Lump On Dogs Foot

[bigoy19706 276]

hi all I have just got a bull x bitch from a lad that is a bit of a div don't no if you read my other post but this is the dog I was on about any ways it has a half golf ball size lump on it right foot just above its toes it was soft and felt like it was full of fluid but I have noticed it getting harder it not bothering he at all and has not got bigger the lad told me it was from his kennel mesh pricking the foot any idea's what it might be

 

atb bigoy

[BIGLURKS 874]

Could be a thorn can't tell with out looking at the dog though we trip too the vets would sort it out though

[the big chief 3,099]

tek it to vets it may just be nothing but best to get it checked out

[jeppi26 1,855]

Infection from a cut or as said a thorn

[Poacherspocket 189]

Could it be a knocked once the swellings gone bone will grow around the joint. My dog suffers with this.

[fox digger 1,086]

get a pic up of it,

[baw 4,360]

f***ing vets must make a fortune from you guys :laugh; swollen lump, vets, f**k me, my dogs would have there own beds reserved in the vets over the years

[skycat 6,174]

That's hardly fair Baw. Everyone starts from a place of ignorance: we learn, little by little, what injuries need a vet, and what various lumps/bumps are likely to be caused by.

 

To the OP: without seeing the dog in the flesh no one can say exactly what the problem is, though it could well be something that someone has experienced in the past. In my experience, when a dog gets a soft lump just above a toe it is often caused by a dislocation of that toe: pretty much instant soft tissue swelling occurs. Most times the toe has clicked back into place by itself: you'd see if it hadn't as it would be sticking up or sideways at an alarming angle.

 

If the toe has been dislocated and gone back into place, the ligaments that hold the bones in place will have been stretched or torn, and need 12 weeks to heal properly. However, most people don't realise what has happened, so they lay the dog up for a fortnight, then run it again. And yes, I've done the same in the past but the joint, if not properly healed, will get a mass of scar tissue around the joint to protect it, so you end up with a dog with a hard lump in that place that stays forever, and a toe that may not flex as it should do, and may or may not cause the dog problems in the future.

[baw 4,360]

True skycat but you know what I'm saying, it's a lump near its foot, running dogs are going to get them. We don't know what it is but I wouldn't advise a lad to go to the vets on what I've read on here. But your right, as always