Swollen Face in Dogs

Hi I have a seven year old springer spaniel who has a swollen nose took her to the vets yesterday and given antibiotics and pain relief I started the antibiotics straight away yesterday but find that the swelling has got bigger normal healthy dog not sneezing or rubbing her nose help

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I have a 9 year old Labrador Retriever who has had swelling beneath his ear and around his muzzle thrice in last 2ish months. The Vet gave him anti-allergic and antibiotic injections both the time which subsided the problem but it re-occurred. yesterday he got it for the 3rd time and now his Vet says it could be related to Liver. We are thinking of taking a second opinion but we do not have very good Vets available in our region. Can someone please help urgently.

I just got home from work and my dog seemed normal to me until he laid down mext to me and I see a slight swelling on the upper right part of his face. I tried to touch it and he turned his head quickly and I do t want to hurt him. I’m not sure what to do because the emergency vet is so expensive and I dont get paid for two days and am maxed out on credit cards. He is Also licking his paws a lot

My dog is a pit bull staffordshire mix, and his cheek is a little swollen he’s not not allergic to anything or whatever but I’m pretty sure my puppy bit him and gave him the swollen cheek just gonna keep an eye on him

Woke up this morning with my dog being normal, just went outside and hour later to meet my dog face, jaw and neck swollen, I gave it Shea butter oil to drink and mixed a little with it'spap and now the swollen around the face has gone down and he can open his eyes compared to earlier but it's jaw and neck are still swollen, can I adminster anstitamine to it?

About 2-3 months ago my boyfriends Stepfather put his little Frenchy in the bike basket and she fell off - landed on her face, her nose and mouth got a bit scraped. Since then she was sad and acting weird for a few days but got better. About a month in she has developed an entirely swollen upper jaw and her tongue is always out because she can’t breath.
He has taken her to the vet and they said her jaw was too big and that’s why it’s happening but they didn’t do a culture on her mouth or anything. They didn’t get the tissue from her gums to test or anything which worries me. I looked at her really well today. They were trying to give her a pill and I stepped in because I’ve had dogs my entire life.

The opening of her mouth is so small my finger barely fits to push the pill down a bit to hell her swallow it. Her younger is dry and swollen from it consistently being outside of her mouth. I’m worried her windpipe will get so swollen she dies from asphyxiation

I asked my boyfriend to please take her to another vet for a second opinion. I believe this is all a cause from the blunt trama she had when she fell from the bike

My 6year old Staffie his morning helped when having her ears stroked, I then noticed a swelling behind/under her ear, within the next few hours this got worse and she has a very liquid abscess looking growth hanging under her jaw.she was walking gingerly and being very lethargic. Due to commitments with my son I put off the emergency call to the vets but since has been back to herself eating (she turned her nose up at bacon and eggs earlier on in the day) the lower swelling has subsided but the side swelling is still visible, and feels quite hard. She normally sleeps on her own but we had a visitor last night who shared her sofa. I am wondering if maybe she got kicked in the night? Or if this could be an allergic reaction to a bug? I’ve not been able to look in the mouth whilst open to asses the saliva glands, although it’s never been an issue with her. There is no trouble with her breathing and her heart rate is normal from what I can hear listening against her chest. I can also now touch her face without her yelping.

I accidentally left her collar on, and put her in her crate while I left the house. I was gone about 90 minutes, when I came back the collar had gotten caught on the wire of the crate. She was breathing, and yelping and crying. Her front legs were covered in drool, there were a couple of drops of blood, not sure if it came from her mouth or her paws. She was choking herself trying to twist herself free, and she'd obviously been like that for awhile because of the amount of drool, flying fur, and her muzzle was swollen. She continued to cry for about 5 minutes after I freed her. Her breathing seems ok, but her muzzle is pretty swollen. I've given her water and ice chips, which she took with no problems. Should I continue to give her ice chips to try and help with the swollen muzzle? And could she have damaged her throat?

yesterday i noticed my dogs right side of his face right under his eye and snout are swollen it’s now the next day it hasn’t gotten worse i’ve been constantly checking on him for fever and fatigue and he’s completely normal he’s also eating and drinking normally. what could’ve caused this i’m not sure if it’s an insect bite or a tooth issue or if he bumped into something.

