor removed from her left rear leg on the outside of her knee 11 days ago. But Rickey said no, it would not heal if it was stitched up again, it will have to heal from the inside out. He had removed a small tumor from Gracie's side 4 weeks ago, right bhind her shoulder, and she managed to scratch and rip it open. She had to heal the same way. Gracie is his English Setter who will be 10 in Sept. They flushed it out and now I have to do the same twice a day and she is on antibiotics for 2 weeks. It will leak so I had to put down old towels, beach towels, etc all over the areas of livingroom where she lays. And she is in the cone another 10 days at least. Did removed the remaining stitches over and below the hole. Said actually her leg looks great. No infection or redness of any kind.

I really do not know much about the problem your dog is having, but I wonder of Milk Thistle could be of help? I belong to a site where every either has a dog battling autoimmune hemolytic anemia, has a dog in remission, or lost a dog to it (I lst my golden retriever to it back in '03). The durgs to get it under control ar massive and so hard on liver and sometimes kdneys and all are giving their dogs milk thistle. Some o the meds I have to take for my many ailments are hard on liverr, and I take milk thistle. Perhaps you ca ask your vet about it.

Acording to Fort Dodge, it is the same only triple strength down there. It was pulled from the market here on Sept. 3, 2004, which was 10 months after it killed my 4 year old Golden Retriever, Hunter. On Jan. 31, 2005, Fort Dodge had a large heraing, or whatever you want to call it with ouranimal division of the FDA to try to get it back. Public was invited. Some who had lost a adog/dogs or almost lost a dog/dogs attended and testified. Hundreds of us sent in our stores aead of time and each of the 15 panel members got copies of all the stories and read them before hand. During the hearig, Fort Dodge was there in force with their vets, lawyers, whatever. According to those that atened, FD came armed with charts, grpahs, you name it. They told how safe the product was, etc and they were questioned by the panel members. Fort Dodge vet, Dr. Rami Cobb talked about ho in Australia the product was 3 times the strenght of the product used here as it was one year, and they didn' have the deaths, reacgtions, reported down there that are reported here. They wre tryn to say that most of the reported cases here not actuallydue to ProHeart6. Cases here are reported to the govenemtn Food and Drug Admiinstration animal division, all reports are gone over and when a patern s seen, well. the FDA does something. They had Fort Dodge change the warning label wice and the day my Hunter got hsi fatal injection death was added as a reaction. For the record, Hunter's complete history was sent to the FDA sothey could evaluate the case, and most of who I talked to had also sent complete history or their dog/dogs. It was these reports that caused the FDA to tell Fort Dodge to withdraw it from the market. When the panel askDr. Cobb if cases were investigated the same way down there she said yes, pretty much so. BUT according to many from down there that came to American forumslooking for answers as to why their dog died or was on meds the rest of it's life, that is not the case. They said down there the reaction or death is reported to the government and then the governemnt turns it over to Fort Dodge to investigate. I say that is like ltting the fox investigate the henhouse raid. Heck, even here a vet telling them the AIHA or liver damage or gastric problem, seizures, deaths was caused by their product, they denied it. We that lost/almost lost dogs joke that even if the dog died with the needle still in it's skin with the vet injectting ProHeart6,they would claim it did of fright of the vet! Well, they did not convince the panel it was safe. On thing I think that hurt them was they had always clained only 3 of te 281 field tested dogs had reactions and they were all sick or underweight. Yet records showed that 9 more (I think it was 9) din't finish the test. They were asked why those other dogs didn't finish, what happened to them to prevent them from fihishing ( there wa no record of why they didn't finish) and the guy said some had been killed in huning accidents, some hit by cars, some "ate" antifreeze." So it appears outof 281 dogs, 12 didin't finish, either to reaction of untimely death. I think the panel saw it the same way the ones who went to tell their dog's story saw it. That is waY to many test to have met untimely deaths. So the FDA did not allow it back on the marekt, told them more research had to be done. One whoattendec (she almost lost her show Italian Greyhound) called me from Washington as soon as the "verdict was in. That night our computers were almot burned up spreadng the word to others who coud not attend. Even today,ll these yeafrs laer, many of us are stll inclose contact via e-mails and occasional phone calls. Now, all that I have written can be fond at http://www.dogsadversereactions.com. Even the 300 page transwqcript from the meeting can be found there. The lady that has this sight almost lost her ug, Velvet to PH6 and she was at the meeting. As was Jean from Colorado who lost 2 of her 3 dogs and the other, 6 years later is still on meds, three from Texas including a vet, etc. I know many, many dogs got it with no problme. But when it kills more dogs in 3 years than all of the forms of heartworm pills combined , some having been out for as long as 25 years, that should give one 2ed thoughts I personally know of 4 other dogs in my little town that had reactions, one, an Aussie shepherd, almost died, a standard poodle was on meds the rest of her life for gastric problems fafter her PH6 injection, the other were not so serious. One other thing.....when a dog goes into seizures or gets sick within hours of a PH6 injection, most suspect it was the PH6. But with cases of the liver damage or AIHA it took a couple ofweeks to a couple of months. And most didn't suspect. I would have neverthought it was the PH^ that brought on Hunter's AIHA and liver damage had my vet not said so, and then all research found so many others and it turns out thos wer the 2 top reactions that killed. Intrceptor is what I used before Hunter's death and all I have used since. No injectable that stays in their system for months and certainly not a year. The pills are gone in about 36 hours. They actually are a dewormer to kill the teeny baby heartworms the dog may have developed since the pill the month before. They stand a much better chance of survival if there is a reaction than with one that stays in their system every day for 6 months or a year and can not be removed.

