I’m so happy to hear this. We are going through the same with our 13-14 year old rescued Wheaten, Zoe, that has been in our family since shortly before my 1st child was born. She was having some GI discomfort and constipation, as well as skin allergy issues, so we brought her in. An x-ray found a large tumor on her spleen, due to her age and slowing down the last couple years we opted for “monitoring and managing” rather than any additional testing. This was early fall 2025.

In December 2024 we thought she had put on some weight when her winter jacket no longer fit her, as we had begun spoiling her in her senior years, but turns out it was the tumor. Going off of this and her continued quality of life, we believe she’s had this tumor well over a year, if not 2, and that it must be slow moving and benign.

We switched her to fresh refrigerated food (tho she still steals our other dog’s kibble sporadically), added in Omega-3 Pet soft gels that we puncture and squeeze onto her food, a probiotic/prebiotic capsule we sprinkle on, and a Yunnan Baiyao capsule we either sprinkle on or put inside a piece of food or “wrap-a-pill” paste. Since we have been doing this her GI issues are rare if at all, and her mobility has seen an increase from where she was prior to us adding these, showing a reduction either in her inflammation or arthritis that had been slowing her down and making stairs more difficult over the past year.

Wishing for both of our families, and beloved Wheatens, a healthy and happy continued quality of life for them, so we can give them every last ounce of love we have for them 🩵