National Puppy Mill Awareness Day is observed annually on the third Saturday in September. Dedicated to improving the lives of dogs and ending puppy mills, this day helps to spread the word about puppy mills. The Puppy Mill Project The life of a mill dog is one of unspeakable cruelty – No living being should be forced to endure such suffering.   Puppy Mill...

With dogs’ amazing olfactory capabilities, researchers are optimistic that they will one day play a regular role in early disease detection.   Veterinary News By Ed Kane, PhD cancers are devastating for many families throughout the world. According to the American Cancer Society, the most common cancers diagnosed in men are prostate, lung and colorectal cancers. Women experience breast, lung and colorectal cancer more...

Some therapies might not be hitting the targets they’re supposed to. By Julia Belluz   From VOX In the quest for the next cancer cure, few researchers bother to look back at the graveyard of failed medicines to figure out what went wrong. The number of failures is staggering: 97 percent of the time that a new drug is tested in a clinical trial...

By Sally Writes Americans spend around 90% of their time indoors, and if you have dogs, that means that they are probably inside roughly the same amount of time you are. The EPA warns that the air in homes can be up to five times more polluted than the air outside. This can wreak havoc on the human respiratory system, but it can also harm...

By Hannah Schrodt / Gatehouse Media Illinois Posted Sep 15, 2019 at 9:00 AM CANTON — Pets are like members of the family, and when your loved one gets sick, it can be a stressful time. That’s why, according to veterinarian Dr. Sarah Phipps, it’s important to educate yourself on pet care and not be afraid to speak up to your veterinarian. “You and your veterinarian are a team...

Dr. Joanne Intile   Most owners of pets with cancer are fixated on the familiar phrase “survival time.” The words describe the approximate length of time a pet is expected to live following its diagnosis. Survival time is a meaningful endpoint to measure for humans with cancer, where death occurs as a natural part of disease progression. In veterinary medicine, survival time is a...

Disclaimer The Puppy Up Foundation does not endorse nor recommend any particular product, service, or treatment. We offer  information strictly for educational and/or informational purposes. We believe it is the pet owner’s responsibility to do the research and draw his or her own conclusions.   From: The Fresh Toast By Ashlee Nolan This past year you’ve probably noticed an uptick in CBD products for...

Dogs and cats benefit from blood donations, too — but there’s a shortage in the D.C. area By Sophia Barnes Dogs are some of the most social, pack-minded animals on the planet, with a seemingly endless desire to be good boys and girls (Really, do we deserve them?). Perhaps that’s why Jax was all smiles, even after getting stuck with a needle at a...

“You can usually tell that a man is good if he has a dog who loves him.” ― W. Bruce Cameron In This Issue: Puppy Up Calendars Are Ready To Order; Upcoming Puppy Up Walks for September and October; From the Founder, Luke Robinson; Novel Treatment for Nasal Tumors; Pup of the Month ― Blue Anthony The 2020 Puppy Up Calendars Are Ready To Order...