As I was leaving a store ins a strip mall I noticed a dog sitting in the back seat of a old Lincoln towncar.
As I was leaving a store ins a strip mall I noticed a dog sitting in the back seat of a old Lincoln towncar.I mean old, like the same age as me "old." I started talking to the dog like I always do when I see new dogs and (she) just watched me from her right eye. It was after she turned towards me that I saw the lump on her head.
I was shocked. I didn't know what was going on: was it a birth defect or a skull wound that didn't heal properly or something else? I saw a guy walking towards the direction of the car and asked him if it was his -- he said no.
It was then that I walked around to the other side and got a closer look as you can see in the first image. Terrible! I thought maybe the dog had jumped out the window, slammed it's head on the pavement and it was swollen due to a fracture or something. I was ready to kill the owners!
I thought about leaving but knew I'd be haunted for the rest of the evening if I didn't find out what was going on, so I went into the store that was in front of the parked car and asked the people working at the counter if they knew who owned the brown Lincoln. The people were at the counter standing next to me.
I asked them what was wrong with their dog and they explained how the dog had a 7lbs (yes, that's seven-pounds) tumor on her head. They had it surgically removed over the summer and it grew back within a week. They've scheduled 3 times to have the dog put to sleep, but since she didn't appear to be in pain, played, ate and still chased birds at the park, they've always cancelled their plans. She is 9 years old just the friendliest dog in the world. They did explain the vet told them the dog is in pain but not showing it, though, so they do have to take that into consideration.
I asked if I could take a picture and they said yes (which is the second picture).
According to them, if the tumor gets to the jaw or the throat they will have no choice as the dog won't be able to eat, as it sits right now it recently got to her ear so they're worried she is going to have ear pain.
I was shocked. I didn't know what was going on: was it a birth defect or a skull wound that didn't heal properly or something else? I saw a guy walking towards the direction of the car and asked him if it was his -- he said no.
It was then that I walked around to the other side and got a closer look as you can see in the first image. Terrible! I thought maybe the dog had jumped out the window, slammed it's head on the pavement and it was swollen due to a fracture or something. I was ready to kill the owners!
I thought about leaving but knew I'd be haunted for the rest of the evening if I didn't find out what was going on, so I went into the store that was in front of the parked car and asked the people working at the counter if they knew who owned the brown Lincoln. The people were at the counter standing next to me.
I asked them what was wrong with their dog and they explained how the dog had a 7lbs (yes, that's seven-pounds) tumor on her head. They had it surgically removed over the summer and it grew back within a week. They've scheduled 3 times to have the dog put to sleep, but since she didn't appear to be in pain, played, ate and still chased birds at the park, they've always cancelled their plans. She is 9 years old just the friendliest dog in the world. They did explain the vet told them the dog is in pain but not showing it, though, so they do have to take that into consideration.
I asked if I could take a picture and they said yes (which is the second picture).
According to them, if the tumor gets to the jaw or the throat they will have no choice as the dog won't be able to eat, as it sits right now it recently got to her ear so they're worried she is going to have ear pain.
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