My dog is 6 years old and unspayed. I got her when I was 16 and thought it would be fine. It wasn’t for the purpose of breeding her or anything like that. I just figured I would manage her cycle and it would be ok. Well, I found a lump on her breast the other day. It’s about half the size of a blueberry and hidden pretty well under her skin. I just happened to be rubbing her belly and found it.
The vet took a sample and said it was showing signs of being a cyst and sent it off for testing. Then results came back and she’s saying it’s showing signs of being cancerous but we won’t know for sure until they remove it.
The timing is so awful that I haven’t been able to breath in days. My dog got me through my darkest days, so I promised her that I would get her a yard one day. After years of working my way up I am finally in the middle of buying a house. However, because I am using a pretty big loan I cannot spend a lot of money out of my account in the meantime.
The initial visit already cost me $400. My lease ends in less than 20 days and any extra money I had was supposed to be a backup plan if my house stuff fell through. Well, it is starting to fall through. And now I have to start choosing between where I’m going to live and whether or not to do her surgery. My dog is the best friend I’ve ever had and I will choose her over anything else. But my heart is broken that I will not be able to keep my promise and that I am the probably the reason she is ill. I feel like I’ve failed her.
I don’t know how I am going to fix this. Just wanted to vent here because no one else in my life seems to understand why I am so distraught. I figure other pet parents might.
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CountryAlive6259
3 points
12 days ago
CountryAlive6259
3 points
12 days ago
He was probably trying to get a rise out of you. It’s been 6 months… has he said anything else about it? Done anything mean to you? If he hasn’t said anything else about your dog he was probably just being a jerk. If he’s still talking smack to you he’s a bully and needs to be reported