My beautiful 11yo SBT who Ive had since she was 8 weeks old has been pawing at her face for about 4 weeks, after the first few days of this I took her to the vet who thought it was some bad teeth so those were removed. She was wiped out by the GA but when it wore off that night she started pawing again.
3 weeks later and many AB's, painkillers, eye drops, Piriton etc we had a referral to an eye specialist as her eye has been bulging out a little so then I thought it must be an eye problem.
The eye specialist did various tests and believes that she has a growth either behind her eye or in her nose/sinuses. She has a CT scan next week to see exactly what it is, where it is and how we can deal with it, if it can be dealt with. Shes also had a blood test which Im waiting for the results.
She is my first proper dog as a grown up as Ive always been a cat person and shes stolen the last bit of my heart that was reserved for my pets.
Im heartbroken. Its taken me by surprise how upset I am, shes such a good dog, has never even so much as white-eyed me, I swear shes actually got a sense of humour and knows when Im sad and her eyes light up when a kid (or anyone!) shows her a bit of attention.
My poor girl, she was supposed to end her days in her sleep in her dog bed (or my bed!!) all tucked up and warm, now all I can vision is her being in pain and me having to make the awful decision to PTS in a cold clinical vet room that she hates so much.