I have already joined the yahoo rou, and also told another mast cell tumor victim owner about ti and she has joined also with her dog Bailey. We met onDogser when I posted about Honey and she replied her dog had the surger 2 months ago and is having problem.s

I was born in Perth----actaully Mt. Lawly--at St. Annes Hospital. My Mom geew up in Bassendean. I still have some cousins down there that I am in contact with. Never met them as Mom and I joined my American Dad here in the states back in '46.

Several years agomy golde retriever KayCee had what I thought was a seizure. I ruhed her to the vet and it was what he called a vertigo episode due to a very deep ear infection. She ha not been scratching her ear, shaking her head, there was no redness or small. He had me put drops in her ear for 2 weeks. She never had another episode. There was no hint of ear infection. My honey had been shaking her head a lot and I suspect ear infecion despite clean, ears with no smell. But her ears were fine. It was just a "nervous shake" my vet said. So you never really know and it is bet to get them checked.

I belong to an all breed forum that has a lady that fosters a lot of special needs dogs and she has learned so much about the chinese herbs and accupuncture. She has a blond (buff) cocker with AIHa and he has survived despite all odds for 2 years. He has had the usual tretments including several transfsions, but she also goes with a lot of theChinese herbs. Same with her cancer dogs, renal failure dogs, etc and has great sucess using them. I really don't know much about them, but have gon with some of the things she has suggested.

I agree----it sounds like an allergic reaction to me.

I LOVED the day in his life. Those are great pictures. Id say,tho, he did look a little sad while getting his bath. Thse rescue/aoped dogscan be sover spcial HOne was dopte whenshe was right at a year old and was heartworm positive and we had to have her treated. That is really rought on a dgo and oin their "parents" She had to spend 6 weeks in a wire crate only out about 5 times a day on short leah to go out and do her business.

I am so sorry your boy has this tumor and you are going thru all this worry. HOepfully the radiation will shrink it and yo will have your guy for many years.

Honey will not touch raw meat of any kind. I cook her chicken thighs and necks along with either gizzxards or beef liver and the sweet pototates, apples, green beans and sometimes squash. That she LOVES. I am thinking of adding spincah or otherleaf green. It is also my understanding that yellow/orange veggies are really good for dogs with MCT. Mayvbe you should call your vet and find out about getting him on anti-histamines if he isn't already, and I don't remember you mentioning him being on them. Honmey just had her morning dose of 2 benadryl tablets-she i 72 pounds and the dosage is 1 for ech 25 pounds and since she is so close to 75 pounds, she gets 3. You guy is jst to cute. The more pictures I see of him, the more I want to snatch him right off my screen and keep him for myelf.! This is me and my Honey taken last iNOv. A young frind of mine and I were going fishing (he adopted us as his parents) and he wanted to get a picture of Honey to show his wife. Had been a while she she ad seen Honey. I know I look a fright--was just geting over my broekne nose and stitches in mymy face and broekn thumb from a fall. And hubby hates my short hair--but it is so easy to care for!