Does your dog have cancer? Lymphoma in the Dog. Vet explains symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.

**This video is for entertainment and educational purposes only. If your pet is sick, take them to see your local veterinarian for the care they needed** (Disclaimer)

Hi everyone! My name is Dan, and I am a veterinarian.

Today I am talking about Dog Cancer. Lymphoma is a type of cancer in dogs. I have a lot of owners call or come into the clinic, and the first thing they ask is, "Does my dog have cancer?". Owners will notice that they dog's lymph nodes may be enlarged. Once an owner notices large lymph nodes they might start to panic or worry about their dogs health.

When a dog comes in with a possible cancer diagnosis, my goal is to figure out as quickly as possible if we are dealing with cancer or is there inflammation or infection causing the swollen lymph nodes. Just like people, the lymph nodes on a dog drain regions of the body of infection or inflammation. If there is inflection or inflammation, the lymph node can be very swollen and painful at that location.

When it comes to lymphoma or cancer of the lymph nodes, I as a veterinarian and looking for a few key things. The most important thing is that multiple lymph nodes will be swollen. Because this dog cancer effects the whole body, all of the lymph nodes or a majority of the lymph nodes will be enlarged. In this video I cover where all these lymph nodes can be found.

I also cover how a veterinarian may sample the lymph node to get a diagnosis and then treatment options of dog lymphoma.

[mathewlagendyk]

Oh my word thank you for making these videos, seriously i truly appreciate you doing this Dan in so many ways ! You help us be at ease by giving us informarion and helping the pets by helping us !

[scotty]

Our 15 year old foxie has just been diagnosed with cancer😢 he still runs around like a 2 year old but the symptoms are there. Choosing when to leave him is the hardest part.

[andreaberrios]

My 10 years old yorkie, Bella, was diagnosed with Lymphoma GI (duodenum). The vet give her only one month. I cry every day since a received the bad news. She wasn't eating or walking. I started giving her cbd for dogs (during the night), life gold, Mushroom defense, Petandim and blood builder during the day and prednisone. Also, I'm giving her Cell Food (oxygen-1 drop with water). She looks better every day, but I'm scare that this last for short time only. I'm trying to focus in giving her a quality of life and to enjoy every little moment.

[joywrld]

My lab/pit just turned 4 beginning of july and he is the most energetic, playful happy doggie and loves to eat!! We found out he has lymphoma and that really tore me apart. Hes my best friend and my comfort. This is really rough news to hear and just reading about it tears me apart and im so scared i dont want to lose him

[johnnyblaze]

My 8 year old American pit bull was diagnosed in June. She has 2 treatments left. When I noticed her lymphnoids under her jaw were the size of walnuts I knew that was bad. But about 10hours after her first treatment the swelling had gone down. She's doing awesome. Big shout out to Metzger animal hospital in state college Pennsylvania

[Detzer]

Thank you for giving the breakdown. My almost 2yr old Boerboel just had an aspiration done today because on his 2 week check up from his ACL surgury the vet saw the mass on his hind lymphnode (area). He also lost 13 lbs in 2 weeks :( I'm just really sad right now, knowing that no matter what I do we are looking at 2 -12 months on average. He is the sweetest dopy dog.

[danielsilas]

I’m sorry to hear about everyone’s dog. I found out last Saturday my pitbull has lymphoma and he is only 4 years old. It breaks my heart and I had him since 3 months. Very energetic dog but now it’s like he is a completely different dog and it’s hurts to see him like this

[EclecticDiscus]

My 12 yr old Border collie, best friend love of my life seemed to be in great health. Perfect weight, was eating great with vegetables & added protein to 1/2 recommended taste of the wild feeding.
He fetched ball 20 minutes a day for a good workout. He seemed fine when I left for work. When I got home he was sad loooking, would not get up without help. I took him out and he went 1&2.
He was walking but he didn’t seem right. Slow not playful. I thought he may have hurt something playing ball the previous day. He is kind of a big baby and he has twisted Foot or leg and limped for a day in the past. That’s how he acted so I thought I would see how he was in the am. He was worse. Couldn’t get up. It was Sat morning, I live in a small ski town and the 3 vets in town had all left for thanksgiving. I had to drive 2 hrs to a emergency 24 hr clinic in Denver.
They said I needed to put him down. They thought he had cancer or tumor that burst. I got the opinion of 3 vets including 1 I had known for 40 yrs.
In less than 24 hrs my dog went from hard play and exercise to having to be put down. It’s killing me, my boy.😭😢😩

