Hi Ruthann, The vet decided to go ahead and take biopsies, they found a tumour in her mamory gland as well ,I cant belive I missed that as i check her monthly, all samples have been sent of for analis (wrong spelling) and I should here later this week ,she has beeen given a huge collar to wear to stop her licking vulva but theres no way she will wear it so I have been sleeping with her in nights and she is supervised all day but to be honest something telss me shes not right but will cross bridge when i come to it its harder I think as I lost my other gsd xmas eve he was 6 years old and 8 days before I was told by vet he had long and happy life they missed a enlarged spleen so im even more anxius than normal I will keep you informed and thankyou for your concern GypsyX