TUMOUR ON DOGS TESTICLES - What is the chance of cancer?

You really need to get the tumor tested so that you know what to expect, even if you choose not to treat it. Usually the first thing that a vet does when cancer is suspected/confirmed is to take a chest x-ray which will tell if the cancer has spread to the lungs - at that point treatment is not an option. If it is cancer, and has not spread, then a consult with a veterinary oncologist would be your best bet - those consults generally cost in the neighborhood of $150 or so, and are worth the money. Note that dogs generally do not suffer the same side effects from chemo that humans do, for some reason. Had a friend with a large, older lab that had a growth removed from a paw pad - it was cancer, but a couple weeks of radiation therapy destroyed the cancer, and she died from old age, not cancer. Just saying ....

well without the histology, there's no way to know. Ask the vet if they've seen this type of tumor and what is their best guess? Seems a little strange that you'd spend every "penny I have to get him better, I'd take out countless loans if I had to, he is my world." but you didn't want to pay and extra $50 for pathology.

One of my Dobermans had a tumor in her breast, I knew it was cancer from the strange way it felt. It was confirmed by the vet on the visual because he's seen this type of tumor numerous times. She had a "one and done" surgery. If your vet can't tell you one way or another, that's probably not good news.

I have the belief that chemo in animals in cruel. It is hard on them and most times as you've been told, it only buys a little more time. So their last days are spent sick and suffering for YOU to have a few more months? Kind of selfish. Euth is the kindest gift you give a suffering animal.

How would we know.

You should have had the tumor tested.

Just because you have the tumor tested does not mean that you have to pursue treatment in the form of chemo. There are other treatments. You can also choose not to treat.

At this point, there is nothing that we can do, and there is nothing that you can do, other than call the vet to see if it isn't too late to test.

There is no way to tell if the cancer has spread without him getting another tumor somewhere and you noticing it. At that point it is too late for any type of treatment, and he should be put down.

And we're suppose to know how? We're not vets, even a vet can't tell you without examining your dog. Take him to a vet as you're required to do in a timely fashion by law, the sooner the better. Should have had it tested, depending on the results it's your decision whether you want further treatment for the dog such as chemo and/or radiation. No one treats or should treat without knowing if treatment is actually necessary. Why treat cancer if it isn't cancer?

For the tumour to be tested you MUST NOT take or pay for any other treatment that you do not want done:

The test required on the tumour would cost very little compared to the cost of the after treatment so you could and should have had it performed logically,

In order to inform yourself of any oncoming probabilities.

Then you could have decided if you can cope with paying for any further ongoing treatment or not...,

FISHY::::::

What you wrote on the other hand reads to me in fact, like your vet maybe swinging the lead... to fathom the depth of your wallet

Castrate the dopey bastard last thing we need is more mutts running around.dogs don't NEED balls.

The only way to know if it was cancerous is to get it tested , which you chose not to do.

isnt a tumor a form of cancer?