My dog was attacked by the neighbors dog. He got bit on his top lip right side. Now his whole right side of his face is swollen and his neck is super droopy under it. The swelling seems to be going down but the droop seems to be getting worse in his neck area. Hes been on amoxicillin for one day.

Hey my dog a jack Russell has a swollen face and eye he hordes things in his crate and we think he has got his paws on some e liquid we don’t think he ingested any but he is finding it hard to open his eye what can we do

My 1.5 year old female Bordeaux has a hard lump on the right side of her face and swelling that is traveling into her neck area. She has excessive drooling and isn't eating much. We took her to the vet Saturday and she was prescribed antibiotics in case of a bite of some sort, but I feel like the swelling is getting worse. She has lost a lot of weight within the last 2 weeks! I can't tell if she's in pain or not because she's still herself other than not eating.

My dog has been itching and chewing on paws. This has happened before. I gave him a benadryl and it seems to have caused his face mostly lips to swell. Could this be from the medication or him itching his face?

I have a 6 month old mini Australian Shepard and he suddenly yelped and came running in the living room from the bedroom... and his right side if his snout and lip line is extremely swollen... and it's 1:30 am... what should I do

My chihuahua is 10 months. She came in to my bedroom with red patches all over her body and a bumpy and swollen face. She was recently given antibiotics for some wheezing she had as they thought she had a chest infection so could it be a bad reaction to that? It's 1:13am and her vets are closed. Please tell me what I can do for my dog. Thank u

My dog Sammy got in a fight with another dog and her thoart and cheek is swollen she is 10 years old no bite marks but she can breath it happen yesterday and the sweeping started today

I got home from work and i see my dog and her mouth close to the throat is swollen on the right side theres like a red spot like a bite. When i touch her she cries of pain. There's swelling on both sides of the mouth and down under the mouth.

Recently my dog just lost weight due to frequent vomiting and liquid stooling with blood in it.which antibiotics should be administered . also there is swelling on the face and eye what should I do .and what meal should I give the dog to regain it weight. It barely two months old.

My dog got sudden swelling in his eyes and his muzzle. He constantly rubbed his eyes against the carpet. I wiped his eyes down because I did not have a ride to the vet but he woke up this morning fine. I just want to know what could cause such sudden swelling?

My dog is a little under 7 months old. I came home from work and its just getting worse. His face is so swollen. He just keeps scratching and it goes away for a few minutes but just comes right back.

My puppy has been playing in the garden most of the day with,two others. She seemed fine until later in the evening, her face is swollen and painful on the left hand side only

My 1 yr boxer/pit woke up this morning with swollen pockets around her eyes. I gave her two benadryl pills and the swelling went down. Almost 6 hours later, I noticed that the swelling has returned along with swollen pockets around her mouth. My daughter and I gave her 2 more benadryl pills just now.

There is no change in her diet and we checked the area where she sleeps and didn't see anything that could have bitten her. She's not in any pain just looks pitiful.

My 10 month old dachshund started to gradual get little swollen bumbs around his face and the tip of his penis is swollen; he was maybe outside for 20 minutes and it's nighttime. He doesn't seem to be in pain but is itching. I put a cold rag on the bumps. What do you recommend or suggest?

At about 2:30, her face was a little bit swollen around the mouth. Now it has spread to her eyes, I don't know what to do. she wasn't outside for very long, and it was smoky outside, maybe that's what caused it? Please help, i'm concerned.

I took my dog for a walk and noticed he started to swell on one side of his face I tried to touch him and he cried out in pain but as I was checking him I noticed the pain is coming from his mouth and I don't know i can give him to help treat his pain.

I came home and my dog was acting normal apart from wanting to be by himself in his bed. I went to my room( his bed is in my room) and I noticed he was under the bed. I managed to get him out and noticed swelling on his face. The swelling is right under his eyes and on his jaw. I did notice that on the corner of one of his eye was slightly red. He doesn't seem to be in pain, it's justt the swelling

I have a two week old puppy and he has swelling around the throat area . I'm very scared his throat is closing . I don't know what to do or give him . We fed him some puppy furmula a couple days ago because his mother won't feed them . None of the other puppies had any issue just him . Please help !

