QuestionOur 12 year old cocker spaniel was spade while young. Just recently our 4 year old nutered male schnoodle smells her tummy and rear and also hump at her. We have had them together for 4 years and this is the first we see of it. The cocker spaniel also has a medium side lump that our vet has seen - it is on her tummy where he sniffs. Is he detecting maybe cancer? or do you think this is a dominance thing. Our cocker spaniel is much more dominant.
AnswerWhat did your vet do with the lump? He should have aspirated it and done an analysis. (Aspirating is just taking a bit of fluid with a very fine needle..doesn't hurt the dog).
At age 12 I wouldn't settle for less than an analysis. If the vet just looked at it, get a 2nd opinion including bloodwork.
As far as the male suddenly paying attention - I doubt it means anything.