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Parker went to the vet yesterday because I noticed this lovely thing growing in his lip:

The diagnosis? Dogwarts, also known as canine oral papilloma.

Seriously. He has the doggy equivalent of HPV, in that it's pretty much the same virus and it's also just about as common (most dogs have it). It's spread through saliva, so most dogs get it when they play with lots of other dogs. It's the doggy "social disease."

There's no pain, but there's no cure either, so it will just go away on its own—after he bites it. Then he'll never have it again. The vet said she could pop it, but that's a very unpleasant procedure for everyone and it's not medically necessary.

Poor puppy, with his canine kissing disease. He probably got it from Paris, who knows where she's been...

(Just kidding, Paris.)

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