Because of the great response to our Memorial Wall and new Memorial T-shirt, we have extended the deadline for submission for the T-Shirt to midnight, Sunday May 4, so you still have a chance to have a name placed on the first new T-Shirt. When you donate $30.00 or more to the Memorial Wall, and send in a photo (please, no larger than 2MB)...

We recently got a very affirmative email from our friend and supporter, Susan, from Liberty, MO. We thought we’d share her words of encouragement. And we wish Dakota continued good health! We have lost four of our furry kids to cancer and our present guy, Dakota (our Husky) had a cancerous lump removed almost a year ago.  He’s doing fine now. Just wanted to...

April 26th is almost here, and with it the Memphis Puppy Up! Party, which kicks off our 2014 season of Walks and other exciting events. But you’ll have to grab your tickets or RSVP by the 19th, and you can get your tickets right here. Come join us, Saturday evening, April 26, in Memphis, Tennessee for a festive celebration! Enjoy a seated dinner, live...

Giving a gift as an honorarium or memorial is a meaningful way to recognize a loved one – two-legged, three-legged or four-legged. Your gift is not only a tribute to someone special in your life, but it helps 2 Million Dogs come one step closer to our mission of finding the causes of cancers and their common link in both pets and people. A percentage...

Some suggestions for being a responsible pet person … Spay or neuter your pet To prevent the companion animal overpopulation from getting worse, spaying or neutering is the most effective means. The ASPCA estimates that five to seven million animals enter shelters nationwide each year. (Opinions vary greatly on at what age you should spay or neuter your dog or cat, so do your...

We’ve been holding our great Puppy Up! Walks across the country again this year, beginning with the walk in Memphis back in the spring. We’ve had walks in Ann Arbor, Jersey City, Lima, Des Moines, Gardiner, Auburn, Flemington, Monessen, and Pittsburgh. But November is National Pet Cancer Awareness Month and it’s our biggest month for Puppy Up! Walks. Over the next two weekends, dog...

Fighting Cancer With Some Help From Our (Best) Friends by Paul Goldsmith Sit. Fetch. Roll-over. Humans have been trying to teach dogs for tens of thousands of years. But when it comes to the genetics of cancer, it turns out dogs have a lot to teach us, as well. Different as we may seem, humans and dogs are genetically-speaking quite similar. Almost all canine...

  Our beautiful 2014 “Cancer Can’t Keep a Good Dog Down” calendars are ready to pre-order here. Only $15.00 each, these calendars feature the photos and stories of this year’s top 13 winners, last year’s winners’ photos, and a gallery of all the dogs entered in this year’s calendar. Also unique to our calendars you’ll find special dog holidays like Canine Cancer Awareness Month...

Sunday, September 22, 2013 (by Luke Robinson) “I’m sorry.  It’s inoperable.” How many of you have heard these words? That diagnosis from Steve Withrow about Murphy’s nasal tumor still haunts my thoughts some two years post mortem. 2 Million Dogs is funding a two year, $80,000 drug delivery study with Animal Medical Center in Manhattan and Sloan Kettering. The first phase of the study...