Daddy and Mommy had to break the sad news to Preston this weekend. The white bump on his tongue turns out to be a “puppy wart” (Canine Oral Papillomavirus). He must have gotten it when visiting the dog park. It is highly contagious so he has to be on quarantine until the wart goes away. This means no dog park and no playing with neighbors for few weeks, or possibly months!!! Poor thing…
09/26/2007 Update: Surgery day
Hey Preston,
I can’t comment on your bloggy! I’m so sorry you have this wart and have to be
quarantined! Can you chew it off and make it go away early so you can play with
other doggies sooner? I hope so!
Love ya lots,
Maggie
man.. what happened? this must be so painful… does he have to take any medicine? or it goes away by itself?
[...] It has been three months since Preston’s puppy warts started. The first wart on his tongue has grown out of control and started spreading to other part of his oral cavity. Preston hasn’t been able to go near other dogs for THREE long months. Daddy and Mommy couldn’t wait any longer for the warts to disappear on their own and decided to have them removed. Hopefully the procedures (electrocautery + cryotherapy) will stimuate his immune system and he will recovery quickly and be wart-free again! [...]