Providing good nutrition is a proactive way to help your dog maintain a strong immune system. It’s certainly no guarantee he or she will not get cancer, but it helps in the fight. And maintaining good nutrition while a dog is fighting cancer will help in the battle against the disease. We found this article by Simi (it’s long but worth the read) that...

Global Animal (DOGS) Dogs possess an impressively strong sense of smell. They are used as service dogs because of this particular ability, which helps in bomb detection, disease identification, and so on. They can even smell the amino acids that are absent from their diets and may push aside the food bowl. Quite recently, the talk of the town was that dogs could smell cancer...

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 Clinician’s Brief Rebecca Remillard, DVM, PhD, DACVN, Veterinary Nutritional Consultations Michelle Evason, DVM, DACVIM (SAIM), Rayne Clinical Nutrition February...

March 6, 2018, University of California, Los Angeles From Phys.Org UCLA engineers and scientists have engineered a type of synthetic protein—a chimeric antigen receptor, or CAR, that responds to soluble protein targets. The advance shows great promise for helping the body’s immune system seek out and destroy cancer because it could boost the effectiveness of immunotherapies against solid tumors that are otherwise highly resistant...

[A Veterinarian’s Perspective] The Telegraph By Pete Wedderburn If you’ve ever lost a much loved pet, you’ll know that the depth of grief can be real and perhaps surprising. Much as you may try to rationalise that you have “only” lost a pet, the truth is that you are grieving for a companion, a friend and a family member. The emotions that are experienced...

Michigan State University EurekAlert Michigan State University scientists are engineering a virus-like particle, known as Qβ, that will generate anti-cancer immune responses in the body and potentially be used as a new vaccine for the treatment of cancer. The project, funded by a $2.4 million grant from the National Cancer Institute, will support the development of the vaccine to protect animals against cancerous cells...

Margaret Renkl New York Times NASHVILLE — It’s 2 in the morning, and it has just started to rain. It’s a gentle rain, with no threat of high winds or lightning. I know this without having to get up to peer into the dark night or put on my glasses to check the weather app on my phone. I know the facts of this...

A holiday to be grateful that our pets don’t have a better grip. Imagine a world where our favorite furry companions had thumbs. Opposable ones. Thumbs that allowed them to open their own tins of food, easily steal your possessions, and generally get into more mischief than they already do. What kind of world would that be? “What if Dogs and Cats had Opposable...

Ditch The Itch: Dog Dry Skin Relief Checklist One of the most distressing things for a dog owner to see is their dog being constantly irritated by itchy skin. There are several reasons why a dog may have itchy skin, including allergies or fleas. Owners always want their pet companions to feel comfortable and healthy. Below is a helpful checklist of some remedies that...