My django had thrown up few times today laying around she started whinning and she had gotten a lump on the right side of her head temple area she is running and running her head on everything what could it be shes a inside/outside dog

I have a nine month old dog. When I let her in from outside I noticed that the sides of her mouth were very swollen. Is this an allergic reaction to something? Will Benadryl work?

I just got home and the place between my Chihuahua's eyes is swollen. No bite marks are visual and no one was home while thus happened. He will not let us touch it but is acting basically normal. Please help. I cannot afford after emergency care.

I got home from work, his nose and a little around his eye is swollen. More on the right side than the other. But I got home late at night and won't be able to see a vet until the morning. He's acting normal eating and drinking normally.. will he be okay until the morning?

Hi, my dog had an allergic reaction to a proheart injection yesterday. I took her to the vet and she got a steroid and Benadryl injection. They sent us home with prednisone. Her face is not swollen anymore, but her neck is very droopy. Should I be concerned?

This evening when I came home my dog was being very timid. She had a bath and won’t eat her food. I checked her all over to see what was wrong and nothing but when I was checking her mouth she squealed when I squeezed. I pressed lightly and nothing, but then I did it again a few hours later to see and same reaction. She won’t eat her food. She did have some sips of water. Her stool was normal no blood. What could this be?

I came home to my two dogs: Edgar, a Australian Shepard mix, and Gomer, Mastiff/ Pitt mix. They both have extremely swollen faces. We live out in the middle of no where and allow our dogs to roam freely when we are not home, so I have no clue what they come into contact with when I am not around. I can't seem to find any bite or sting marks on either of them, Should I be worried?

My dog has swelling round his mouth, he is fine in himself, its itching but not bothering him too much. Diet hasn't changed, he is behaving normally apart from rubbing his face on anything to get rid of the itch.

3 days ago I took my dog to the vet after he threw up several times in a row, and I noticed his mouth and throat was also swollen. The vet believed it most likely to be an allergic reaction or bee sting, or something similar, and gave him a steroid injection which brought the swelling down by the evening and he hadn't thrown up for a full 2 days.
This morning however, we woke up to find he had pooed and vomited in the night (something which he doesn't normally do). He was also acting out of character on his walk and was almost obsessively eating grass the entire walk.
About an hour ago I looked over to him on his bed and could see even from a small distance that the skin around his mouth was very red. Upon closer inspection, there are small round sections that seem to be swollen with reddened skin (though no hair loss), with the worst places being right on the end of his muzzle.
I tried looking at his inner lip, and it doesn't appear to be hurting him as if it was a bite... could it be a tooth infection causing all this? He has had problems with tartar and does have a very brown looking fang at the front of his mouth.
Any advice would be really appreciated as I'm not sure whether I should be rushing him back to the vet or not.

my dog has been bitten and his face is swollen,there is no puncture wounds what can i do to reduce the swelling.he eating and drinking but wanting to stay as close to me as he can

What should i do my dogs face on her left side has been swelling off and on for about a month then yesterday my husband noticed her ear started swelling.
What should i do!!!!

My dog has swelling all around one of her eyes and a bit around her mouth that has been getting worse as the days go by. At first she wouldn’t eat or drink anything, then suddenly she ate and drank but now she’s back to not eating and whenever she tries she whimpers and helps and won’t eat or drink. I’ve looked at where she is swollen and haven’t seen any signs of a puncture wound. What should I do?!

My dog has swelling all around one of her eyes and a bit around her mouth that has been getting worse as the days go by. At first she wouldn’t eat or drink anything, then suddenly she ate and drank but now she’s back to not eating and whenever she tries she whimpers and helps and won’t eat or drink. I’ve looked at where she is swollen and haven’t seen any signs of a puncture wound. What should I do?!

My mum massaged my dog's snout, he suddenly whined and ran away. there is now a swelling on his right snout. he is eating well and allows me to touch it but i do not dare to lift up his mouth to look at it. He has very bad breath and is pretty old. I'm afraid it could be due to a teeth decay or something.

