Is it more humane to immediately euthanize a dog with cancer? Or is it okay to wait awhile and see how they deal with the pain? (Picture)?

When you see your vet on Saturday he can take some cells from that lump, look under the microscope and tell you in his opinion if it needs to be removed or not. Right now, try not to worry - that lump is a long way from his heart, and he is in no immediate danger before the vet visit.

How does he act? if he is the same as always keep him if he is declining slowly keep him. How is it affecting him? thats the factor.If he can't get up and go to the bathroom, it is time, to go on the long last ride. He is not feeling any pain now probably because you are not describing a change in his attitutde. i broke my leg last august and felt sorry for my self my life was over, wished i would die. I saw a little girl on the internet she was happy and scared at the same time, she has stumps below the knee and she was getting a new set of plastic feet.She will never peak on agility with those feet where I am currently, how can she be happy, when I am not?Something is wrong with me. Your dog doesn't have this despair circuit you do.Keep that dog till he is not happy to see you any more. Then let him go. The dog doesn't mind pain and discomfort, if he gets to be with you. feed him as much baking soda with his food and water as you can to lift his from acid to basic as much as possible It is what I do to myself for my skin cancer.When he hurts enough to withdraw he wants to go. You are a conservative, you work hard, and you get your oil changed every time on time , you don't eat expired food. You think in terms of yes and no. If you are to selfish to watch the dog enjoy his old age, and suffer a bit, kill him immediately, and tell your self you are humane.

Don't you ever take your dog to the vet for check-ups? Maybe you should stop diagnosing things and let a professional do it. It could be nothing. On a side note, if your pet is suffering from something terminal, yes, euthanizing would be the right thing to do.

It does look like it might be cancer. My 11 yr old female Dalmatian was diagnosed with skin cancer about or over a yr ago. I have been treating her with 'esiac tea' & have been able to keep the big huge masses down & they don't get to the point of constant bleeding. She will still get a few growths but they come up & then go back down.

If your Vet diagnoses cancer start the dog on the esiac tea for dogs.

Here is the whole list of sites for that search.

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-insta...

You can look up, cancer in dogs. then click images at the top & check the pictures to what you see on your dog.

There are no vets here and no one can tell you whether your dog has cancer or not...only the vet you see on Saturday can.

As for cancer, depending on the cancer and how spread it is, I personally know dogs that were treated with chemo and radiation and doing just fine. Again, this will depend on the type of cancer. I know other dogs that suddenly collapsed and it turned out they were riddled with cancer.

Listen to your vet.

Ask your vet we do not have the qualifications to diagnose or treat your dog. Some cancers respond to.treatments others,do not

If your dog is diagnosed with a cancerous lump, in which case I would suggest having it removed.

Even though there is never a guarantee that it won`t return.

My male GSD was 12 years old when he was diagnosed with a malignant lump. In fact he had 3 small lumps. One near his penis. One on a nipple and one on his back leg. The one near his penis was diagnosed as malignant.

As he was so old the vet advised not having it removed as he was not in any pain with it. He then later got an adenoma on his anus which was non malignant and painless but did get infected and he had to be on antibiotics every few months.

But it was manageable, if a bit messy at times.

The non-malignant lump on his back leg grew to an enormous size by the time he was 13 years old and it was choice of either having him euthanised or having the lump removed as it was the size of a grapefruit.

As he was still so active and happy I had all pre-op tests done and decided to have the growth removed from his leg. he flew through the operation with ease and he lived happily for almost another 2 years, and was still coming out on short walks 2 days before cancer finally claimed him at almost 15 years old, and I had to have him euthanised.

So I suggest you wait until you have seen your vet and got a diagnosis of your dogs lump and take it from there.

Odds are your dogs lump is harmless and can be either removed or treated. Good luck.

I would wait, the dog could have a chance at living. Why take that away? But if the dog is in a lot of pain, then it's just what needs to be done. It's the hardest thing to do, letting go of a friend. Good luck