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RoadXYZ
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Jul 22, 2014

Mole on dog's front leg ... light colored, questions ?

Today we noticed a growth, like a mole on Petunia's front leg - it is small like the size of a small q-tip .. will have it checked by a vet shortly, but was wondering in the meantime if anyone else has had this problem before?
  • We have a vet appointment on Wednesday morning .. just was curious if it was something fairly common or not ...
  • Our Yorkie has a ton of what raindove described...actually, probably 20 or so....our other Yorkies had the same issue, and they never seemed to bother them, but also as raindove does, if they scratch them and open them up, off they come
  • I have cockers and they are prone to getting warty type growths on them. They seem to develop in the latter years.

    Some of the benign things you can just let go, unless they develop into a problem. Had a few dogs have some, that grew larger when they were older, and they would knock them open and they'd bleed. We pretty much just let them go unless they start bleeding or turn into a problem. If that happens we remove them.

    I'd get it checked by a vet. It could be nothing, but it could be something.

    I'm not familiar with your breed, so I don't know if it's common or not.
    Good luck.
    Wanda