I noticed today that my Pomeranian’s muzzle is swollen on the left side only. She has had periodontal disease for a few years so I figured this was due to gum disease (she barely has teeth left). So, I looked at her gum and there is a small abscess. She is in a good mood, eating well, and drinking water. However, I have noticed her moping around a bit. What things should I look for which will indicate an emergency? It’s saturday and vet doesn’t open until Monday.

my 7yr old pitbull swelled up overnight both sides of face and legs armpits belly paws. It seems very heavy because it is pulling the skin down, sagging. Extra thirsty, He was normal 2 days ago.

Came home from work and my female husky has her right eyebrow and forehead swollen, if you see her profile it looks like a triangle. She has been acting normal is not really scratching at it or anything. She has been eating and playing with our male husky but her forehead is still swollen. We have given her benadryl but the swelling has not gone down completely still there this morning. Please let me know if we should take her to the vet after all? Thank you!

I have a 1.5 year old lab/pit mix, he has started aggressively biting/chewing his paws last night and this morning, his eyes and muzzle are swollen. He's also vomited twice. He's an inside dog and is only taken out on a leash. He weighs about 70 lbs, so I gave him 1 benadryl this morning but he vomited it up. We haven't changed anything in our house, his food hasn't been changed recently (he's on Iams) and he's monitored pretty closely when he's taken out. We live in Georgia.

9 yo 30lb mixed breed, typically hearty and little reaction to adverse ingestions, appeared this afternoon with swollen eyes. Gave her Benadryl pill and placed warm washcloth on her eyes for a few mins. Seemed to improve in a few hours, then reemerged with bumps on her head. Doesn't appear to have gotten into anything in the house. Our other less resilient dog recently recovered from severe bout of bloody nausea and vomiting. Is there something in my yard that they're eating or did she get something completely unrelated? BTW her mood is still good, appears unfazed.

In the mornings we usually take our pups outside to do their morning business. But, I noticed Maxx came in with the right inside of his lip swollen. He’s drinking, eating, and energetic as always, so I’m thinking he may have gotten into an area with bugs in the backyard or like the description may be caused by my pups play fighting and accidentally getting their mouths caught up causing the swelling. What do you think? And would Benadryl help?

Hi.. my 12 year old dalmatian has a lump under his eye, on his cheek bone... he fell over yesterday and hurt his leg, but he does this a lot and normally he's gone after a day of comfort, but the lump on his face is new! It's hard and feels like his cheek bone only larger.. is this dental? Trauma? He can still eat, doesn't run cause his leg, but play fighting etc all the same he pants a lot tho...

my dog is a mut i don't know what he is found him on the street and seems to be a little bit of everything. he recently had the vaccinations done ps da2ppvl/b with rabies vac,#17-2405 ,ee da2ppv/lepto/bordetella, and dw da2p/pv .this was done in the after noon(1). later in the evening (7)he now has a swollen eye ,muzzle and a rash developing on his under belly. with the time and the vacc.done could do this.

so my dog started with a swollen on the
right side of his face a couple of days ago and it has been getting worse i notice it has moved down to the throat. he has stopped eating and will brake for hours at a time. When we feel the area he does not seem to be in pain but the area is hard like a rock, its about the size of a baseball

My fur baby had an accident going up the stairs. We noticed this morning that under his left eye and slightly over the bridge of his nose is swollen. He’s eating well and also walking around normally. He’s also sleeping a lot but that comes with him just being a puppy I suppose. Should i give it a few days to see if the swelling reduces??

My 10 year old chihuahua has a swollen face right side i have tried to wash the area to cool,it down but he cries the vet is closed till morning will he be ok till then

My dog has a swollen area on the right side of her face just below her eye, but she's acting completely normal. She's only one year and a half old. Can this go away by itself overtime?

my dog chew bone food,after face become swollen.After that he didn't close his mouth.sometimes he growling,saliva spill out from his mouth.Now swollen face became less,but he didn.t closing his mouth.

I have a little 21 pound chi-wienie jack russell. She broke out all over her belly and arms and I gave her a benedryl and it went away but she still has red eyes, red muzzle, red chin and a bump on each side of her mouth as well as red on her toes. She may have allergies but her tummy is better but her eyes, muzzle, chin and toes are still red. What else do I need to do ? She plays and eats and is loving but is itching/scratching alot.

