Showing 7 posts from May 2009
A lover of a dog with cancer needs to come up with an plan that makes sense. The first step in any plan is arming oneself with answers, or data that relates to the situation.
There are two basic areas that we need to focus on. The first is what can we do to maintain [...]
I was recently sent an interesting question from a reader about the right way to deal with a lump.
The question revolved around standard veterinary practices upon finding an external mass in a dog. Is it correct to simply monitor and wait for a cancer to grow before doing something about it?
Good question!
The first point I’d [...]
The world’s tallest dog is a now a cancer patient.
I recently came across this story, from a local news website in California. Gibson is a Great Dane, weighing in at a whopping 170 lbs.
Gibson is presently 7 years old, which is definitely a senior citizen for a dog of this breed. Recall that larger dogs [...]
In so many ways this is a sad post. The end of life with your friend, family member, your companion.
After all the time together.
Systemic or aggessive cancers like lymphosarcoma, hemangiosarcoma, osteosarcoma, Grade 3 mast cell tumors, and others usually lead in the same direction.
This direction is the departure of your loved dog.
Until one of us [...]
I recently received a question about a product called Beres Drops, named after the designer, Joszef Beres. This is a liquid which is designed to deliver adequate amounts of trace minerals in a favorable form.
In a discussion of cancer, the most relevant aspect of these drops are the effects on the immune system.
This is a [...]
