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[lilypoppyfre]

my schnauzer bitch has developed warts on her back. They do not bother her but are unsightly. I am not keen to have excised as she is 10 years old...
any tips gratefully received.

[FredPuli43]

What does your vet say? "Warts" may mean benign growths or it may mean definitely unbenign growths. The dog is ten, just the age when tumours of both kinds appear.

[smoneybags]

Our dog had a wart on the top of his head. We didn't have it removed as he was getting older, but the wart just became bigger and he kept rubbing it until it bled. Wish we'd had it done when we first noticed it.

[woofgang]

what Fred says, get vet advice....also 10 years is no age at all!

[lankeela]

Take your vets advice, but don't be worried about an op as they use very safe anaesthetics that are quick reversing these days.

[lilypoppyfre]

many thanks to you all. I shall take Poppy to the vet....my imagination runs riot when anything happens to my dogs !! My other bitch has recently had a fatty cyst removed from her tummy.....for days I worried it was cancer....better make an appointment....

[lankeela]

Let us know how you get on - it may help someone else who is in a similar situation. Hope its all sorted without a problem.

[lilypoppyfre]

hi Lankeela...The dogs have just been groomed this morning...the wart is visible but not very much...As they are due for their annual booster in may, I shall wait until then , thus avoiding another - costly - consultation.....shall post the result .....