From now until voting begins on July 1st, we’ll feature our calendar dog contestants. Today we’d like you to meet Holly. (by Emily Villati) Holly came to be part of our family on Thanksgiving Day. Holly was a beautiful red-haired, hazel-eyed, pink-nosed Golden Retriever. Right away the whole family fell in love with her. We live in a house with a large back yard...
Our 5th Annual Calendar Contest Has Begun!
What’s more fun than a room full of puppies? It’s our Annual 2 Million Dogs’ Cancer Can’t Keep a Good Dog Down Calendar contest! This is the fifth year that 2 Million Dogs is producing our beautiful calendar, and we’d like you to participate. Enter the 2 Million Dogs’ Calendar contest to honor your canine cancer hero and have a chance to personally make...
The Texas Veterinary Cancer Registry
The Texas Veterinary Cancer Registry (TVCR) is a Texas-based animal care database formed to identify and register pets with cancer in order to facilitate and promote their medical treatment that lead to cures for cancer in pets and people. As a joint effort of the CARE Foundation, Baylor University Medical Center (BUMC) at Dallas and the Texas Veterinary Oncology Group, The Texas Veterinary Cancer...
“Man’s best friend may conquer man’s most feared illnesses, say Texas A&M veterinarians”
This article is from EarthSky. “COLLEGE STATION, May 9, 2012 – It could be that man’s best friend might one day be man’s best healer.” “Dogs are among the best animals when it comes to providing models for better medical treatments in humans, and with more than 77 million dogs in the United States alone, it’s another way the human-animal bond has become closer...
“Cancer collaboration could someday help dogs and their humans”
“Cancer collaboration could someday help dogs and their humans” An extensive article from Princeton University on collaborative work in comparative oncology. 2 Million Dogs’ recent contribution to Princeton’s work has helped further this critical research. Thanks to all our supporters and sponsors whose continued support make contributions like this possible. Through work like this, we’re closer to finding the causes of cancer in companion animals...
Puppy Up! Walk in Memphis this Sunday!
This Sunday, April 29th, we”ll be having our first 2 Million Dogs’ Puppy Up! Walk of 2012 — in Memphis, Tennessee. Hosted by our Executive Director, Ginger Morgan, the Walk will be held at Overton Park – Rainbow Lake Pavilion. Registration begins at 12 noon and the Walk begins at 2 PM. General registration is $20.00 before the event. Festival includes vendors, food, entertainment...
Good Nutrition Is Vital To Maintaining A Robust Immune System
Whether your dog has cancer or not, maintaining a balanced and healthy diet is vital. When a dog’s immune system is compromised, either by disease or treatment, nutrition is critical in giving your companion the best chances possible for fighting disease. As many are becoming aware, good nutrition is at the heart of the battle against cancer. If you feed your pet a commercially...
I Am 2 Dogs 2000 Miles
by Luke Robinson, March 29, 2012 reprinted from the 2dogs2000miles blog Since the conclusion of the walk I’ve been bouncing around all over the place starting blogs, fan clubs, and websites, too. Two reasons for this; first I’m a lightening rod for novel thoughts and innovative ideas. I was born this way and rarely a week goes by when I’m not climbing the conceptual...
Savage Mountain
by Luke Robinson [Wednesday, January 11, 2012] Six years ago to this day, I lost my boy Malcolm to metastatic cancer and on this anniversary, it is with tremendous honor I announce the funding of The 2 Million Dogs Foundation‘s first research initiative: A breast cancer study benefiting both humans and canines. The 2 Million Dogs Foundation presented a check for $50,000 to Princeton...
