Fatty lump or something sinister?

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I know you can't give a diagnosis but I just thought someone here might have some relevant info.

Love of my life is booked to see a vet on Monday as I have found two lumps on him. At first I thought 'ah he's ten, they'll be fatty lumps' but now I'm thinking the areas don't fit that diagnosis. One is about the size of a small marble and on his tail, internal, can poke it about and he doesn't mind, feels smooth and round. He has a docked tail and it is closer to the base but not on the base.

Second lump is on his hind leg, on the back of the bottom bone, again, sitting under the skin and no pain associated. I'm fairly certain this has appeared in the last three weeks or so.

Any views? I know the vet will want to test them but in the mean time I am worried sick.
 
Obviously the only one who can give you a definitive answer is your vet. However, my 8 year old GSD has had a lump on her tail very similar to the one you describe on your dogs tail, which she has had for over a year. It has been looked at by the vet and at the moment I am just monitoring it, it hasn't changed in size or shape so far.
 
I had a old lumpy dog!
Usually if you can move it under the skin and pick it up its likely to be a fatty lump.
However you must get vet to check. The one on his tail may be a tail cyst, but again you need vet to check.
Sometimes even if they are just fatty lumps due to where they are and size they may need to be removed anyway.
Good luck, hope they turn out to be harmless.
 
My 13 year old greyhound has a lump on one hind leg (near the paw) and another on her back - I will be honest and say I am just monitoring them, at her age I would really struggle to justify putting her through any surgery so as long as they aren't bothering her then I will leave them well alone....

Hope all turns out well for you
 
Thank you! I can move them about and they don't seem to have any real connection to anything! I feel better knowing that it still could be benign, you've certainly helped put my mind at rest for now.

Fingers crossed they are just old man, fatty lumps. He really is my one true love.

I really hope FfionWinnie doesn't see this - she'll throw something at me for being such a stupid soppy cow over a grumpy, badly behaved Jack Russell! 😂💕
 
Ask for a fine needle aspiration. Big dog is covered, poor boy, all fatty lumps, he's 13 and otherwise going strong, galloping round the field, dragging pizza boxes out of the overflowing bin :rolleyes3: Fingers crossed that's all it is.
 
My bet is also with sebaceous cyst or fatty lipoma,
Vet can take a few cells with a syringe and tell you in minutes if this is the case...if the lump is solid tissue then you will have to consider other possibilities.
My boy had a deep cyst removed with a local anaesthetic at the site..it was a deep " black cyst " the was bothering him..like an inverted cauliflower the roots were going deeper...but my point is they can be removed without a general anaesthetic if they actually need to come off.
 
Took my dog into vets with same this week.Advised keep an eye on it to see if it gets any bigger, reassess then possibly a needle aspiration . I hope mine is a fatty lump too, I put off seeing the vet for a couple of weeks because I was scared of what it might be, but best to get it checked.
 
My 7 year old springer has several little lumps in different places. Vet sees her a couple of times a year for her jabs and I take her along when the others go for theirs. So far he isnt worried, he can tell by feel that they are fatty lumps and advised me keeping an eye on them in case they start to get much bigger and to check her over regularly just in case any more appear that arent so innocent. She did have a small warty lump under her tail which was removed to stop it growing and interfering with her ability to go to the loo but it was benign.
 
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