Hello- my almost 14 year old Cairn terrier was diagnosed with a very quickly growing oral tumor about 3 months ago. The tumor was hard, we did x rays but never a biopsy so there was no official name for it. It was clear, however, that it was growing very fast. It quadrupled in size over those three months. it knocked out almost all of his front teeth. About 7 weeks into it, I noticed he was having a harder time eating kibble, so I switched him to a brand of food called "Happy Dog Food" that you have to cook ground turkey into. Now.. two weeks ago it was horrible looking. It looked red, inflamed, it bled, it looked like he was walking around with a cherry tomato in his mouth. A week ago I noticed it was looking smaller for some reason. I didn't ask questions, just happier it wasn't looking so bad. Now this week, its almost completely gone!! I have been taking photos and I will post them. 

Now, I have NO idea what caused it to go almost completely away! Changing his diet was the only thing I did but it seems drastic to me to have that somehow make this big tumor just up and disappear! Has anyone else experienced this and can weigh in? or let me know what might be a good idea to do from now on? Should I take him back to the vet and pay the exam fee just to basically show them the progress and ask what could have caused it? 

I went to TWO different vets and both were trying to convince me to do a surgery removing the mandibular jaw. There was no way I would put my dog through that- and NOW i'm so glad I didnt!! 

I'm sure its possible it can come back, who knows.. we will see. 

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