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Melanoma

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Iris freckles. Little, black, disk-like tumors or growth of pigmented tissue on the eye.

My puppy has it. :(

Luckily, when they look like this (dark, flat disks as apposed to large, lumpy masses), they are usually benign. And in taking into account: his age; the price of treatment; the fact that he’s not a working/breeding dog; and that the only way to check whether it’s benign or malignant is to remove the eye (an incredibly painful procedure); it has been decided we are just going to “let him live until he dies.”

Hopefully that's not for a long time. :)

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I apologize for not responding to comments on this deviation. I normally do but this one is hard on me. Every time I try, I get emotional and teary and dumb. -_-
I do appreciate your thoughts and thank you for your comments and consideration.
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My dog has one of these and they're not that big of a deal :) a ton of dogs have them and only a few will turn into cancer. Just think of them like moles on your skin, they can turn into melanoma too, but it's most of the time unlikely!