Sorry to be so dramatic with my title. Long story, my neighbour has a black working cocker staying with her. Basically this dog belongs to a not very nice shooting type who upon finding a load of lumps on her front (she's 6yrs) has decided the dog is dying and has got another puppy. The cocker (Tarka) is getting stressed with the new pup and my neighbour is aware he's heavy handed so she's managed to get him to agree to Tarka having a 'holiday' with her. Seemingly this guy doesn't have much money and although he's said he's taken the dog to the vet and the vet has condemned the dog, my neighbour suspects not - he hasn't had a biopsy done so neither of us can see how the vet would know for sure.
She knows which vet he uses so going to try and find out if the dog has been seen but she's worried about this chap finding out as she suspects he wouldn't like the 'interference'. Quite frankly, I'm so upset I'm going to talk to my neighbour tomorrow and offer to take her to my vet and pay for it to be done. When I had a biopsy done on Normy it was with a needle and there was no 'evidence' afterwards so I'm sure we can manage it without the risk of this guy finding out. She suspects he'll shoot the dog as he doesn't have the money to treat her but IF she does have cancer and it's terminal, I'd pay to have her put to sleep.
She's a GORGEOUS vibrant 6yr old working cocker... my question is...
I had a good grope earlier and the lumps that she's has are nodular, quite hard and very moveable they're all clustered on her chest just behind her front leg - does anyone think there is a possibility this could be a collection of cysts??? The cluster is about the size of my palm but elongated if that makes sense?
Appreciate any advice/experience with this type of thing.