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This weekend while grooming Ezzie and giving her a puppy massage, I found a marble sized lump behind her right hind leg. Of course, I immediately went into panic mode. Visions of unmentionable diseases immediately came to mind. Google brought up some scary crazy stuff was initially not very helpful. (User error, no doubt). Fatty lipoma (cancerous!?) seemed to most closely match the mass. I left a message for Ezzie's breeder, Cassie, hoping there was some logical explanation. I'm not very patient when it comes to things like things like this (our pediatrician can attest to the same), so I continued Internet research...And contemplated the possibility of life flighting Ezzie to the canine equivalent of the Mayo Clinic.
Cassie emailed me back a very short time later, ironically, about the same time I had stumbled onto a site about minor reaction to rabies shots. Oh. My. Gosh! Of course! By the way, have I mentioned lately how cool it is that Ezzie's breeder is also a vet? It's right up there with M's first daycare provider being a nurse married to a physician's assistant. Way better than stumbling around exotic diseases on Google. It seems that it's very common for pups to develop a little reaction around the rabies injection site. No worries, all is well is Ezzieland.
** I'd like to say I won't jump to conclusions in the future, but if the frequency in which we see the pediatrician is an indicator, I'm not making any promises. Better to be safe than sorry!
In other news, Ezzie loves, loves, loves the dog park! I was a little hesitant to start taking here there because I'm concerned about aggressive dogs (or irresponsible owners), but the excursions have gone well. Worries aside, all the other dogs, and more importantly, their owners, have been very well behaved. Here's a picture of Ezzie taking a water break (and letting all the pups know that it's HER bowl!)
New snack discovery: Peanut butter bone marrow Popsicle. Yum! Ezzie loves it when we freeze a little peanut butter in the ends!
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