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(Melinda Shore) wrote:

As
for the latter question, you might be a concerned and
devoted owner or you might be a hypochondriac. In your case
you're being responsible (I give each of my dogs a once-over
every day or so) but somebody else might be being neurotic.
I think it comes down to expectations.

I get that. I tend to go through more vigilant periods after something
has been found, and don't obsess. I think of the first time I found a
cancerous tumor on a dog though, while cleaning her ears (tumor was on
her side). All I did was rest my hand there and it was the size of a
pea. At that time, I wasn't the least bit concerned. I figured it was
something totally benign. I will never think that of any lump again.

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Janet Boss
www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com