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Another couple of miles in the books with Team Salty Paws ! Yesterday afternoon Whiskey and I met Heather and Ellie
at Croft Farm for a hike followed by a picnic lunch.
Croft Farm is on both the NJ and National registers of historical places and the farm house that is still standing dates back to the 1700’s.…Another beautiful trail system nearby that I never knew existed!
Lager and I hiked Bortons Mill trails with some friends, and ended our adventure with a nice picnic lunch!
Discovered a mass at the base of Hooch’s tail, on the underside – at the outer part of his anus.
An exam and fine needle aspirate performed by our primary veterinarian determined that the growth needed to be removed and biopsied to determine clean margins and tumor type.
The mass is suspected to be a perianal adenoma, a benign type of hepatoid gland tumor. These types of tumors can also be malignant (adenocarcinomas) and borderline malignant (epitheliomas). We are extremely hopeful due to the following statistics:
Surgery was performed at our primary veterinarian’s office and a the mass was send to pathology.
Pathology report showed that the mass was a hepatoid gland tumor. There are Luckily Hooch’s was a perianal adenoma which is benign! These tumors occur most commonly in intact (unneutered) dogs or male dogs who have been left intact until a later age.
I know there are certain areas of a dog that are difficult or unpleasant to examine (like the anus), but please remember that checking your dog thoroughly at least once a month can truly be a life-saver.
Not sure how to examine your dog? I’ve included a complete guide below on how to do a Canine Cancer Check from Chase Away Canine Cancer below for your reference:
A spontaneous last minute decision to today with Team Salty Paws resulted in such a great day!
We chose Crows Woods Nature Preserve which is approximately fifty acres of fairly undeveloped forest with some ball fields and mowed lawn areas bordering the preserve.
We had such a nice time with our friend and team handler Heather and her pups Kayla and Ellie! Lillet Blanc came along for this hike. She’s doing so well on her pain medication and supplements for hips and is able to take longer walks now!
She also did a great job walking on lead at a safe distance (and closely monitored) alongside Kayla and Ellie of Team Salty Paws. (Lilly can be extremely selective).
The park has a pavilion where we stopped after the hike to enjoy lunch.
2023 began with a sunny 60°F day… so we decided to do a New Years Day hike in the Brendan T. Byrne State Forest which is made up of 38,000 acres, and is located in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey.
