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I had a rescue dog with a lick granuloma. No idea how long she'd had it but I did some research on them and they are a bit of a mystery. I guess somehing must trigger them but once they are present they can be very difficult to stop. I read about cases where dogs had had their legs put in casts to prevent the licking and they would create a new sore on the other foot. Seems to become a compulsion.

Hoping Mr T is feeling much better now I've seen them caused by a hard knock (you know, doing zoomies and running fair into something)... He had been doing some zoomies lately with the pointer pup... they sure play some silly games! He seems to be okay within himself. Besides the bucket factor he is quite cheerful and active. I'm sure he'll be glad to get it off soon though!

Cheers Rappie.

So sorry Shaun. Rest easy Fraser.

And isn't he a HONEY!!! He ought have been a movie star instead of a vet. He's good looking and has the smoothest English accent. Oh and he's also very good at his job. :D HONEY!!! THat's a serious understatement. THe first time I saw him, I almost forgot why I was there! OMG! He is gorgeous, iintelligent, gorgeous, sympathetic, gorgeous, honest, Oh did I mention GORGEOUS ;) ;) and, he has the cutest brown burmese that he ADORES (I'm a sucker for a cat man!) AND, of course, he is a fantastic surgeon too! Very attentive too. I had a panic moment when Guido developed a red flush around both his wounds (no heat or ooze) and a quick phone call to Richard on a Saturday afternoon revealed that it was probably a bit of innocuous razor burn from where the fur was shaved. ;) He was very nice about being disturbed about the emergency razor burns though. ;)

Vets still do. A haematoma isn't a tumour, sorry. In veterinary medicine, a tumour is a swelling caused by abnormal growth of cells. Whereas a haematoma is a collection of blood outside blood vessels. Even though yes, the suffix -oma generally does denote a tumour (or more accurately, it generally denotes a benign tumour derived from non glandular epithelium), this is an exception. Whether or not it's still strictly accurate to call a collection of serum from clotted blood a haematoma, I'm not sure. I was translating the Latin - I do realise that a collection of fluid is not usually referred to as a tumour. That is why I used inverted commas when I said "tumour of blood". Because it was a translation of the word. No need to apologise. Cavalier, stating that a haematoma must be full of blood to qualify as one is not displaying any lack of medical knowledge at all. In fact, it is showing a true (however pedantic) understanding of the terminology. There may be a small clot present, however the swelling is comprised of lightly stained serous fluid (taking about 3 drops of blood to make it a strawberry colour).

What's the difference between a pressure dressing and a pressure bandage? I have my own ideas (eg. to me a pressure dressing would be one of those that I described - actually, Rappie described it better - being a Vet, she can - but I mean the type where the dressing/bandage is on both sides of the ear flap and the ear is sutured to resemble a quilt. Whereas a bandage to me is something that wraps around something) but I'm not sure that everyone reading would be on the same page, nor whether I am right. Pressure can be applied to an ear without a bandage - my OH operates on human ears a lot and, although sometimes he does stitch through to hold a dressing on there are ways and means of applying flat pressure against the ear flap. A haematoma is a "tumour of blood" so by definition, even if the problem is caused initially by a breaking blood vessel, if the pocket is full of lightly blood stained serous fluid then it isn't a haematoma. I realise that vets refer to it as such, but by definiton it actually isn't. Anyway, Boney is doing fine and having an experimental/new treatment. A haematoma is not a tumour of blood! It is simply blood outside of a blood vessel. As I stated in my previous post - the lightly blood stained fluid is what is left over after the blood forming the haematoma has clotted. There would be a big clot left in the ear (this is surgically removed when vets perform the surgery) What you are doing is not an "experiemental" treatment. It has been tried by vets many times before and has a very low success rate. This is why we perform the surgery. Ummm what do you know about the new/experimental treatment that is being carried out? I haven't discussed it. It is something that is now being done in place of surgery which gives a better result if successful. HAEM = blood and TOMA = tumour. Do vet nurses do medical terminology these days? Rough Latin translation. A haematoma, strictly speaking, to qualify, must be blood filled. There is no way in human medicine that this space filled with serous fluid would be called a haematoma. I am not a vet nurse - I am a qualified veterinary surgeon with many years experience. Call it what you will. Your dog has a haematoma and needs to see a vet. Yes... a "blood collection" that doesn't contain blood. :D

