My dog has a lump. Is it a wart or could it be skin cancer?
Updated On September 23rd, 2025
Hi There, I noticed this lump on my maltese shitzu tonight. Does this look like skin cancer?
4 Answers
Most Helpful Answer
Published on November 5th, 2018
Luckily no, this is a wart which is a benign skin growth. Many dogs get warts as they age and they are nothing to be overly concerned about unless they get very large or are in a location to be cut when dogs are getting groomed. If they enlarge then we recommend surgical removal. Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach to help you care for your dog.
8Pet Parents found this answer helpful
Related Answers from Veterinarians
-
Published on May 20th, 2017
If your vet already examined this and determined it to be benign, then it is unlikely to be cancerous at this point, but that doesn't mean that it does not need to get surgically removed, especially if it is bothering him. One option is to have it removed and then sent to a pathologist for histopath so you can determine exactly what it is for sure.
1Pet Parents found this answer helpful
-
Published on January 14th, 2019
According to the pic, It looks like a possible skin tag (fibropapilloma) which harmless, some skin tags can grow a few centimeters but that's need to be confirmed by a vet on examination . that's especially important with any mass that is growing in size, appearance, or color. In addition if it is confirmed as a growing skin tag your vet may consider removal. The bottom line it will need to be checked by a vet.
1Pet Parents found this answer helpful
-
Published on March 14th, 2017
Warts are usually non cancerous and do not need to be touched or removed, unless they are bothering Fiffy, but in order to be sure it's indeed a wart and not something else, i would recommend to have it checked by your vet.
1Pet Parents found this answer helpful
Hi, my dog has a small scaly round brown lump that appears to only be on the surface on the skin. I am worried if I need to be concerned about cancer or if it is something more simple like a wart? She has had lumps before observed by our vet which ha
My dog has a small lump on her neck. Not sure if it’s maybe a wort or something else.
Is this skin cancer? I was a vet tech and to me it looks like an obvious skin cancer. My dog is 15 years old, large breed plott hound pit mix. Good health otherwise. No prior surgeries or diseases. Is it worth treating or no due to age? Should it at
I have found this wart or small lump on my dogs head and I am very worried about it. What do you think it is? Or could be?
My lhasa apso is 5yrs old n she is having some wart like appearances on her skin .what to do??
We noticed this growth on my dog front leg. Is it a wart or something else?
My rough walder dog has tow small red bump on his back the size of a eraserhead, could you tell me please what they are and if they're serious? Thank you so much for you help (frankyaugo gmail.com)
I’m just wondering if this is skin cancer on my dog or what it is. Any help would be greatly appreciated. She’s a 9 month old husky mastiff
Hello we have a female chihuhua who has a lump on her neck which looks like little masses in it ..she itchs at it n makes it bleed.she is 7 years old n weighs 17 pds.please help us as we are very concerned. .thank you mellissa
I found what looks like a mass on my dogs. Do you think it’s cancer? I’m really worried..
Book an appointment with the pros – our expert vets are here to help.
