My Akita needs SURGERY AGAIN | Dog Salivary Mucocele 

Sorry I didn’t know Haga had to have two surgeries recently! I wish him a nice full recovery. Many owners wouldn’t have noticed the mass like you did. What a nice owner!

Oh my goodness that sounds very stressful. Glad you got that all taken care of big hugs to Haga ❤️

Hope your dog recovers. Sounds awful. Wish Haga a speedy recovery.

Thanks for sharing what happened. I am glad he is doing ok. Love your channel!

tks for sharing. Having my first Akita for a month and this channel has been informative about Akita life. Good luck with your Akita recovery

Thank you for posting this. I’m glad that Haga has made a full recovery.

Oh noooo I’m soooo 😢 sorry. May I suggest using a raised dog feeding station? That may help

Thank you for sharing this. I have a 12 year maltese little girl that I saved the day she was born. Her mother ate her siblings and her owner was going to throw her in the trash with what was left of the litter. I bottle fed her and named her Vida, "life" in Spanish. We have never been apart since day 1, minus you know normal circumstances. She has seen me through the death of my husband, grandparents, both mother and step-mother, several close friends, and most recently my hero, my father. So as you can imagine, she has done way more for me than i can claim for her. Her normal vet (I trusted for 30 years) passed in 2020. And we went through covid. Wow! Finding vet care was rough. I came across Banfield and i was impressed so that's her new home medically speaking. And they have been wonderful!!! Well Halloween night vida went to sleep and when she woke up her throat looked funny. I sat her up and oh my!!! She had this huge lump as big as a softball under her chin. She couldn't yawn it was so big! I call Banfield and they run tests and they wanted to run more tests to send to an outside lab more advanced but i didn't have the funds for that (I'm widowed, disabled and on a fixed income) so we treated her with a stout shot of antibiotic that wouldbein her system a couple weeks. I was to use warm compresses a couple times a day to reduce swelling. Well, it worked. I guess the "shot" wore off and overnight (YES! OVERNIGHT!!) we are back with a squishy sack on her neck under her chin. Back to Banfield we go. Well more testing. The Vet wants to find out if it's a situation that is acute or chronic. That requires intensive lab work, once again, I can't fund it. So back to shot in rump and oral antibiotics and steroids to give at home with warm compresses for swelling. Well, success! Or so I thought. Swelling left, skin tightened up, appearance normal. Whew! Relief! Meds cleared her system, wham! Here we are again!! Back to Banfield. This time i was told it was a salivary gland that was either ruptured from an injury or there was a blockage. So this time they shaved the mass and i guess stuck her with something to pull as much of the fluid as able and then flushed it. They wrapped her with bandage, injected her with antibiotics and sent e home with oral antibiotics, steroids, and pain killer. And of course keep the warm compresses going. It all cleared up again in just over a week but the skin did not return to normal. So now she has this flabby loose skin on her neck. About two weeks later, like the week before Christmas, we went back to Banfield. They repeated the same treatment, drain, flush, inject antibiotics, send home with oral meds. I'm thinking well its definitely chronic and i don't need an advanced lab to tell me. But she's tired of it and so am I. The last two rounds besides repeating previous treatments she's been on two 28 day regimens of antibiotics and steroids, etc. And now here we are again. I've been treating her since may 27th with a liquid antibiotic, the same as the pill Banfield had her on, she had leftover from one of her dogs. Vida hasn't been seen in person yet and the medicine is not clearing it up but its holding it at bay. I told the Vet this has to stop. He proposed surgery to insert a drain that will stay in, and theres still risk of failure, until such time as there is no longer anything coming out of it then it can be removed and hopefully the ruptura will close and not present any more problems. The surgery is close to $1500. And I understand he was utilizing everything he could off her wellness special care plan I pay for every month for her. I might as well wish for a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. Now I question the surgery. How much more expensive could it be to remove the gland completely and solve the problem once and for all than it costs to put the drain in that doesn't promise to fix it?? And yet i have other voices bending my ear reminding me i don't have that kind of money and probably won't be able to put that much together before it's too late anyway so since its just a dog (JUST a dog?????), i should just put her down. W**???? NO! I WILL NOT just put her down!! She's still romps and plays and windsurfs and chases toys and tell the neigborhood what she thinks, etc. She's not laying down, she has a gland problem!! And I can't picture my life without her. We have been through so much together, she has brought me through more than I could ever repay. She's my friend, my best companion and now that I know what the problem is she's with someone who can't afford the fix. And no, I'm not sharing all this to get sympathy or anything else like that although i am going to swallow my pride and attempt one of those go fund me things because she's worth it and she deserves it, but I am sharing my journey through this nightmare to thank you #1 for putting your story out there to help someone else have something to challenge the Vet with so you don't go for months wondering if the nightmare will end and your pet be ok. And also to just help someone else who has battled this for too long to see they aren't alone in walking it out long term. See you made it clear it only had to be a one surgery fix yet your baby had two surgeries. THAT is what got my attention. If i have to take leave of my senses and swallow my pride to struggle and cry and plead and beg to try to come up with the funds for the surgery to insert a drain that could fail when a one time surgical procedure to completely solve the problem for good by removing the gland is the right answer, than it cannot possibly cost muc😮h more for the permanent fix than the quote I've been given without promise of solution. So I thank you for lifting the fog from my cloudy vision. I'm aiming for the one surgery option that I would not have known about but for you. So hey folks!! If you and yours are in my and Vida's shoes, enough is enough! Pay attention to this guy and look it all up for yourself!! He's right!! We did not have to go through all this and neither did our buddies!!! Don't be mad just be glad someone shared the news we needed to know!! Be blessed all!!!

