My baby boy Zack passed away and I was advised he had bowel cancer. This came on suddenly and I don't understand why! Zack was a Yorkie and 8 years old, he was a diabetic and blind but otherwise healthy. He lost his appetite on Thursday and had diarrhea and on Saturday he was gone.

We have an American Bulldog that is 10 yrs old. We rescued him & he had always had some issues with anxiety and especially food allergies as he is all white. For years he has had about 1 day a week where he throws up basically just stomach acid & then he might be fine or not eat for part of the day, then he's back to normal. But in the past year or so, now when he has one of those days, he also has frequent, uncontrollable, almost liquid diarrhea that is maroon colored and is more like jelly. It has a completely different consistency & smell than his regular feces. We have to put him in diapers & sometimes just hose him off if it's bad enough. He also has a skin problem/rash & has lost hair on his underside that won't seem to go away that he won't stop munching on. We don't have a lot of money for diagnostic tests & my husband can't really work full time because Toby can't be left alone on those days. Seems like IBS or cancer. At 10, is it worth trying to figure out or should we start preparing for the end?

Could my dog be suffering from intestinal cancer? These symptoms have been ongoing for quite some time. He was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism and is on medication for that. But i fear it is something else entirely. His whole demeanor has changed and i feel horrible for him.

my 15 year old boston terrier was diagnosed with fatty tumor near his bowel area. we are struggling with the right time to let him go. He has been pooping watery poops in his bed ect. He has gone a full day with no going to the bathroom, but we put him on merlix and pretisone and the next day he had a loose stool. He is still eating and drinking and seems ok but I am worried about the poop leaking so much. Is this a sign that the tumor is to big and he can not pass stool? When is the time? Do we wait till he can not eat or drink any longer , or is he suffering now with the blockage?

My 6 year old British Bulldog has just had surgery to remove an adenocarcinoma in her small intestine my vet said it was all removed and it hadn`t spread locally.I am waiting on a specialist to tell us if this sort of cancer would spread in other organs what would you say her Prognosis was. Read more at: https://wagwalking.com/condition/intestinal-cancer-adenocarcinoma

We have a 8 year old PWD that was diagnosed by FNA and I was wondering if they can ever get cancer cells confused with bacteria or fungis during the FNA. Our dog started going downhill (losing weight , muscle mass, etc ) after he got into our food bin in late or mid september so this just seems like a cause and reaction and maybe we are just holding onto hope.

My Lovie is a 9 year old male boxer. He had a Grade 3 mast cell tumor removed from his backside below his anus. My vet examined him in June when I first noticed the mass. He took a scraping and examined it under a microscope. He thought it was a histocytoma. He advised me to watch it for 7 weeks to see if it went away if not he could remove it. It grew rapidly and in 5 weeks I took him back to have it removed. The biopsy results came back as a grade 3 mast cell tumor. After surgery, I noticed that Lovie was walking stiff legged. I thought it was arthritis in his hips or because the skin on his backside had to be stretched to close the incision from the tumor. He healed up well and was doing great. On Friday he was playing with my one year old female boxer. Running and wrestling. On Saturday, I noticed he was straining to move his bowels and his stool was like small pebbles. I gave him a stool softener and started feeding him ground beef and rice. His stool became softer but he was straining more. I took him to my vet on Wednesday and the vet did a rectal exam and said that Lovie had a large tumor in his colon. He said to remove the tumor, he would have to remove the entire colon and Lovie would have a colostomy. He did not recommend it. I wouldn't even consider it. So he kept Lovie and started an oral chemo drug (Palladia). He said that you usually see results in 24-48 hours if the chemo is going to work to shrink the tumor. He gave him a dose Wednesday and Friday but had not seen any change in the size of the tumor. I picked Lovie up Friday afternoon with instructions to give him another dose of chemo and on Sunday and Prednisone on Saturday. I was to take him back to the vet on Monday to recheck the tumor. By Monday, the tumor had shrunk about 75 percent. I continued to give the chemo Wednesday, Friday and Sunday with Prednisone all other days. Lovie was having almost normal bowel movements. He was eating and drinking but no longer playing like he had been. The chemo had to be stopped after two weeks because his white blood cell count was low (5.4). I took him back to the vet to recheck his white blood cell count yesterday and it was only up to 5.75. so the chemo is being held for another week. I take him back again next Monday to recheck it. He is still moving his bowels but it is taking longer. He is straining more. He doesn't seem to be in pain. I take him for multiple walks each day. I love him so much. I can't imagine having to euthanize him. I don't want to see him suffer. He has been such a faithful loving companion. He is my best friend. I wish that I had removed the tumor when I first noticed it. I wish that I would have known that he was walking stiffly because the tumor in his bowels. I'm not sure if I should continue the chemo next week if his white blood cell count is normal next week. The vet said that it won't cure the cancer. It will just buy him more time.