What is this lump on my dog's tail?

Hi everyone, I have a 2 year old Border Collie Beagle mixed dog. Recently I gave him a bath and noticed a very long piece of skin (cylindrical - 0.9cm long, 0.2 cm in diameter) that branched off from the side of his tail. I removed the skin piece and what was left was a swollen round wound area that eventually closed up.





A week later, I checked on his wound area - it became swollen full of a thick white milky substance that resembled pus. I expelled it, but it comes back every few days... After a month, it stopped forming pus and formed a hard skin protrusion. Again I removed the hard piece of skin with tweezers and applied an antibiotic cream. Now there is a hole where the skin was removed, but the skin that was surround the crust is still hard and swollen-like.





Does anyone know what this swollen lump on his tail is? Any suggestions? Pictures of the skin growth: http://www.animalforum.com/phpbb/viewtop...

What is this lump on my dog's tail?
have you ever heard of a vet?????? why are you surgically removing anything from your pet and applying your own thoughts of what cream would best treat it? take your dog to the vet. the money you've spent on cream and treatment could have paid for the exam. what is wrong with you is a better question. try the vet. do you remove growths from your own body? unless you have a doctorate in veterinary science do what a normal person would do and go to the vet. sounds like you've made something simple more of a problem then it needed to be.
Reply:That claw shaped thing growing out of your dog looks really odd. Try talking to a vet before you do things to your dog.
Reply:Take him to the vet, if it were your child would you take him to the doctor?
Reply:if it is soft it could be a heat blister, it not you may want to see the vet
Reply:Could be a sebaceous cyst. If I were you I'd take him to your vet to make sure; it could be a number of things and it's not going away. So just have it checked out to be safe. Good luck;^)