PuppyUp Newsletter September 2016

Posted by on Sep 11, 2016 in Puppy Up! Blog

In This Issue: Clinical Trial Enrollment; Plan Ahead– Upcoming Events in September; Household Toxins; 2017 Calendar Contest Winners; Pup of the Month — Apple Stukey; Please follow us on Facebook to keep up with all the current news. CLINICAL TRIAL ENROLLMENT Clinical Trial Enrollment at University of Wisconsin Veterinary Care (UWVC) (Neil I. Christensen) Osteosarcoma (OSA) is the most common bone cancer of children...

Fight It In Pets. Fight It In People. Walk With Us.

Posted by on Sep 5, 2016 in Puppy Up! Blog

This September, come walk with us to help fight cancer in pets and people. September 11 – New Paltz, NY September 17 – Wheaton, IL September 23 – Anchorage, AK September 25 – Des Moines, IA For a complete list of upcoming Puppy Up Walks this fall, please follow this link. We hope we’ll see you...

Happy National Dog Day!

Posted by on Aug 26, 2016 in Puppy Up! Blog

Yes, it’s hard to believe, for those of us who love our dogs boundlessly, that there is only one day, not 365 (366 on leap year), set aside as National Dog Day. But today is the day. Now, if you had a Puppy Up Foundation “Cancer Can’t Keep a Good Dog Down” Canine Cancer Calendar, you’d already know this. So, how will you celebrate...

New Medical Tech Now Saving Local Pets Battling Cancer –Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)

Posted by on Aug 24, 2016 in Puppy Up! Blog

  New Medical Tech Now Saving Local Pets Battling Cancer By Em Nguyen Monday, August 15th 2016 (Reprinted from the article here.) URBANA, Ill. (WCCU) — There’s a new medical wonder for pets battling cancer. It’s the first of its kind in the country and it’s the first at the University of Illinois Small Animal Clinic. The Optical Coherence Tomography, or OCT scanner, can...

Congratulations! The 2017 PuppyUp Calendar Winners Are In

Posted by on Aug 13, 2016 in Calendar Contests, Puppy Up! Blog

The PuppyUp Foundation would like to thank all our contest participants and donors for their enthusiasm and generosity. Thanks to your contributions through the canine cancer calendar contest, we will again be able to help fund the vital research the Foundation supports. Below are the 13 winners of the Ninth Annual 2017 PuppyUp Calendar Contest. 1. Potter Stevenson   $1500.00 2. Shaman Handte    $910.00 3....

“Cancer Can’t Keep a Good Dog Down” Calendar Contest Ends August 11 At Midnight EDT

Posted by on Aug 11, 2016 in Puppy Up! Blog

  The calendar contest is NOT over until midnight EDT (Thursday, August 11). So, if you have people who still wish to vote, they can do so until midnight Thursday (11 PM Central, 10 PM Mountain, 9 PM Pacific). We’ll be shutting down the calendar donation site (portal, landing page) at Midnight EDT, so anything donated after that time WILL NOT COUNT towards your...

PuppyUp August 5, 2016 Newsletter

Posted by on Aug 5, 2016 in Puppy Up! Blog

In This Issue: Last Week to Register and Vote in our PuppyUp Canine Cancer Calendar Contest; Plan Ahead — Upcoming Walks in September; Promising Research — Synchronization Immunotherapy; PuppyUp Foundation’s Scientific Advisory Committee Meets; Pup of the Month — Camden Rose; Please follow us on Facebook to keep up with all the current news.   Only a Few More Days To Enter And Vote...

Meet and Greet in New Paltz this Sunday!

Posted by on Jul 27, 2016 in Puppy Up! Blog

Don’t miss it. Coming up this Sunday, July 31, from 4 to 6 PM EDT, meet Luke Robinson, founder of PuppyUp Foundation, and Ginger Morgan, our Executive Director. They will be visiting friends and supporters in New Paltz, New York, at Adair Vineyards, 52 Allhusen Rd, New Paltz, New York 12561. Come meet both of them and ask all your questions about PuppyUp and...

Man takes his dog, dying of cancer, on one last, epic road trip

Posted by on Jul 14, 2016 in Puppy Up! Blog

Bella is PuppyUp Omaha’s 2015 Canine Cancer Hero. (Story by Doug Criss. Reprinted from CNN, Wednesday, July 13, 2016. For Bella and Rob’s video, please follow this link.) (CNN) It was the worst possible news you could get about your best buddy. Bone cancer, so a leg is amputated. But it gets worse. The cancer’s spread to the lungs. Now it’s a terminal condition....