However, lumps or lesions due to tongue cancer are not always painful. Other symptoms of tongue cancer can include swollen lymph glands, especially in the neck. This is called lymphedema and may be a sign that the tongue cancer has spread beyond the tongues into the deeper tissues of the mouth and neck.
If your dog needs a plasma transfusion or any other type of blood transfusion, your vet will match your dog's blood type to the donor dog's blood type. He'll also cross match the antibodies in your dog's blood to those in the donor dog's blood, to make sure your dog doesn't suffer an allergic reaction.
Milk contains a lot of lactose and in order to absorb the lactose the dog's body must be able to produce lactose-splitting enzyme known as lactase. In general, most of the dogs have very poor levels of tolerance to lactose and lack necessary enzymes (lactase) to break this component so that they can absorb easily. As we say prevention is better than cure, it is better for you not to give milk for your Lab. If you still want to give milk to your pup.