Dakota's had some difficulty lately and the lump I've been watching is growing so tomorrow we're off to the V-E-T. (Shhh, don't say it out loud.) He's not eaten more than a few bites for several days and began refusing to stand up to eat about a week ago. I put his bowl beside him and he guards it. If Evelyn glances his way, he'll eat a little. 

The lump is on his amputation side, sort of at the bottom of his rib cage. It is now about the size of an egg. It feels like a lipoma but I don't know if they grown there. I've always had dogs get lipomas on other places. I suppose anywhere is a good candidate. I will update tomorrow and hopefully we'll have some answers. 

Shari

Sending positive thoughts your way for a very clean bill of health!  

Sorry to hear our buddy isn't feeling so fabulous. Hope the doctor has some answers for you, positive answers, about what's going on with the big D. BTW, lipomas can grow just about anywhere (Rio had three on her ribcage). Is Dakota's lump squishy or hard???

D-dawg hang in there – sorry you're not feeling so great – get better buddy! Good luck! Xoxo Sue

Bud has one on the left side same as you described, we had it checked out before all the drama and it was just fat….now he is skinny and it's still there…still the same size. Hope D Dawgs"s is the same. Keep us posted…K

Thanks for the mojo everyone. I am not really worried, just a little bit concerned maybe. Dakota's never been a chowhound so the appetite isn't a tremendous indicator. He's also a lazy slug so he may have just decided the food's not good enough to stand up for. And he still does the usual stuff, like anxiously licking the carpet. I keep saying I expect him to crap out a throw rug with all the carpet fibers he's swallowing but no such luck. Yet! 

Good  luck today.  Zeus has several of those bumps too. We had the first few tested and they were fatty (even the one that seemed attached and had the vet worried).   Many good thoughts to you today.  Keep us posted.