Our 2015 Puppy Up! Walks Begin This Saturday

Posted by on Apr 27, 2015 in Puppy Up! Blog, Puppy Up! Walks

It’s hard to believe it’s already that time of year again. We’re very excited to announce that our 2015 Puppy Up! Walks are about to begin. The first walk is coming up this Saturday, May 2 in Eureka, CA. Then, on Sunday, May 3 we have the Walk in Madison, WI. Luke, Ginger, Hudson, and Indy will be Madison’s guests. And on May 9...

About Bynx And How Your Research Dollars Help

Posted by on Apr 26, 2015 in Puppy Up! Blog

Bynx’s Intra-Arterial Chemo By Lisa November 2013, we were crushed to find out our big loveable dog had prostate cancer.  Bynx, our 96 pound German Shorthaired Pointer was the big baby of our family.  He was a big German Shorthaired Pointer, but his size was nothing compared to the loveable dog that he was. Our family vet, Dr. Bill Whittaker, referred us to Dr....

Shedding Light On Human Cancer By Studying Canine Cancer

Posted by on Apr 13, 2015 in Puppy Up! Blog

By Bridgit Bowden April 11, 2015   If you have cancer – and your dog has cancer – it turns out you may be treated with the exact same drugs. Dr. Carolyn Henry, a veterinary oncologist at the University of Missouri veterinary school, says that, unlike lab mice, dogs get cancer naturally, just like humans. So their cancers are more likely to behave like...

Using Bacteria to Shrink Tumors and Dogs and People

Posted by on Apr 10, 2015 in Puppy Up! Blog

Injections of bacteria reduced or eliminated tumors in pet dogs This article is reprinted from AAAS.org August 13 2014 By Mitch Leslie 13 August 2014 2:30 pm A syringe full of noxious bacteria sounds like the last thing a cancer patient needs. But a new study of dogs with tumors, and even one human cancer patient, reveals that injecting certain bacteria directly into the...