Dogmad this has nothing to do with your case and the apparent neglect of that dog you rescued. You can get as angry as you like but it's ridiculously misdirected. I have had communication with a vet and the dog is being treated according to that person. Nothing to do with pride - I posted the thread to ask what might have caused the problem and got landed with opinions (fair enough with a public forum). I monitored the situation as I said I was and acted accordingly. I am not obligated to satisfy the general DOL public with information here. There is far to much of a culture here willing to point the finger and scream neglect. Save your energy for the real cases people.

What's the difference between a pressure dressing and a pressure bandage? I have my own ideas (eg. to me a pressure dressing would be one of those that I described - actually, Rappie described it better - being a Vet, she can - but I mean the type where the dressing/bandage is on both sides of the ear flap and the ear is sutured to resemble a quilt. Whereas a bandage to me is something that wraps around something) but I'm not sure that everyone reading would be on the same page, nor whether I am right. Pressure can be applied to an ear without a bandage - my OH operates on human ears a lot and, although sometimes he does stitch through to hold a dressing on there are ways and means of applying flat pressure against the ear flap. A haematoma is a "tumour of blood" so by definition, even if the problem is caused initially by a breaking blood vessel, if the pocket is full of lightly blood stained serous fluid then it isn't a haematoma. I realise that vets refer to it as such, but by definiton it actually isn't. Anyway, Boney is doing fine and having an experimental/new treatment. A haematoma is not a tumour of blood! It is simply blood outside of a blood vessel. As I stated in my previous post - the lightly blood stained fluid is what is left over after the blood forming the haematoma has clotted. There would be a big clot left in the ear (this is surgically removed when vets perform the surgery) What you are doing is not an "experiemental" treatment. It has been tried by vets many times before and has a very low success rate. This is why we perform the surgery. Ummm what do you know about the new/experimental treatment that is being carried out? I haven't discussed it. It is something that is now being done in place of surgery which gives a better result if successful. HAEM = blood and TOMA = tumour. Do vet nurses do medical terminology these days? Rough Latin translation. A haematoma, strictly speaking, to qualify, must be blood filled. There is no way in human medicine that this space filled with serous fluid would be called a haematoma.

Mokha and OP, I am sorry to hear about your furkids and what they are going through. So glad you got a 'mud roll' Mokha ! That must make you smile. I hope you don't mind me taking this slightly off posted topic but I am wondering. Mokha do you know your lab's parents hip/elbow scores ? This is something I am very paranoid about wiht our lab and although he's fine at the moment aged 5 months, I'm keen to prevent it happening (we watch his level of exercise / impact / jumping etc). But I know we do everything we can to avoid -but sometimes it's just unavoidable. This might be a really obvious question but I'm interested to know whether sometimes - can the sire/dam's hip scores be ok but the offspring still suffers ? Yep - I bred a pup with severe ED from parents with 0:0 elbow scores. I had to remortgage my house to pay for surgery with the lovely Dr Mitchell.

And isn't he a HONEY!!! He ought have been a movie star instead of a vet. He's good looking and has the smoothest English accent. Oh and he's also very good at his job.

