My buddy

[patrol2.8]

Hey guys this is my best buddy PJ he is about 10 -11 yrs old and he's doing it a bit tough at the moment he has got this thing attacking the muscles around his mouth which is stopping him from fully opening his jaw its apparently fairly common in dogs around his age so please keep an eye on your dogs cause its treatable if caught early but also while they were doing xrays they found a shadow on his lung which could be cancer. he is having a ct scan tomorrow of his jaw and chest area to determine the best treatment for him but it looks like we caught it early as its very small so hopefully he will be ok just thought I would share this as the dogs suffer no pain with the jaw problem my wife picked it up cause she is always throwing the ball and he would chase it and couldn't pick it up

[Coldcomfort]

Best of luck for your mate PJ.....

Let us know how he goes....

[93patrol]

Best of luck mate and for your dog hopefully it's not too bad for your buddy

[TPC]

Nice looking dog, hopefully all turns out ok.
My dog is a simular age and will keep an eye out for problems thanks.

[mudnut]

Dogs get old way too early. I hope your mate has a many good years in him. Our boxer cross lab has got a tumour growing in between his toes, we have to wait and see if its aggressive or not as we save up to get it removed and sent away for testing.

[Woof]

I so hope all goes well for your buddy PJ mate

[patrol2.8]

Thanks every one for the messages will post how he goes later today just about to drop him off

[patrol2.8]

Dogs get old way too early. I hope your mate has a many good years in him. Our boxer cross lab has got a tumour growing in between his toes, we have to wait and see if its aggressive or not as we save up to get it removed and sent away for testing.

Mudnut good luck with your mate i hope its not aggressive we are most likley looking at around $7000 with surgery but what can you do going to be no fun for our dog jaw is treatable with cortezone injections and the lung with surgery

[patrol2.8]

Just picked him up diagnosis not so good still waiting for a few test results to come back including one from the states not sure why it cant be done here
his jaw will not fully recover but it wont get any worse thankfully its called Masticatory muscle myositis its treated with steroids for a few months should get some improvement but will never fully open again . The lung is a tumour only small and seems to be in the lung only unfortunately they found fluid in his lung as well this has been drained and sent away for testing and its what turns up in the fluid that determines the treatment if its all good its as simple as surgery to remove the affected part of the lung that's what we are hoping for but preparing for the worst

[patrol2.8]

Hey guys unfortunatly its all bad news for my buddy looking at anything from 1-3mnths left for him trying to decide wether its fair to him to to treat him with pallative care for as long as he has or to just let him go so he doesnt have to suffer whats to come just getting an oncologists report to see if surgery will give him more time but not holding any hopes