My poor little Barney boy has been through the mill yesterday.
Monday night OH found a small lump on the top of Barney's head around about midnight. I wasn't unduly worried, but woke up early to check him out in case he needed to go to the vets. He had developed a further 3 lumps on his head so I called the vets yesterday morning and made an appt for later that day. I promptly fell asleep again.
I woke up 90 minutes later and I just could not believe my eyes. I could immediately see his left eye was almost closed and very red but as I got up close with him he had loads of open weeping sores on him, plus the lumps on top of his head had grown a lot. Got him on the grooming table and did a closer inspection. He had 14 of the sores and 4 lumps on his head. Rang the vets back and took him straight down.
She said she'd never seen anything like it before and certainly nothing that came up so quickly in that state. She took loads of pictures of him. Barney is in the middle of being treated for intestine problems so I knew exactly what he'd eaten and nothing could be linked there. So we're working on the assumption that its a reaction to something on his late night walk Monday night. The other three dogs were with him and they're fine and it was their usual daily walk.
Basically she's said they are ulcers that are already infected, open & weeping. She's taken a swab and sent it off to the lab in case he needs specific antibiotics to get it under control. She's given him an anti-inflammatory injection, broad spectrum antibiotics tablets and antihistermine tablets. He's also to wear a Buster collar which just made his day!
As you'd expect he's been out of sorts today, those eyes break my heart.
And to top it off Morgan is frightened of Barney in the Buster collar and runs away whenever Barney moves.
This morning they have dried up a bit but as my OH said he still looks like he’s done 10 rounds with Mike Tyson. :’(
There are some pics below that I took earlier yesterday just before going to the vets.
Has anyone had anything similar happen to their dog? Any views or ideas?
On his neck and right by the ear hole.
His right eye and you can just make out one on his muzzle.
Left eye and again look closely on his muzzle.
View from the front, the lumps are visable on the top.
