Whether you lost your canine companions last week, last year, or even years ago, their memory is surely still alive. While people in your life without pets may not always understand, you know that the grief over a pet that’s passed away can be as deep and as acute as that for a human loved one. Author Deborah Barnes started Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day...

By Dr. Karsten Fostvedt Acute leukemia in dogs and cats is usually a cancer of young lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell. The lymphocytes involved are formed in the bone marrow and other lymphoid organs such as the liver and the spleen and other lymph nodes. Young lymphocytes are called blast cells. Often, these blast cells are released into the bloodstream, where they...

National Dog Day stands as one of our favorite holidays, so we’ve made a complete guide on all our favorite canine quotes, photos, and things to do. Man’s best friend deserves to be celebrated every day of the year, so make sure you don’t skip out on your furry friend’s big day. Besides, who needs an extra excuse to give your pup an extra...

By Molly Campbell, Science Writer, Technology Networks Cassius Marcellus Coolidge’s Dogs Playing Poker may have had you fooled – but really, dogs don’t smoke cigars, cigarettes or pipes. However, like humans that do not smoke, our canine friends can suffer from lung cancer. In the U.S. alone, nearly 40,000 dogs annually develop canine pulmonary adenocarcinoma, or cPAC. This is an extremely aggressive disease for...

Written by Brandon Forder Cancer is the leading cause of death in dogs. Approximately one in three dogs will develop cancer in their lifetime, which is the same rate as among humans. As pet owners with sick pets seek out alternative treatments for their dog’s life-threatening conditions, it should come as no surprise that cancer treatments are among the most sought out. With today’s...

By  Reetika Maheshwary About 6,000 years ago, an unfortunate dog suffered from a relatively rare form of cancer. Since then, unlike any other cancer, its cancer cells were swiftly transmitted from one dog to another. Today, this age-old ailment has a name—Canine Transmissible Venereal Tumour or CTVT. It is a common sexually-transmitted disease found in dogs around the world. Although such transmissible tumours are...

Arlo Guthrie Veterinary News A new app called What3words, which allows anyone to give their location using just three words, is being recommended by the emergency services for its potential to save lives. What3words divides the globe into a grid of 57 trillion squares measuring three metres by three metres and gives each one a unique, 3 word name. The app uses the GPS...

  By Morgan Krakow Parts of a Colorado wildlife refuge remained closed Sunday after plague-infected prairie dogs were discovered there in late July. Wildlife and nature areas near Denver have also been shut down as officials continue efforts to stem the spread of the disease. Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, a 15,000-acre nature area northeast of Denver, was able to partially reopen Sunday....

Dog owners in the Southeast are spreading the word about the dangers of contaminated water following the deaths of their beloved pets. In Wilmington, North Carolina, three dogs died after frolicking in a pond, while another succumbed after a swim in Lake Allatoona, Georgia. A common enemy likely led to the deaths of all four dogs: liver failure brought on by ingesting water contaminated with toxic blue-green...