I was playing with Jasper last week and I noticed he has a couple warts on his lips right by his canines, and about 4 more small on his lips farther back. From what I understand, this is because he's still a pup and his immune system isn't 100% and that there isn't a whole lot the vet can do apart from surgical removal, but honestly I don't think surgery is warranted just because I don't like the look of them. They don't seem to be bothering him (he's still eating and drinking normally) but I would like to get rid of them asap! Anyone else have this problem or have any tips for stuff I can do/give him to make them fall off faster?

Oh and is it possible they're making him lethargic?? He seems noticeably less hyper lately but still gets his 'spurts of crazy' a couple times a day. Part of me thinks I'm just subconsciously associating the two, and maybe he's just calming down because he's almost one? Guess I just always expected to have a crazy hyper dog forever   

It's pretty normal. Here is a previous thread about it.

https://www.itsahuskything.com/t11350-canine-papilloma-virus-puppy-warts?highlight=warts

My pup got them. It took a couple weeks for them to go away, but yeah, they go away on their own.

Perfect, thanks!

I did a search, but for some reason that post didn't come up? weird.

I don't know sometimes the search works better than others. Hope Jasper gets rid of those warts soon, they really are an inconvenience more than anything.

nichole.1990 wrote:

I was playing with Jasper last week and I noticed he has a couple warts on his lips right by his canines, and about 4 more small on his lips farther back. From what I understand, this is because he's still a pup and his immune system isn't 100% and that there isn't a whole lot the vet can do apart from surgical removal, but honestly I don't think surgery is warranted just because I don't like the look of them. They don't seem to be bothering him (he's still eating and drinking normally) but I would like to get rid of them asap! Anyone else have this problem or have any tips for stuff I can do/give him to make them fall off faster?

Oh and is it possible they're making him lethargic?? He seems noticeably less hyper lately but still gets his 'spurts of crazy' a couple times a day. Part of me thinks I'm just subconsciously associating the two, and maybe he's just calming down because he's almost one? Guess I just always expected to have a crazy hyper dog forever   

So sorry Jasper got puppy warts! Kai had them (that was my thread that was linked to). The bad news is that there really isn't any treatment other than benign neglect. Under serious circumstances, they can be removed. But it can be dangerous for young pups and they have been known to grow back. So it turns out to be a waiting game. It took about 2 months for Kai's to fully go away. They didn't bother her, but she couldn't go to daycare or dog parks, which really upset her. So it's just annoying.

The good news is that once Jasper rids them, he likely will never get them again. They're to dogs as chickenpox is to children.

If you have any other questions, please don't hesitate to ask!

Awesome to know! and yeah, the no dog-park thing is what's killing us. His seem to be decreasing in size already, so hopefully it'll only be a month and we'll be in the clear