Enlarged limp nodes under both jaws! - Page 1

I have 5 year old GSD boy with enlarged lymph nodes, thyroid gland???, on his neck directly under the both sides of jaws.
They are the size of small egg now.
I began to notice them about two months ago and they weren't that big at the time to be worried.
The blood test was negative, his daily activities are normal, and his appertise is just about the same as before.
He is under antibiotic medication for last four days, but I haven't  noticed it got any smaller.
Vet will do biopsy in couple of days to find out what exactlt it is.
Has anyone out there had similar problem with beloved one?
What was it and what were the treatments?

Thank you for your replies in advance.

No there is only one thyroid gland. It's lymph glands, not limp. Anyway, has anyone checked his teeth? Abscesses can do it. May be unlikely on both sides but that's one thing to check or have checked by a vet. Allergies? Just a thought. Don't know. Good luck.

1GSD1,
Thanks for correcting my spellings.
I will have vet to check his teeth.
Thank you again.

Hope for mucoceles or reactive lymph nodes. Have you checked the rest of his lymph nodes? My boy was just diagnosed with lymphoma. Check the ears and tonsils too....

Thank you for your inf, k9queen.

Since there is no improvement with antibiotic administered for 4 days,
I guess it is not due to any infection.....

I will let vet do the biopsy the day after tomorrow to find the cause & and then its proper treatment.

Many thanks.
 

Leukemia is my best guess, very common in the dog world.

Every dog owner needs to make sure they check their dogs' lymph nodes monthly and report any changes to their vet ASAP. If you don't know where to find all the nodes, ask your vet to show you. If your dog does have enlarged nodes, it is an emergency situation. Don't let your vet talk you into an antibiotics trial. Insist on an aspiration biopsy that can be done in the office without sedation. 6 times out of 10 a dog with enlarged cervical nodes is going to have one of the leukemias and if you plan to treat the dog, the sooner you get him started, the better. Days spent waiting for antibiotics to work or for the nodes to go down on their own are always days wasted.

 I had a GSD who was found to have an enlarged spleen, he needed emergency surgery to remove it. After the op and on a regular post op check I found lumps under his throat like grapes. The vet said these were enlarged lymph nodes and was a secondary condition to the enlarged spleen (cancer) he was put onto steroids and a chemo drug for dogs which I have to say it was hard to watch our beloved friend change from being a fit and healthy dog into something that was constantly ravenous for food and not a happy dog at all. We carried on with the treatment for a while until finally we decided his quality of life was suffering so we let him go, it broke our hearts but he was not the dog we had known and loved for 10 years, he was a Champion in and out of the ring. I still have his ashes to this day. I hope it all works out for you just be prepared. Good luck.

Goldie12