So he did have to have surgery -- they amputated another toe with the chances that it is Squamous Cell Carcinoma again. That is a type of cancer that can affect the skin. Large-breed dogs with black skin and hair coats may be more likely to develop multiple tumors of the toes. So that is ONYX -- my black lab who now is down three toes and the concern now is: Did it spread? We will find out in a week. I will say I took it very hard last night and was inconsolable for a while. He looked so pathethic last night when he came home -- still suffering from the effects from the anesthesia and very unstable. He is my baby and I can't stand this.....
8.31.2005
Onyx
So he did have to have surgery -- they amputated another toe with the chances that it is Squamous Cell Carcinoma again. That is a type of cancer that can affect the skin. Large-breed dogs with black skin and hair coats may be more likely to develop multiple tumors of the toes. So that is ONYX -- my black lab who now is down three toes and the concern now is: Did it spread? We will find out in a week. I will say I took it very hard last night and was inconsolable for a while. He looked so pathethic last night when he came home -- still suffering from the effects from the anesthesia and very unstable. He is my baby and I can't stand this.....
