My dog has a painful, rapidly growing tumor. Is euthanasia an option?

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My sister's dog- female mix breed about 8 years old- has a very large rapidly growing tumor. Just gave birth 6 months ago. Complicated/almost fetal delivery. Infection and cecerian. Shortly after- this appeared. Started small- growing daily. No money for expensive treatment/surgery. Does it sound like cancer? Is it time to "give up" (euthanize). Does it seem hopeless? Dog is in EXTREME PAIN. Sister needs to hear it from a professional! Cuz she refuses to accept that its time. This is her love! Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed Medium (23 - 60lb) | Female | spayed | 8 years old | 25 lbs

Lindsey Edwards MVB, BSc, IVCA · Accepted Answer

This is huge and looks extremely painful, it is impossible to tell from a picture exactly what the underlying nature of it is (most likely a cancerous tumor but could potentially be a hernia) but either way it must be severely compromising her quality of life and causing undue suffering. I would recommend euthanasia as soon as possible, there would be no guarantee that surgery would be succesful at this stage and would extremely invasive and painful outside of cost

My dog has a painful, rapidly growing tumor. Is euthanasia an option?

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