Thank you! I brought in a rescue puppy just today with something similar so your video will definitely be helpful

Thank you for the videos you post I learn a lot from them and I'm glad Haga is ok

3:51 I know this is irrelevant but this just makes me feel like alien abductions are human vet visits xD we just don’t get it like the animals we love LOL

I lost my best friend this way

My standard poodle had this. Vet aspirated it and it just came back. Been waiting to hear back from the vet b.c she was trying to find a specialist and it has been a year of nothing. I switched my dogs food by adding a little raw blend from a local raw dog food place, and with in 2 months getting about 1/3 of raw food the salava ball is gone! I couldn't believe it! It's literally the only thing I've done different.

I have similar situation with a Boston. Insurance won't cover since preexisting. Said also risky for him....scarred of the risk.

What a beautiful Akita. They are so courageous with medical issues. I just got back from puttiing my 12 year old Akita down and I'm broken. The best companion ever. I've had 3 in my lifetime and can't imagine having another breed.

My Australian cattle dog mix needs hers out it's on her upper neck it's been drained twice spent $800 on meds and draining it with a syringe now they are saying $3000-$8000 and straight up I don't have it I'm going to try to drain it myself as my wife is a RN but even though she's worked on any and everything with people not so much with animals but this is really our only option

What food do you feed him now ? And what did you feed him while he was 8 weeks through 11 months?

Wow! Great Video and Information. I"m glad you did this video. I'm so happy your Akita is doing better. Interesting they don't know what causes that.

Saying prayers ,such a beautiful fur baby..such a beautiful breed ..mine just turned 9 weeks old and it's looking like he will have similar coloring

Thank you so much for posting this. My GSP has to have this done tomorrow. Hers is a result of trauma from a 22 and a (now) felon 2.5 years ago. I’m an absolute basket case about it but this made me feel a lot better.

So my dog just had what they thought was an abscess removed on her throat.. drained it and now she has a few hard tumors in the area and I’m thinking it might have been a pharyngeal mucocele all along. They took cells from the tumors because she was supposed to just have her abscess redrained but it wasn’t an abscess anymore but they said the cells are weird and they have never seen them before. Do you think this would be common knowledge for vets?

could it possibly bad genetics on the breeding side of things?

I am so bummed hearing about Haga having to go through this, but I"m glad to hear that he is doing better. I'll pray for his recovery and hope he doesn't have to go through anymore surgeries. I like hearing peoples dogs are doing well. I'll look forward to your next video. By the way, I'm decided to listen to your advice and not get my Akita neutered. Haga, Take Care!

Poor sweetheart!!! I hope he is getting better soon and will fully recover!!!😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

My friend's dog is going through the same thing now. She needs surgery.:(

My dog had this and I cured it on my own

I'm sorry for everything you're going through. I hope everything will be fine. I noticed that Haga's eyes were watering a lot. Is this normal?

I believe my dog is currently having the same exact problem... I just wanted to ask, did Haga not being able to eat come all of a sudden or was it a gradual increase in discomfort. Would love to get personally in contact with you about this situation if it is all right. Thank you!

Poor boy. Thank you for sharing your experience it's good to be aware of.

I am so happy that your pup pup is better now! Tell Haga that Tera and Oso are sending big hugs!

Lol have you noticed our pets have a resemble of their owners 😂😂😂😂

Hey, haven't seen a video in a while. How is Haga doing?

Thank you for sharing, I think this is what my dog has just now. We've been given anti bitoics so far but I don't think they've helped so far. Due back on Monday for a check up & next steps! Hope Haga is all well now ❤

I think this is what's wrong with my dog. Hope to get her in the vet tomorrow. Scary situation. Her throat is swollen..

Hi, I've followed you guys for a bit. Not sure how to get intouch to ask for advice. My seb 1yr 4 month American akita, who us wonderful and does well, I'm having trouble with the paws. As they're very cat like he engages using his paws to paw people. Which if he was tiny would be fine but as you know their paws and claws are big and strong. Any tips to help curb this.

Glad Haga is feeling better!!!