Concerned!!

[DonRamon]

Hey guys, i was wondering about something. On my doxie behind his jaws on the neck he has 2 oval shaped balls, and they are about 1cm long. Do your doxies have the same thing? or is this something i should be worried about?

I read around and some sites said that those could be his saliva glands, but i never got a conclusive answer.

 

[Admin]

Our Sammy had that too It was his saliva glands... Antibiotics cleared it up

 

[DonRamon]

Our Sammy had that too It was his saliva glands... Antibiotics cleared it up

so they should not be that big?

 

[Cell]

Leo has pretty big salivary glands, but he has a slender head and neck so they just seem bigger then they really are. If they don't hurt your dog to touch them and he is not acting differently then I doubt there is any problem.

 

[DeafDogs]

Both Mouse and Boo have them, my vet told me not to worry about them, that some breeds seem to have them more on the surface.

 

[Kirp]

Yep...Ben has those too. =D I was worried about them when I first noticed, too, but the vet said it's nothing.

 

[Admin]

Sams were really big.. On larger that the other and it turned out to be an infection.. He had no sensitivity when I touched them but just to be careful I took him to the vet and it turned out to be an infection.... best to get it looked at just to be safe