Thanks you for your help Micki - how old was your Westie - did the glands come up suddenly?

I have a medium sized border collie who is nearly 5. I just became aware of these glands last Wednesday and saw the vet who has worried me by saying watch them and if they don't go down we need needle biopsy - so now I'm freaked. They haven't got bigger but I think they are around large grape size (she said they are 25% bigger than normal).

Another reason for concern is he (Tag) has what looks like (no skin scrape done) demodectic manage on his feet it broke out recently. I know this can take hold in dogs with compromised immune systems so now I'm putting 2 and 2 together and getting 5.

I've lost two dogs in last 4 year to the dreadful C (one was 14 though) - but my consitition is not what it used to be!