Large growth removed from stray female dog (WARNING: Graphic images)
Not long ago we received a call about a dog that had some sort of large growth protruding from her body, it was so large in fact that we were told she was nearly dragging it around.
These sorts of ailments are not that rare, but it is rare that they are this extreme.
In this case it was just a fatty growth that was hanging from the dog's body and it wasn't going to go away on its own so we got involved.
This is about as nice as these pictures are going to get so I will once again warn you that some of the upcoming pictures are going to be disturbing to some people
Turn back now if you have a weak stomach for images
We do not know this dog and we have never dealt with it before. We got the call about a stray dog that is somewhat looked after by the local community and they were concerned because although she is happy seeming as well as friendly and used to being around people, there is no denying that something was terribly terribly wrong with her.
When we first approached her we actually thought that perhaps she was missing a leg or that the protrusion was what remained of her left front leg and it was just infected and needed to be removed. But when we got closer we realized that this was something else entirely.
I still dont really know what this is but it was not sensitive to the touch and the dog just lied down on top of it when she wanted to sit. The doctors also told us that it was not cancerous and is just a sort of growth that all dogs have like a lesion of some sort that just got out of control and extended for a long ways off the body.
It's pretty gross though, you have to admit that.
According to the veterinarians it was an extremely simple operation and there was no vital organs involved in the process. When the growth was removed it was filled with mostly fat and the didn't really know what could have caused something like this to happen. Their closest guess was it was a wound caused by something else, and there was just a big problem with how the dog's body decided to heal and resulted in a protruding growth that grew over time. We don't have any idea how long this has been in the making, but once she woke up she was behaving as though she was not in any pain to speak of.
The area was cleaned extensively and she had to wear the "cone of shame" for a few days and then we simply brought her back to the neighborhood that we picked her up from. Some of the locals were there to greet us and they showered the dog with attention as she is clearly well-known in that area.
I have about 10 years of experience in dealing with Thailand's stray dog population and for me, it is just amazing that this growth was in no way cancerous. This is certainly a strange phenomenon that I am happy the local community knows about us and called us to take care of it.
I am a little disappointed that nobody in that area simply didn't pick her up and take her to a vet on their own though. I guess we can hope for the future that people will realize that they don't actually need us for this. The procedure was relatively cheap and the area we picked her up in was middle-class and someone that lived there could have afforded to have taken care of this on their own.
Nevertheless we are very thankful to our donors for providing us with the necessary resources to help the senior lady dog. We also are thankful to Bangkok Krabi Animal Hospital for providing their services at cost with no profit markup. They are instrumental in our continued operations here in Krabi.
If you would like to see how you can help out or simply spread the word, please visit our website at
http://krabianimalwelfare.org
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