I'm curious, does your dog's veterinarian perform routine anal/rectal exams on your senior dogs during their senior exams?
I'm just learning about anal tumors and they tend to affect older dogs. If not caught early and treated they can be aggressive. We've had our Barkley's anal sacs expressed every 2 weeks at our vets and he gets them expressed by his vet at his annual exam. A hard growth was discovered this month with a diagnosis of a suspected anal adenocarcinoma. It's not large at this point. Due to the hemangiosarcoma diagnosis we are focusing on the hemangiosacoma first.
Our 6 year old Toby expresses his own anal sacs :yuck: and has never had an examination in that area. I'm thinking of asking his vet to start performing them at his annual exam.
Do other vets routinely do these types of exams on your seniors?
I'm just learning about anal tumors and they tend to affect older dogs. If not caught early and treated they can be aggressive. We've had our Barkley's anal sacs expressed every 2 weeks at our vets and he gets them expressed by his vet at his annual exam. A hard growth was discovered this month with a diagnosis of a suspected anal adenocarcinoma. It's not large at this point. Due to the hemangiosarcoma diagnosis we are focusing on the hemangiosacoma first.
Our 6 year old Toby expresses his own anal sacs :yuck: and has never had an examination in that area. I'm thinking of asking his vet to start performing them at his annual exam.
Do other vets routinely do these types of exams on your seniors?