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send them to me chipccod@yahoo.com if you like and ill see what i can do
Hi all, well its been almost a year since tuck came into our lives and it has been absolutely fantastic!
We are so glad we adopted him, and as usual with restricted breeds, we do get the odd ill educated people cowering in fear when we’re walking him, but in general, everybody loves him.
Tuck had lost the hair on his ears from stress when we got him but all that has grown back and his confidence has grown daily. We have a routine of walks twice a day, for 45 minutes at a time, so he has also lost his little tubby belly.
Some bad news though
, we found a small lump on his hind paw, he went in to our vet 2day for a biopsy and to have it removed, so as I type, he is lying beside us absolutely wasted from the anaestethic. We have never seen him so quiet! We havent had to put the lampshade on his head yet but I am sure, like the muzzle, he wont like it much.
Hopefully we get good results back from the lab. Fingers crossed! Also, thank Christ for pet insurance! I would advise all pet owners to get it, you never know.Thankyou everybody for your good wishes.
The anaestethic finally wore off this morning and Tuck got some more life again. Luckily, so far he hasn’t really been bothered by the stitches, I just had him out for his usual evening walk and he never even limped on the bad paw. 
His check up will be monday, and then stitches out in 2 weeks, hopefully the lab results dont take too long.
Our vet Liam said the tests are just precaution really, he told us the technical term for the ‘lump’ but I couldn’t pronounce it so I cant remember it
He did say if it was what he thought it was everything would be fine. Hopefully he is right!Tuck is an absolute dote! Delighted to see that he has got such a good home! We r all keeping 3 sets of paws and 2 lots of fingers crossed that you get good news. Hopefully this may reassure you – we have 3 rescues (2 ex Ashton) and one of ours, Harry, a beardie collie cross has had a succession of lumps removed over the past couple of years. We had good news but I understand what you must be going through, we were up the walls with worry about him at the time. Cant remember the technical name for the lumps – basically there are harmless lumps and those not so harmless. Thankfully, Harry has (and still has) the former – they are basically fatty lumps. Some dogs are just more prone to them than others, however, Harry was very overweight at the time (we spoilt him rotten when he came out of kennels – long story!) and if the doggie is carrying a lot of weight, just as he fills out with the weight, the extra weight exacerbates / accelerates the speed at which the lumps grow. Needless to say, Harry was immediately put on a strict diet and he’s done really well, and continues to do so. Unfortunately, with Harry’s coat, the lumps arent so easily detected – I groom all of my 3 daily and I think its a brilliant habit to get into; it helps the dog feel closer to you and just as important, you notice any changes on their body straight away. I agree totally with you on the pet insurance, when we sent Harry’s lumps away to the lab and got the bill from the vet, between that and the actual removal of each lump (he had about 8 in total at the time), the bill wouldve been about 1,500 or thereabouts and t.g. we only had the 75 excess to pay. Unfortunately, more lumps can grow but its very important that you keep an eye on them, feel them (there should be movement in them and they shouldnt cause pain) and always get any lump checked out. Our friends ignored lump on their dog’s hind leg and it turned out to be cancerous, the dog lost his leg but thankfully has survived. I’m sure Tuck will be fine
We had the results back from the lab within about 5 days (the vet understands that people are anxious and they will usually endeavour to do their best to get the results to you asap). Again, all crossed for your little man and do let us know how he is! (Sorry for rambling on, hope this helps!)Woohoo! Results are all clear, it was just a harmless tumor that young dogs get, I still cant pronounce it.
Stitches are out and he is healing nicely.
We’re really pleased and the little sod is bound to be spoiled by everybody now.
Thanks again everybody for all your good wishes, we really appreciate it.
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