My dog went to the dog park (was completely fine before) when we came home. I noticed that he had a swollen eye. I checked his eye. He can open it, and there’s no puss, blood etc. should I bring him to the vet?! I’m sleeping on it to see if maybe he was just scratched? He’s not showing any signs of it hurting. No whining, I can touch it.

My dog area around his left eye is swollen as the left side of his muzzle area swollen. This appeared after his night time walk. At first he seemed very restless he has now settled hopefully for the night.

I woke up and took my 7 month old dog out of his kennel and noticed his face was swollen on his cheeks and eyes I didn't see at bites on him and he is acting normal so I gave him 1benadryl

Nelly is my 4 lb, 9 yr old chihuahua. Tonight I noticed that her face looked a little swollen. I immediately picked her up to look for any evidence of a spider bit. I couldn't find anything except that the right lymph node under her jaw was fairly swollen. This was at 10:30pm. I immediately gave her a dose of liquid benadryl but am very concerned, especially since it's so late at night. Right now she's breathing ok, and doesn't appear to be in any pain which is good. I'm not sure I have the finances available to be able to afford to take her to a emergency hospital tonight. Is it safe to keep watching her and wait to take her to a vet in the morning? How long would it take to know if she was having a life-threatening reaction to something? Thank you for any help and advice you can give me!

Hi my dog Lily is a four year old wiener dog. All of a sudden her neck and face swelled up. We got back today and found her like this. It would help if you could get back to me asap!

I’ve just come home from being away from my dog for about 6 hrs. My husband said he was like this when he got home at 5pm or 6pm. I left at 4pm. My blue heeler has a swollen face, his eyes are puffy & his entire upper jaw of swollen. He keeps rubbing it with his paw. I think it might be an insect bite, or pesticide perhaps. What should we give him? I feel like it’s an antihistamine type prescription if it were a human. I was bitten a spider on holiday which was extremely painful and I still get pain. He is very uncomfortable but not critical

Labradoodle approx. 40 lbs. Got into trash outside today and found her eating old chicken that had ants on it. Now approx. 2 hrs later has L eye swollen, around mouth also swollen. No other symptoms.

I have a weinie dog. She ate her food, same as always, but the left side of her snout (right above mouth, back under eye) randomly swell up. I not sure what the problem is. Nothing has been different. She is breathing fine, playing, and wagging her tail. Should I keep an eye on her until tomorrow or should she be fine?

Hi Max is a small teacup Chihuahua, about 13 years old. He has bad teeth and refuses to let anyone touch him. good appetite but today is mouth by the jaw is swollen up to his little eye and now there's puss coming out of the eye. what do you supposed would be helpful for him.

All of a sudden I see that my dog is rubbing her face on the floor, and I then see that theft side of her face only around her mouth on the outside is swollen, I don't know what could have caused it, but it had me worried.

My puppy acting completely normal all night. Then we go to bed and wake up to him scratching his face and his face swallow. But still acting himself playing and eating. Should I be concearned.

My 10 year old male dog has a swollen spot on the left side of his face (under eye, eye is not swollen shut). He doesn’t seem to be in pain and doesn’t get frustrated when I gently touch/examine. He is eating and drinking fine and does not act out of nature (not lathargic, is wagging tail, and is interacting as normal). He doesn’t do well in car rides so I try to avoid a trip to the vet if necessary. Advice? 25mg benedryl?

My dog woke up vomiting his food up at night. Vomited a once in the moring. Seemed lethargic then he snout/muzzle had to swmuzzle bumps. No new foods just around a lot of plants and puppy who tried to play with him.

My dogs eyelids (both) are pretty swollen but not completely shut yet and he has a runny nose. I have him 1 Benadryl not too long ago but was wondering if I should take him to a vet right away or not ?

A couple days ago I noticed some swelling and odorous puss on the left side of my 7 month old Saint Bernard puppy’s face. I can’t find an actual puncture but it is definitely draining. I’ve been cleaning regularily and though he has NO other symptoms (fever, loss of appetite, airway obstruction, pain, etc) it doesn’t seem to be getting better. He’s acting completely normal (he’s a crazy, rambunctious, big piggy that eats everything including furniture) I’m Just wondering what else I should do. Thanks for your help with this.

