This is my first dog as an adult. I got Maggie on August 10, 1993, after being dogless for about 10 years. She was a big deal for me. She had a rough puppyhood with a terrible eye infection, bad allergies, and a condition called puppy strangles, which is growths in the throat that essentially strangle the dog to death as they grow. The vet said most owners don't catch the puppy strangles before it's too late, but I'd noticed them and Maggie was okay. Now, 12 years later, Maggie has a massive throat tumor. It's not visible. This picture is from just a few weeks ago and she looks normal. But I can feel the tumor. We've talked to three different veterinarians and they've all said different things about WHAT it is, but not about what CAN BE DONE about it, which is essentially nothing. It may or may not be cancerous, it may or may not be surrounding her trachea, it may or may not be growing or shrinking, etc. But the consensus was/is that it is inoperable and will likely cause her death.