Hi all. As my username says, I have 3 dogs, all northern breed/GSD mixes.

My girl is my heart. The only one I have had since she was a little puppy. She turned 8 in March.

She has a history of bad hips, on adequan, golden paste, glucosamine. Has had acupuncture and laser for it in the past. They have been bad for a long time, it's not new. All of my dogs are fed a raw diet, and aside from her hips have had excellent health.

She started limping in the front last week, it got worse over the weekend. We ended up at the E vet on Sunday, she was sedated and lots of X-rays were done. The E vet pointed out a possible bone spur on her left shoulder, and sent the films to a radiologist. The sent us home with carprofen 75 mg twice daily, which seems to be helping.

My world changed Monday afternoon. Another vet at the emergency clinic called me. All I remember hearing was right foot, cancer, additional testing, follow up with primary vet. I immediately called our primary vet, who is amazing.

On Tuesday, I dropped the drive with the films off at our vet, and was able to speak with her. We talked about next steps, and she mentioned that metatarsals are an unusual place for a dog to get osteosarcoma, so a further workup is indicated.

She has an appointment this afternoon for a battery of blood tests. Next wednesday I drop her off fasting early morning for further xrays, fine needle aspiration, etc. Then we go from there. 

My heart is breaking. I know she is uncomfortable, and in pain at times. We are doing leash walks for bathroom breaks only, which is hard, because in the cool of the morning and evening, she really enjoys to be outside.

I tried using the search feature, but couldn't find an exact match. Does anyone have any experience with a dog having a bone tumor in one of their front foot bones/metatarsal?