I just found this on my dogs neck?

FueledByAisling

I was just letting my dog out to go to the toilet when I noticed this on his neck, it's the size of a 10c coin and I have no Idea on what it is. He hasn't seemed in any pain recently but I didn't want to touch it just in case I could infect it. Does anybody have any Idea on what it is? I'm bringing him to the vet tomorrow just to be safe.


Sorry for the image being blurry, I don't have a macro lens for my camera.

Bullseye1

You really need to bring your dog to the vet. Looks nasty, maybe an infection. Was it under the collar?

shannie

It nasty, but I've seen it before on a dog and it wasn't causing them any harm

portgirl123

yep best thing you can do is bring to vet to check it out. hard to say what it is just by pic.

borderlinemeath

Looks like a fungal infection of some sort, possibly ringworm? Which isn't actually a worm, it's actually a fungal infection which is contagious to humans so don't touch it and go to the vet.

anniehoo

Its definitely not ringworm, ringworm has red flat concentric circular lesions with hair loss.

It actually just looks like a group of Papillomas (warts) to me, which are completely harmless to be honest, but like any growth needs to be checked regularly for any cancerous changes.

DBB

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+1

Looks like a wart to me too. Get it checked out, your vet may recommend removing it and sending it for tests etc.

Jimmy Bottlehead

Looks like he's growing a secondary brain.

But yeah, vet is the way to go. Hope it turns out to be nothing, OP!

teacherspet

It's a wart, I see them all the time. Groomer.

TooManyDogs

Yep agree with all of the above, it looks like a wart to me. One of mine has something like that under her eye, we did discuss with the vet about getting it removed but were balancing up putting a 13 year old dog under anesthetic versus it interferring with her vision. One of my other dogs had a simpler solution and nibbles it!! :eek: It's now nearly flat

FueledByAisling

So is it just a harmless wart? Rusty hasn't been showing any pain from it. A poster said they didn't get it removed due to their dog being old age, Rusty is around 12 now so perhaps the anaesthetic would be too strong for him too?

My dad wants to put detol on it Is this safe? Would it do any benefit?

TooManyDogs

FueledByAisling wrote: »

is around 12 now so perhaps the anaesthetic would be too strong for him too?

My dad wants to put detol on it Is this safe? Would it do any benefit?

If the wart is in a place where it could cause problems such as being pulled off by accident while going through bushes or is near the collar where it could be rubbed alot it might be worthwhile getting removed but otherwise I wouldnt bother, the risk of the anaesthetic wouldn't be worth it to me.

There's no need to put dettol on it, it won't do it any harm but neither would it be of any benefit

FueledByAisling

TooManyDogs wrote: »

If the wart is in a place where it could cause problems such as being pulled off by accident while going through bushes or is near the collar where it could be rubbed alot it might be worthwhile getting removed but otherwise I wouldnt bother, the risk of the anaesthetic wouldn't be worth it to me.

There's no need to put dettol on it, it won't do it any harm but neither would it be of any benefit

We'll ring the vet in the morning for their advice, that you very much for your help! Very much appreciated

annascott

Did you take your dog to the vet? What was it?

Delancey

The dog we had when I was a child had one of those right on top of his head and indeed we joked that his brain was exploding out of his skull !
He had it for well over 10 years and it never bothered him one bit.

Apanachi

FueledByAisling wrote: »

. A poster said they didn't get it removed due to their dog being old age, Rusty is around 12 now so perhaps the anaesthetic would be too strong for him too?

If it is just a harmless wart, I wouldn't get it removed, uor old girl (will be 14 in Feb.) has loads of little lumps (thankfully all harmless) and a wart on her eye, we decided against getting them removed because of her age, she's happy, pain-free and quite fit for her age (although she does have her senile moments and finds it increasingly harder to up and down the stairs)

getz

go to the chemist and get a bottle of hibi scrup,it a antimicrobial skin cleanser,its safe and used in hospitals,rub a watered down solution over the infection,if its a bacterial infection ,that will clear it up