[smc]

Thank you for your insight and kindness ❤We cant afford chemo😔 our vet is great, Quality of life and comfort care, gonna love on our 10yr old girl as long as we have left

[WhatYouSeeIsAllThereIs]

My golden retriever 10 yrs old had lymphoma, vets ran tests and said the numbers look like cancer and he only had two days left to live so we took him to some ER clinics to find out what was wrong with him and all the testing they did after they came to the conclusion it was lymphoma so we made him as comfortable as possible and put him down. Prior to diagnosis he was having a hard time getting up for months and it was getting worse and worse and noticeable. Then he started not eating good and at the final stages he was puking and couldnt really move all that well. Super sad i still miss him.

[cdog]

Mines is five. She is a lab suffering from lymphoma stage 3.5 I’m crying.

[peggybaugh]

Heartfelt to everyone who has had to go thru this with their beloved pet. Ours is 16 and her large lymphoma has been bleeding after she fell and it scared over. Every time she gets up to walk around, it bleeds. She is so happy and fun! I guess we will go to the vet on Monday. We are so sad....

[mitzsantos]

This so helpfull my dog diagnosed just yesterday whe we are bring her to the vet.she is 12yrs old.
im so devastated

[jimmyphay]

That was awesome on describing the steps, just came back from the ER with my dog and he has swollen lymph. Doctor said the cells are similar to cancer.He is hurting cannot breath well. I’m so sad doctor prescribed amoxicillin and gave him pain medication. As a family we are deciding what to do next. Rex is 1 year old shih tzu. My daughter 9 years old is taking it so hard. It’s sux! Please pray for him!!!

[PlantifiedAdel]

We inherited my moms dog Barbadus. She passed away in March. I work at an animal hospital. He had been feeling lethargic with decreased appetite. Vomited once, I noticed his submandibular lymph nodes were swollen, like a gulf ball, his cervical lymph nodes are swollen as well, his popliteal lymph nodes are also swollen. We did a fine needle aspirate on Monday. Still pending cytology results. He’s a 6 year old bully. Smh 🤦‍♀️ I’m losing the other thing left that I have of my mom.

[jonathannassar]

Great video Dr. Dan, thank you! I just learned that Winston, our dog who is a Bernese Mountain Dog, has Lymphoma. He's only 5 years old. Very difficult to witness as he's been an incredible dog and friend! His 1st day of Chemotherapy was yesterday. We took Winston to Colorado State University Flint Hospital in Ft. Collins, Oncology division. CSU has been wonderful thus far.

[marilycalma]

I lost my sweet girl on September 22.. it’s been so hard! She took a piece of my heart with her.
I feel so guilty, I didn’t know Rottie are prone to Lymphoma. I wish I could’ve done something to prevent it.

[lustlyfe]

I had put my dog down cuz my doctor said she had horrible lymphoma and a heart murmur plus her lungs where enflamed, this broke my heart cuz me and my family fed her healthy food and walked her everyday so I don’t understand . My vet said she would only have 3 months to live after we did the chemo and surgery . In the end my family and I decided to put her down cuz I don’t want my baby to suffer anymore and it was the hardest choice I ever had to make and my heart is still hurting from that decision.

[claudepnw]

I just found out my Theo, 13 year old lab, has Lymphoma today. Doctor prescribed prednisone and an antibiotic due to respiratory infection. Tears my heart apart. But thank you for the video.

[BrandonMCue]

My 8 year old black lab/Australia shepherd was diagnosed with Lymphoma March 9th 2023 after not eating and falling over, they said she wouldn’t have a normal life even after doing treatment. We ended up putting her down. She also had a sister same breed and age. She was great but October 22nd 2023 she fell over and passed. When we brought her to the vet she was considered DOA so they didn’t do any testing but I feel like she had Lymphoma too. 😭 I raised them since they were a month old. It feels different without them.