Boils, pusie non-cancerous growths

[Laura and Dave]

Hi all first post here—

I belong to a group on Facebook where the discussion of boils on doodles is very common. A woman on the page had recently had 11 removed via laser. Many people said they just leave them, because they often return and sometimes worse than before. My question is how common is this issue,what treatment have people sought, have anyone found a permana t treatment, what can be done to reduce the problem in the first place?? The woman on Facebook had had laser treatment and it looked pretty good a few days after. Thank you in advance

[Bonnie Barber]

Do you mean cysts? if so, my SP has had two big cysts. The vet first tries to drain them. Then they just grow back and require surgical extraction and a 14 day wearing of the awful cone of shame. There goes my budget and my walls all in one fell swoop! Does laser treatment require the same time and wearing of the cone?

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Sebaceous cysts are pretty common in doodles and related breeds as well. But not as common as lipomas. 

With any growth, you must have a vet check it to make sure it is not cancerous or otherwise a problem. After that, you usually just watch them. Cysts will sometimes resolve on their own. 

[Laura and Dave]

Yes!! That’s what I mean. Thank you, I could not remember the word. I don’t know what laser treatment requires. The lady who posted, did not provide much follow up info, at least from what iread.

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Thanks, Bonnie. The use of the term "boils" really threw me, lol. In 60 years of living with dogs and 41 of owning them, I never heard of a dog having a "boil". 
Lipomas, which are benign fatty tumors, are very common in doodles and all of the related breeds. Very common. Jackdoodle was covered with them. They rarely pose a problem unless they are located in an area where they are constantly irritated, or if they grow so large that they interfere with organ function, which is rare. 

There is no "cure" and really, of all the things that could be "wrong" with your doodle, this is at the bottom of the list of concerns. Keeping your dog at a healthy weight may help, because lipomas are supposedly more common in overweight dogs. But JD and all the many dogs here on DK who have/had lipomas were not overweight. 
As I've said before, the information on health and diet in every FB doodle group I've ever seen is questionable at best and downright stupid in many cases. I advise ignoring it and just sharing pictures, lol.