Canine Injection-Site Sarcoma: So Rare, Your Vet Won't Believe You
The Story of Duke, the Rare Wonder Dog
Duke is a young male boxer dog who proved his veterinarian wrong when he was diagnosed with a malignant injection-site sarcoma (ISS). Duke was born in a February litter of AKC registered boxer puppies in 2004. He received his first Rabies vaccination upon reaching the age of three months, as most dogs do.
Duke rebounded from the sharp sting of the vaccination needle and continued to play, as puppies love to do. He didn't seem to notice the small lump which appeared within a couple of days of the vaccination and which continued to linger for several weeks. Duke's family noticed though and returned to the Vet's office, where the lump was explained away as a possible allergic reaction to the shot, or as a small buildup of tissue under the skin that was considered a normal to an injection.
As the months passed, the lump continued to worry Duke's family; it was subcutaneous (under the skin) and seemed to be growing. Duke made a few more trips to the vet for this and that, and each trip, his human family would ask the vet to look at his lump again. Each time they were told not to worry about it, that "Boxers are notorious for tumor growths," and that "The odds of a cancerous tumor in a puppy this young are negligible."
Learn more about canine injection site sarcoma and Duke's story here.
5 comments:
Hi, happened upon your site - Duke is my dog (and that's my article). Thought everyone would like to know he's now 4 years old and healthy! Good luck to everyone and their pets. - C
C,
Thanks so much for writing the article and sharing Duke's story. I'm so glad that Duke is doing well.
Hello,
I have a 2 year old Black Lab/Pit Bull mix and I just noticed 2 weeks ago (end of september) a lump, the size of a quarter on his right thigh. The lump is hard and feels detached.
He had his Rabbies booster shot in June. That's 4 months ago. I didn't notice any smaller lump then but the Vet did not clean the injection site or wore gloves.
I would like to know if Duke had a noticeable lump right away.
Thank you for any insight you can provide.
Nathalie I didn't write Duke's story. His full story is in a link at the end of the post.
From my experience with fibrosarcoma they can occur anywhere from right after the vaccine to many years later.
Vets don't usually wear gloves and cleaning the injection site with alcohol doesn't really disinfect the site as much as it cleans dirt away from it.
My cats tumor was firmly attached to the muscle of his leg and did not move around. The lump could be an abscess but I would certainly take your dog to a veterinarian and have it checked out. Find someone that you can trust and ask questions. I'm still looking but I wish you good luck.
Stop giving unnecessary, toxic 'vaccinations' to your pets, do you people even know what is in them? Youd be surprised. But I bet you let you or your loved ones get them too.
Do some research.
Theres a reason people have mouths and a digestive system.
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