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A few months ago, I noticed Lily-Rose had a weird looking lump in her front pad- between her big pad and toes. It almost looked like another ‘toe’ pad albeit slightly different texture and a bit more elongated. It definitely hadn’t been there before. She was a bit hostile about us trying to look at it, which she’s never been before, so as she was booked in for her spay a couple of weeks later in July, we left it (wasn’t bothering her at all) and asked them to look at it and remove it while she was under.
When I collected her, I asked what was in her pads and was just told ‘oh, just some hair’ which seemed a bit odd because it looked nothing like hair.
Anyway, long story short, I’m not sure what happened during the time she was at the vets but she came back from her spay extremely aggressive about having her legs and feet touched and has gone from a dog who was a dream to groom, to one who spins and snaps at me if I even dare put clippers or scissors near her legs or feet. As a result, I have been unable to properly check in her pads since the spay. It’s something Im working on with her, but we’ve only got as far as being able to touch down her leg so far.
Yesterday I noticed her licking a back pad. She stopped a few times on her walk and sat to lick it so it’s obviously quite uncomfortable. I managed to, with bribery, help and a few bites, have a quick look and she’s got an almost identical lump to the one she had in her front pad, in the back pad. I can’t check the front pad to see if the vet did actually remove it as she’s gone absolutely hysterical about any feet being touched now.
Off to the vet at 12.30 today and have explained she may need to be sedated or put under to get at them.
I’m a bit worried for a couple of reasons- 1) how horrendous her behaviour got since the spay, it’s made life so difficult to go from an easy to groom and touch dog to a nightmare. I do worry what on Earth happened.
2) Did they even remove or check the original lump during the spay? I can’t even touch that front paw to try and feel for it. I remember feeling a bit confused when they said it was just hair, but I didn’t question it as I was just so relieved to have Lily back after surgery and that her ‘lump’ was nothing sinister.
3) What are these weird lumps she’s getting in her pads? Tumours? Cysts?
Anyone had similar? I’d get a picture if I could but there’s no chance in her current mood. It looks like a black, round lump, similar size to a toe pad, but slightly different texture, sat between her big pad and her toes. I’ve googled and things like cysts have come up but none look like it.
All I can say is it definitely is not hair!
Anyway, I’ll report back after the vet later.
When I collected her, I asked what was in her pads and was just told ‘oh, just some hair’ which seemed a bit odd because it looked nothing like hair.
Anyway, long story short, I’m not sure what happened during the time she was at the vets but she came back from her spay extremely aggressive about having her legs and feet touched and has gone from a dog who was a dream to groom, to one who spins and snaps at me if I even dare put clippers or scissors near her legs or feet. As a result, I have been unable to properly check in her pads since the spay. It’s something Im working on with her, but we’ve only got as far as being able to touch down her leg so far.
Yesterday I noticed her licking a back pad. She stopped a few times on her walk and sat to lick it so it’s obviously quite uncomfortable. I managed to, with bribery, help and a few bites, have a quick look and she’s got an almost identical lump to the one she had in her front pad, in the back pad. I can’t check the front pad to see if the vet did actually remove it as she’s gone absolutely hysterical about any feet being touched now.
Off to the vet at 12.30 today and have explained she may need to be sedated or put under to get at them.
I’m a bit worried for a couple of reasons- 1) how horrendous her behaviour got since the spay, it’s made life so difficult to go from an easy to groom and touch dog to a nightmare. I do worry what on Earth happened.
2) Did they even remove or check the original lump during the spay? I can’t even touch that front paw to try and feel for it. I remember feeling a bit confused when they said it was just hair, but I didn’t question it as I was just so relieved to have Lily back after surgery and that her ‘lump’ was nothing sinister.
3) What are these weird lumps she’s getting in her pads? Tumours? Cysts?
Anyone had similar? I’d get a picture if I could but there’s no chance in her current mood. It looks like a black, round lump, similar size to a toe pad, but slightly different texture, sat between her big pad and her toes. I’ve googled and things like cysts have come up but none look like it.
All I can say is it definitely is not hair!
Anyway, I’ll report back after the vet later.
