We just took Bailey and Guinness to the vet yesterday. Guinness has a lump on his face as well. The vet says it is a swollen lymph node. On his face, I guess on the cheekbone (if dogs have cheeks). Due to the fact he has been sniffling/sneezing the past few days, the vet said it could be one of three things:

1. Lymph nodes can swell due to passing illness (colds/flus/etc.), just like with humans.

2. It could be a cyst like structure that dogs sometimes get in their lymph nodes. She says one of her pups has had it for years and just every so often, she brings in her pup to get the lymph node/cyst thingy drained via needle. Some people decide to do surgery to remove the cyst permanently.

3. It could be something more serious, like cancer, but she said we'd be really getting ahead of ourselves worrying about that now.

We have to wait two weeks to have it re-evaluated I have no patience, I hate waiting to see if one of my pups is gonna be ok.

Anyway, not trying to hi-jack the thread, just wanted to let you know that you aren't alone and hopefully it's nothing serious. Good luck!

Hugs!
Stephanie, Brian, Bailey and Guinness