What's the difference between a pressure dressing and a pressure bandage? I have my own ideas (eg. to me a pressure dressing would be one of those that I described - actually, Rappie described it better - being a Vet, she can - but I mean the type where the dressing/bandage is on both sides of the ear flap and the ear is sutured to resemble a quilt. Whereas a bandage to me is something that wraps around something) but I'm not sure that everyone reading would be on the same page, nor whether I am right. Pressure can be applied to an ear without a bandage - my OH operates on human ears a lot and, although sometimes he does stitch through to hold a dressing on there are ways and means of applying flat pressure against the ear flap. A haematoma is a "tumour of blood" so by definition, even if the problem is caused initially by a breaking blood vessel, if the pocket is full of lightly blood stained serous fluid then it isn't a haematoma. I realise that vets refer to it as such, but by definiton it actually isn't. Anyway, Boney is doing fine and having an experimental/new treatment.

What a terrible shame! I would never apply a pressure bandage to a dogs ear!

I had some fun tonight with photographing the Riverfire (fireworks display) from a nearby hill. I used the Bokeh filter thingos and I have to say they are extremely frustrating until you get the hang of them! It explains it all in the book but it won't work unless you have your distance at something fairly considerable (I couldn't get the effect under 150mm). You must also have the lights out of focus. The effect will show up in your viewfinder if you have live view so fiddle about until you get it. I can't post photos ATM because I'm on a Mac with limited download and I can't work out how to do it yet. I got the F111s doing a dump and burn

Thanks Rappie - we will certainly keep an eye on it.

That is still an aural haematoma The fluid that comes out of haematomas is called serosanguinous, as the bloods clots very quickly so unless you catch it within 5 mins or so you will not see fresh blood. Unless surgery is performed on the ear it will shrivel up into a horrible looking cauliflower ear Yes - surgery was performed on the ear. It wasn't a haematoma as it contained lightly pink stained fluid and not blood. I have seen a few hundred in my time and this wasn't one of them.

There is no infection - and he doesn't need a vet at this stage. Nothing urgent about it. A pressure dressing was applied by my ingenious OH - it seemed to do the trick. At this stage it won't recollect because it's still draining. Erny my OH and I have cut up many people in our time and there's really not much you can do wrong when there is a tight balloon of skin created by fluid - it just requires a little nick in the skin. Before the flaming starts, I'm not in any way recommending that people do procedures on their pets. Weiz - I have seen oedema of the ears due to allergic reactions and this was definitely not the case. It was about 10ml of fluid sitting all in one spot on one ear. I'm just curious to know what caused it.

This afternoon I noticed that T bone's ear flap was fat with a large, firm, fluidy mass. Assuming it was a haematoma, OH and I make a small incision to drain it. The fluid that spurted out with great force was, however, not blood but blood stained serous fluid. There was no marks to be seen on the ear, it was obviously a little tender to touch but it wasn't bothering him greatly. I hadn't noticed a lot of head shaking. Any ideas? Anybody had this problem before? He is now all sad in a crate with a pressure dressing and an e collar. Poor Boney.

Most breeders will recommend that you don't do lead-based exercise like walks or runs until the dog is over 12 months old. Allow unlimited free running (doggy park daily is great once your pup has passed the ten day quarantine after the 12 week vaccinations).

Maybe you could get tempted by it Tess... if you just knew what it was. ;) That's ok, at least i know how to use them :D Well you're not invited to my party. :D :D :D

Maybe you could get tempted by it Tess... if you just knew what it was.

Awesome! I think by the time I'm finished with my 40D I'll be ready for the 8D. BTW wtf happened to the 6D?

Thank you Annie. I guess living in the city means that landscapes are more likely to involve the built environment than anything. I will concentrate on that.

R and A - I love that picture. When I was a kid I used to think the sun shining through the clouds like that was 'God speaking'

WOW Tangie!! They are just so dramatic!! Beautiful photos. Jules - I love the sillouhette one too - would have been great for last months challenge too! I think I hate landscapes. I'm not sure as I haven't really tried but I can't imagine that I'll be able to capture anything good. I like people photography and landscapes scare me! I am going to buy a 10 - 22mm ultra wide angle lens soon so that might help me create something decent. What is the definition of "landscape" photography?