Dog with biggest tumour vet had ever seen goes for major surgery after collapse

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A dog with the biggest tumour a vet has ever seen has undergone major surgery after collapsing at home. Cocker spaniel Dexter, 10, had a fit at home and collapsed.

The rescue dog was rushed to a vets in Cornwall by his worried owners where examinations discovered that the beloved pooch had a tumour "so big" his entire spleen needed to be removed, reports Cornwall Live.Vet Tom Beal, of Luxstowe Vets in Liskeard, said Dexter needed "major surgery".

He said: “We do see tumours in dogs, certainly in senior pets, but this is certainly one of the biggest I’ve ever seen in 20 years of veterinary medicine."Now back at home with owners James and Helen Tupper and their son Charlie, 13, Dexter has been enjoying a new lease of life since surgery.Mr Tupper, a postman, said Dexter, who was a rescue pup the family adopted when he was three months old, is like a different dog after the procedure.Mr Tupper said: “We had noticed Dexter had put on a little bit of weight, but we had no idea he had such a huge tumour inside him and it came as a bit of a shock.

The team at Luxstowe Vets were brilliant when we took Dexter in after he’d collapsed and they acted very quickly. Join the Daily Record's WhatsApp community here and get the latest news sent straight to your messages. "They explained everything clearly and gave us all the options, but we knew we wanted to go ahead with surgery if there was a chance the tumour could be removed.