3 year old pembroke welsh corgi, spayed. 

One of her nipples appears to have a large, near-perfect circle of discoloration. It’s sort of a wine color, darkens as it gets closer, and then is white immediately around the nipple.  

She’s in sort of a medically complex spot as it stands; calcium oxalate stones, recently recovered from a UTI, and she has pretty severe environmental allergies. She had her belly shaved last week for stone imaging, and on Friday she passed a stone at the vet (lucky timing) and got her cytopoint injection. She’s scheduled for surgery this upcoming Thursday. 

The other irritation on her belly is something we pretty commonly see on her around this time of year because of her allergies and is pretty clearly caused by her scratching at herself. She’s been licking her paws and crotch, again pretty expected behavior, but isn’t really paying much attention to her belly. It’s not hot to the touch, oozing, nor does it appear to bother her when I touch it.

She’s not currently obstructed, we’ve been monitoring her closely. She has been taking 50mg carprovet every 24 hours, and we have 100mg gabapentin on standby in case it looks like she’s in further pain or might need to pass a stone. Up to date on vaccines and nexgard/heartgard. We’ve had to take her to the emergency vet four times in the last week because she’s had obstruction-like symptoms (vomiting, panting, straining) always late at night or on a weekend, and twice she’s passed stones, but her symptoms have resolved usually while we’re in triage. That’s mainly why I’m posting here; I’d love to save another $500 bill if I can get a second opinion on whether this needs another vet trip before her surgery. 

 No other concerning symptoms at this time, she’s currently racing around the yard on border patrol against the squirrel invasion. 

Something’s up with my dog’s nipple