The Puppy Up Spring, Texas Walk raised awareness, education and funds for cancer research that benefits both pets and people. The walk consisted of a 1 mile walk around beautiful Rob Fleming Park, vendor fair, demonstrations, silent auction, and a special presentation featuring our canine & human cancer heroes. Would you like to learn more about our Puppy Up Walks? We have more being...

Show Your Love! February is about Love, Love! here at the Puppy Up Foundation, and to celebrate it, we’re launching our first ever ‘Puppy Up Kiss Cam Contest’. It’s simple. Take a pic of your puppy dog kissing … you, the camera, the cat – or even a cow! – anything that captures their fancy between today and midnight EST February 18, and post...

Welcome To 2017! As we say good-bye to 2016 — so many of our friends and their families lost loved ones to cancer last year — all of us at the Puppy Up Foundation are looking forward to a healthier, happier, and cancer free 2017. We have lots in store that we’re excited to share with you. It’s only February and we already have...

From the FDA. January 18, 2017 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is alerting pet owners, veterinarians, health care providers and pharmacists that pets are at risk of illness and death when exposed to the topical cancer medication Fluorouracil Cream USP 5% (5-FU.) intended for use in people. Fluorouracil may also be marketed under the brand names Carac, Effudex and Fluoroplex. People using this...

(Grace Terwilliger) Together forever. They passed away within 3 months of each other after living full lives to the very end.  Abby, 16  plus years and Tuxedo, 15 plus years were best friends throughout their active lives as registered therapy dogs and agility champions many times over. The bond was instant the minute they met as puppies. Different personalities but they blended beautifully. They entertained...

(By Grace Terwilliger) Tuxedo was my companion and inspiration for all of his 15 years 3 months. He lived a full life right until the end. In 2012 he had his spleen removed. There were 3 tumors, one of which was malignant but fortunately nothing had moved elsewhere. No chemo or radiation was needed and he lived 4 more wonderful years as an agility champion...

Many of us who have or have had animals with cancer have had to struggle to convince our companions to eat. One of the last things many cancer patients (whether pet or person) is interested in is food. The following article, taken from Doctors Foster and Smith’s site, “Pet Education,” outlines both the many reasons for the weight loss (and how it differs from...

While this blog by Gerald Post, DVM, DACVIM (Oncology) was first published in 2012, the point he makes ― that some cancers are no longer considered death sentences (both for pets and for humans) ― is just as relevant today as it was 5 years ago. Please follow the link below (ONCEPT) to learn more about the melanoma vaccine produced by Merial. “Cancer is...

Why pets might make better research subjects than lab animals From The Economist From the print edition – Science and Technology Nov 12th 2016 DRUG development is a risky—and costly—business. Many promising compounds fail to cut the mustard when put through clinical trials. One reason is that drugs which work on laboratory animals may not work quite so well in human tests. Being able...