Bynx’s Intra-Arterial Chemo By Lisa November 2013, we were crushed to find out our big loveable dog had prostate cancer.  Bynx, our 96 pound German Shorthaired Pointer was the big baby of our family.  He was a big German Shorthaired Pointer, but his size was nothing compared to the loveable dog that he was. Our family vet, Dr. Bill Whittaker, referred us to Dr....

By Bridgit Bowden April 11, 2015   If you have cancer – and your dog has cancer – it turns out you may be treated with the exact same drugs. Dr. Carolyn Henry, a veterinary oncologist at the University of Missouri veterinary school, says that, unlike lab mice, dogs get cancer naturally, just like humans. So their cancers are more likely to behave like...

Injections of bacteria reduced or eliminated tumors in pet dogs This article is reprinted from AAAS.org August 13 2014 By Mitch Leslie 13 August 2014 2:30 pm A syringe full of noxious bacteria sounds like the last thing a cancer patient needs. But a new study of dogs with tumors, and even one human cancer patient, reveals that injecting certain bacteria directly into the...

(by Jerry Shevick, CEO of Peaceful Pets Aquamation, Inc.) This is a tough topic, but stick with me – it’s something that we all need to pay attention to!  To tell the truth, we actually stumbled onto the whole topic of animal aftercare a few years back.   One day, my wife and I happened to be in a shopping center where a vet’s office...

A big “WOOF” to everyone at PuppyUp. My name is Julia and I’m a thirteen year old sheltie. You may know some things about me already, or perhaps, not. I was diagnosed with a fatal disease fourteen months ago, but as the folks at PuppyUp like to say, “Cancer can’t keep a good dog down!” I’ve spent my fourteen months writing and then publishing...

Reprinted from Luke’s Blog “The Journey Continues” (by Luke Robinson) Thursday, February 26, 2015 Recently my good friend, sous chef (she hates it when I call her that), and the princess of pastries –  Valerie – her dog Sydney went from seemingly happy, healthy, full of life and love to lethargic with loss of appetite. An ultrasound Tuesday revealed a 17 cm mass in...

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By Ginger Morgan, Executive Director As I flip through my Cancer Can’t Keep A Good Dog Down calendar, I see all the special days: Love Your Pet Day, St. Patrick’s Day, Earth Day  — all days to celebrate. And then I see World Cancer Day. My initial gut reaction is I DON’T WANT TO CELEBRATE CANCER! However, I do want to stab it, defeat...

At Imperial beach. Thank you, Johnna Tomlinson, for the great...