my 10 yo boxer having an operation tomorrow.

[pud1]

my lovely boxer has got a lump on his hock. he has had it many years and its been tested. it is just fat but it is massive. its the size of 2 boiled eggs. the vet advised that while it does not bother him its best not to operate but it has grown and the skin is very thin so we have now decided to have it removed.

i am worried about how he will cope with the op. he hates the vets and sits shaking in the waiting room. would i be mad to leave him with my OH t shirt so he has the smell of home with him? i also assume he will have a head cone which i am dreading. he is a very typical clumsy boxer and i dread to think how he wil cope with a cone. i am also wondering what to expect with after care regarding food and walks.

Oh dear, sounds a worry. I'm sure the vet wouldn't put him at too great a risk. I expect he'll explain all the aftercare too.

Poor boxer boy hating the vets, I would probably take the t-shirt or something of home to put in with him. I feel sorry for the poor dogs that get dragged in and sit there shaking out of their skins; our first boxer loved the vets and would bounce on in there like he owned the joint. Luckily our young boxer seems to love it just as much. I'll sure your boy will cope fine with the cone. Our first boy had three ops and it didn't take him long to figure it out.

Yes send him with something smelling of home. You can get soft versions of the collar to protect your legs and everything else from boxer clumsiness as a short term version I've rolled up large towels and then gaffer taped together in place of stiff collar, worked fine and less stressful for the dog

i have only just seen these replies.

he was shaking when we left him. it was awful. he has had the op and it turns out the lump was a cancerous tumour. i am actually pissed off as the biopsy we had came back as no cancer cells and that it was just a fatty lump. we were advised to leave unless it effects his movement. this was over a year ago. its a bot of a shock to be told that its cancer and that it had a massive blood supply so there is a chance it will spread.

he is ok now though. he has alot of dressing and is a bit sleepy.

Oh pud, how is he doing today? Did they manage to get good clear margins? So hoping it hasn't spread.

Our DDog1 had two ops for mast cell tumours, one at 4 years and the other at 7, and all of his lumps and bumps (there were many, big and small) on his bod were recorded and monitored regularly by our vet. Even now with DPup2 although he has no lumps as yet both of us find ourselves unconsciously checking for lumps when he has cuddles.

We are not sure if they got it all. He feels a bit cold tonigh . He is sleeping on his bed at the no wrapped in my old dressing gown

Hope he's a bit brighter now and coping with the cone. Fingies crossed it hasn't spread.