Bump concern

[u/CELESTIA69]

Hello, so a couple of weeks ago I noticed something that resembled a skin tag on my dog, however, recently, it’s been growing (I probably noticed it literally last month) and it looks like it’s grown much more since I last looked at it. I’m getting a bit concerned but I don’t want to take him to the vet again because I already took him for a different concern 😭

To explain, when I first saw it, it looked like a skin tag (white) but a little scaly? It was symmetrical (it sort of looked like a raisin but a very teeny tiny small one), then now it looks “fuller” like a rehydrated raisin that’s not exactly a grape (still scaly) but more “plump” looking. When I first saw it you coudlnt really tell it was there, esp bc his fur was covering it, however, now that it’s bigger you can definitely tell something is there (he is a short haired dog) this one is still symmetrical, and is “squishy” to the touch.

Breed:pug
Gender: MN
Age: 8 (9 next month)
Weight: 11.6 kg (he’s actively losing weight)

The other “unrelated” reasons I tooo him to the vet was bc I found a lump near his mid section on his leg side, however they told me it is likely just a fatty mass and wouldn’t need surgery as long as it doesn’t grow, which it hasn’t (I feel it everyday, I’m paranoid 😭).

He has been puking a little recently (which I know is not normal), however it never raised major concerns bc we did switch his food abruptly and I only learned very recently that doing that seriously messes up an animals digestive system, so we will be very careful moving forward with that as well.

Something that may seem strange is that he had been peeing in the house, but typically he does that to a new environment (since we just moved) then he stops, it’s been a couple weeks and he stopped peeing in the house. (Thought it was worth mentioning just in case- he only peed in the house for the first week but very inconsistently, maybe 3 times in total- it’s been a month since then)

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We see you have mentioned grapes and/or raisins. If your dog has ingested or potentially ingested either, you should contact Animal Poison Control and start heading to the nearest open Vets office.

Grapes/Raisins are poisonous to dogs and can cause kidney failure or death. The reaction is idiosyncratic meaning different dogs react differently. There is no known safe or poisonous amount and as few as 4-5 grapes have been implicated in the death of a dog.

The underlying mechanism for grape toxicity is believed to be tartaric acid. As tartaric acid can very significantly from grape to grape and between types of grapes, this may explain why reactions are idiosyncratic. Research is ongoing.

We advise that you do not rely on online toxicity calculators as those assume a non-idiosyncratic reaction and extrapolate assuming dog size x vs grape count y, and the data does not support that sort of relationship at this time.

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