Jackson has lumps and bumps

I suppose what I’m wondering, is given a dog who seems to have a predisposition for lumps (benign or other) and given his age, would there be a supplement that you sell that might help him as he continues to age and which I could include in my order of Solo Vegetal?”

The good news is that I heard back from Jackson’s Mum and he had his lump removed and it was purely a ‘fatty lump’ this time which means that it was benign and would not spread in his body or cause any further complications.

Fatty lumps are very common in elderly dogs and as your dog puts on weight, so too do these fatty lumps grow. The ones not to worry about tend to be non-painful to touch and feel like a mass of soft tissue under the skin (I always describe it as what I imagine a breast prosthesis would feel like, as when we remove them surgically, they come away in a neat enclosed bag of squidgy tissue!)
The worrying ones that Jackson had in the past tend to feel hard to the touch and could sometimes be painful. These would need immediate attention as they could be cancerous and spread in the body.

The advice I was able to give to Jackson’s Mum, was to keep him on as healthy a diet as possible that was fibre and nutrient packed to keep his weight down. This would naturally prevent the fatty lumps from growing; as well as add some healthy Omega 3’s like Vegetology algae oil to his diet for their anti-inflammatory effect.
We discuss this in further detail and have a bonus section on cancer in dogs in our PLANT-BASED DOG NUTRITION COURSE by Dr Clare Knottenbelt.

Jackson’s Mum confessed to him not being 100% plant-based but also feeding him some fish and meat-based foods even though he loved all foods that he was being fed. I reassured her that for his health, being semi-plant-based was still so much better and she did not have to have it perfect. I admired her telling me this and the fact that she was open-minded enough to consider plant-based for her sweet Jackson who means so much to her!