sheepdog with mouth tumor
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| There are a number of possibilities. One of our dogs, when he was older, had a growth/tumour in his mouth, and our vet removed it. He said it was invasive, but not cancer, but concerning. As it grows it makes the jaw spongy so it's not good to let it go. He had the growth, a few teeth, and a small part of the jawbone removed (just to a spot below the border of the growth). He had to eat babyfood for a week (he LOVED it), and we monitored it for years after, with no issues at all. I don't know if this is what yours has, but there are lots of easily treatable things it could be, so fingers crossed for your sheepie. |
Hopefully Marianne with Gilligan (I love saying that one!  ) and Lisa with Brie will chime in. They have recently had mass issues /oral surgery done and both are doing well. |
| Hi robbie just been through this recently with one of my girls, here is the post about her journey and what her oral mass was and the treatment that followed. She lost teeth and part of her Jaw bone and she did really well with that and all is looking great now. viewtopic.php?f=9&t=30939 Firstly with your girls mass in the mouth before any extreme measures are taken, the first step is with the biopsy they usually only take a tissue sample firstly, that is sent off to pathology to determin what the mass is, along with that at the same time usually an xray of the jaw is done too, to see if any invasion of what has been growing on her tissue has not invaded into the bone. After that is identified then the vet will usually speak to you about the next step & treatment. Not all are nasties, not all are sarcomas in the mouth, some are benign masses so that will be the first step to identifying what it is. If it comes back and more surgery has to be done with loosing teeth and part of the jaw bone to remove that mass or take those extra margins with bone to get it all and stop it growing back then she will cope OK, painfull for a few days, soft food for a little while after and managed with "Pain Killers" as well. Being 11 too the vet can also do a blood panel prior to see if she is OK to take anaesethics too, she will be knocked out for that tissue sample and xray then possibly more surgery after it is indentified as to what the growth is. Best wishes and keep us all up to date as to how your baby is doing. |
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