My 5 year old boxers left eye is swollen and I just noticed the outer top part of her right ear is swollen and a small portion of her left ear is swollen. I gave her children’s Benadryl but no improvement as of now. She had a non-cancerous growth removed from top of her paw 3 days ago and was bandaged up with gauze and medical tape. I’m not sure if her licking at bandage and rubbing face may have caused an allergic reaction? I can’t tell if her jowls are swollen but her tongue seems to fine. Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you in advance.

My dog showed symptoms of swollen muzzle on the right side of his face just today, but his eyes had been inflamed (a slight red/yellow color) since 2 days ago. He has dental problems and only two teeth left. The swallowing is just above one of his teeth. He is also diagnosed with heart problems. His body temperature is higher than usual. I am noticing the swallowing is going down his neck and a little stiff gland is showing up. I live in a city filled with poor veterinarians so I can’t get any help. It is also 00:30 and we don’t have an emergency room. Any home treatments we can try? Thank you in advance.

What can I give my dog to help reduce swelling from what I think is a dental issue. I haven't been able to take him in anywhere yet buts hi mouth is swollen & i was wondering if there was anything i can do for him at home till i get him an appointment

What could be the cause of a swallon eye. I do live in a desert place and he is still a puppy. Was wondering what could it be . And some home remideis i could do to make the swalloness go down

I noticed today that my dog's nose is swollen on one side. Could it be a bee sting? What should I do for it? And he's not that hungry. I don't know if he got bit by a bee or red ant or maybe a mosquito. He looks miserable.

Our nine and a half week old pup was put on antibiotics today, he has a swollen snout, and is miserable. The vet made the first dose via needle, should this help him feel better quite quickly? Vet thinks its a dental issue. Is allowing him to sleep it off the best?

Just got a german shepherd female approx 18 mo.old per previous owner they said they only had her 3 months themselves, was on diamond naturals dogfood, we use victor super premium dog food and switch ed her as well, we have had her for 4 days 2 days after we get her home i notice her cheek under her left eye swelling a lil with fluid, we keep her and our older shepherd in air conditioned garage at night, gave her a benadryl before bed woke up this morning and its bigger and going sown toward her bottom jaw and lip, still eating running and playing, let me ad i believe this dog has been severly beat she is so nervous of everyone n dont want anyone to pet her, she shys away from them and it took me awhile to get her to trust me, but now shes up my butt with every move i make, and also her back right hip seems off, when she walks her foot goes in and her hip out is she too you g for hip displasia vet apt is wed and uts only mon

My puppy, about 11wks, was trying to play with our dog whom is much older (8 years old) and he snapped at her and bit her. He tore her eye lid in the corner and her face on the side where her eye is tore is swelling. She's running around and playing, eating and using the restroom normally. Only thing is the swelling and the fluid her eye is leaking. This all just happened within the last 5 or 6 hours. I've been up most of the night checking her and she is acting as if it never happened. Do I need to bring her to the vet asap or should I just treat the wound and swelling myself? Again,the corner of her eye is torn. Not the corner near her cornea. The other corner. Also I should add that there is no damage to her actual eye ball as far as I can tell. Just a small tear the the lid.

My 8 year old pomeranian's right side of his face is swollen under his eyes; I took him to the vet and they prescribed a antibiotic and pain medication because the vet thought it was an abscess from a cracked tooth but the swelling has not gotten better and it's been 10 days. What else could be causing this? What other treatments can I expect if I take him back to the vet? He is playing like norma and still eating normal but his face is swollen and now the swelling appears to be getting darker----black/blue.

I have 3year old Maltese who is currently 5 weeks pregnant. I found her eyes are really small because it has been swollen up so much. I am very worried about her and her babies inside of her. Since it's her first pregnancy.

I came home to find my little maltese with a swell on the left side of his face.He showed no abnormality in his behavior and acted as per usual.However the next day after i came home i found that there was minor bleeding on the swell and hence tried to apply canisep on the bleeding to prevent infection to the wound.What are the common causes of such swelling and what should i do on top of bringing my dog to the vet.