Growth on puppy's paw pad?

[Angie Baker]

Our 4 month puppy appears to have a small growth between her paw pads on her back foot.  We noticed because she keeps biting at it & we thought she had something stuck in between her pads.  Has anyone seen or heard of this before?  She usesher foot just fine but is definitely sensitive to us touching it versus her other paws.  We have a vet appt next week thankfully but still worried.  Thanks for any suggestions!

[Christine & Camus]

Can you post a picture of the growth?

[Angie Baker]

Thanks,  I just posted a picture.  It is the burr looking object just below her larger paw pad.  Heading to the vet tomorrow as she started limping today and it seems to be bothering her more and more :-(

 

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

It might be a type of growth called an interdigital furuncle. A photo would be helpful, but you really do need a vet to diagnose this.

[F, Calla & Luca]

A furuncle is really an infection and would need treatment.

[Angie Baker]

Thanks Karen.  I just posted a photo and am going to the vet tomorrow. 

 

[Angie Baker]

I will try to take a picture & post tomorrow.  After receiving some pictures and information online it does appear to be an interdigital cyst and certainly fits with the longer hair profile too.  Thanks so much for the quick replies!

[Jennifer,Chloe & Myla]

Hope it's nothing serious. Keep us posted.

[BarB HART]

Two of my cats had the same problem years ago at different times.  When I took the first cat to the vet, they performed surgery to remove the growth and found nothing in the biopsy.   Several years later when i took the second cat to a different vet, he told me that my cat had cut on his pad and it would heal on its own which it did.  I was so mad that I had paid over $400 for surgery on the first cat that I could scream.  This may not be the case for your puppy but I wanted to share the experience that I had.  Let me know what your vet says.

[Kaytlin and Cooper]

could it be fur? Cooper once got a mat between her pads - a mix of tangles fur and clay from the road... it was hard to cut out, and now I keep her fur really short there

[Becka]

Sadie also sometimes gets mats between her toes that I have to remove for her--especially when the weather here makes the ground muddy.

[Angie Baker]

Thanks to everyone for the good thoughts and advice.  Here is a picture of her paw with the growth.  It looks a bit like a burr just below her middle paw pad but it is definitely a growth.  Today she started limping and trying to use it as little as possible so we are headed to the vet tomorrow.  

 

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Good luck at the vet, I hope it's something easily treated.