Mammary Tumors in a Dog...a bit bloody but interesting!

Dr Greg operates on a dog with mammary tumors and removes them. For such a big incision the end result is nice.
Remember to introduce healthy human food to your dog and cat, as I wrote about in Dog Dish Diet.

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Pets & Animals

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• Dog
• mammary
• tumors
• breast
• cancer
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[MrNativedude]

Dr. Greg please help me out with something? My 9 year old female pitbull has a marble sized tumor in here #5 gland, she's seems healthy others wise ,it doesn't seem to bother her, she can still jump up into our back yard tree so she seems strong enough for surgery it's about $1800 all together with blood test, x-ray, surgery and medication. My question is what is the success rate in terms of extending the dogs life ??

Any other comments or suggestions would be great also thanks. Native.

[DrGregDVM]

@MrNativedude Best success is to remove when small. The price must include the spay also? She should be spayed at same time. I would proceed with the surgery if you can. Some vets will let you decline some tests if price is a problem. Good luck

[kompikos]

Didn't like the bloody operating field, could have used cauterizing more and proceed with the dissections slower while cauterizing the vessels and keep a less messy field. And I am not particularly fund of the use of clippers..however I know they are widely used in the US and that takes much less time (and money) than normal plastic interlocking suturing of the skin. Interesting, correct but didn't like some aspects of the technique.

[DrGregDVM]

@kompikos Could have cauterized more,true.I am much more aggressive and interested in removing and sewing up to reduce exposure.I use staples when the incision is large and on a non stressed area (relatively) Thanks for the comments!

[Alchemyfreak990]

The editing in this video is really weird

[music4all92]

I think my brother in laws dog has a tumor.. :/

[DrGregDVM]

@JudgeSK Not scared of the noise, or the massage is worth the racket!

[JudgeSK]

@DrGregDVM I have no idea why both my ESS liked the vacuum! Skipper passed away15 years ago ,,when he heard the vac start he would come running and now Gracie who is 12 has always done the same. It's great for getting the loose hair off, however I do remove the beater bar LOL

[DrGregDVM]

@JudgeSK Lots of vets get nervous or feel pressure letting people observe. Doesn't bother me, but my business partner doesn't like it. Vacuumed every day for grooming? Isn't that funny how some would be terrified, and yours likes it.

[JudgeSK]

I was fortunate that I found my dog's tumor when it was dime sized. Since she likes to be vacumned every day I noticed the change in the look of the gland. Vet wouldn't allow me to observe surgery, I told her it wouldn't bother me being a farm kid, she said no, it would make her nervous..LOL so I missed out on that surgery.