ATLANTA, GA –Temperatures may be dropping but Tropical Smoothie Café is embracing the warm spirit of doing good for others. The leading fast-casual concept, known for its better-for-you food and smoothies with a tropical twist, is launching a 25 Days of Giving social campaign beginning December 1st in an effort to raise funds, awareness and recognition for a long standing partner of the brand,...

This holiday season, keep up with those spandex-wearing, 5k-running, cause-supporting friends of yours without leaving your couch. With no pride whatsoever, the PuppyUp Foundation announces the 2015 Couch Potato Walkless PuppyUp Walk. On Saturday, December 12, join us at the finish line (your couch), and bring a dog and a snack. Take selfies, snuggle your pup, and fight cancers in pets and people. All...

Article reprinted from Mizzou, the magazine of the Mizzou Alumni Association Story by Marcus Wilkins Published Oct. 11, 2013 Jeffrey Bryan, associate professor of oncology at the College of Veterinary Medicine, with Gracy Wade, a 6-year-old terrier mix being treated for lymphoma at the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. Photo by Karen Clifford. Dog might be man’s best friend, but he’s also his best medical...

Atticus is this year’s Jersey City’s PuppyUp Walk Hero. To find out more about PuppyUp Jersey City, please follow this link. Their Walk is October 18, 2015. You’ll find everybody at Dusty’s Doghouse, 188-190 Avenue E., Bayonne, NJ. Festivities take place from 11 AM – 3 PM. My name is Atticus Walker-Wheeler and I am 8 years old. In May 2008, when I was...

If the weatherman is right, and we hope he is, it looks like it will be a perfect day for Nebraska’s second Puppy Up Walk, which takes place Sunday, October 11 at Chalco Hills Recreation Area, 8901 S. 154th Street, Omaha, NE. Registration Opens at 10:00 AM, and the Opening Ceremony and Walk begin at 11:00 AM. You can register for their walk here....

Tempest Tempest became a Leeth Weimaraner through adoption in 2005. She had been kept in a crate for most of her life before rescue and was kind of a wild child when we adopted her. In fact, the volunteer who did our home visit had her in the car the whole time, hoping we would adopt her! We, of course, fell in love with...

Cooper, Yuba City’s 2015 PuppyUp Canine Cancer Hero, a beautiful Golden Retriever, was born November 13, 2002.  He’s had quite a few encounters with cancer, but keeps kicking its butt. He’s every bit a Canine Cancer Hero! In April of 2012, he had a fatty mass removed from his left shoulder in the arm pit area.  This large mass was making movement difficult.   In...

(by Honest Kitchen Staff) Did you know diet can help fight pet cancer? A pet’s diet is the foundation for their health and impacts their recovery from illness. If you feed your pet an unhealthy diet, the chances of health problems like a weak immune system may increase. Cancer is due to a breakdown of the body’s immune system to respond to abnormal cells...

We are saddened to report that Dexter, our San Antonio Canine Cancer Hero and friend to many all over the world, passed away Saturday evening, August 8, 2015. Dexter was to be the Canine Cancer Hero for the PuppyUp & Putt It In Golf Tournament, coming up this August 27 in San Antonio. Here is an excerpt of what Dexter’s guardian wrote on Dexter’s...