By Marissa Heflin (Portions of this article are reprinted from the website Veterinary Practice News.) The U.S. Department of Agriculture has conditionally licensed a vaccine to treat canine oral melanoma—the first approved therapeutic vaccine for the treatment of cancer in either animals or humans, according to the company that produces it, Merial. The vaccine is indicated for the treatment of dogs with stage II or...

When the Man waked up he said, ‘What is Wild Dog doing here?’ And the Woman said, ‘His name is not Wild Dog anymore, but the First Friend, because he will be our friend for always and always and always.'” — Rudyard Kipling It is with great sorrow that I must tell you that our dear friend Murphy was given rest Wednesday evening, June...

by Luke Robinson Republished from the 2 Dogs 2000 Miles blog And this our life, exempt from public haunt, Finds tongues in trees, books in running brooks, Sermons in stones, and good in everything. I love this passage from Will Shakespeare’s As You Like It and for this Father’s Day, I couldn’t find one more appropriate. It speaks to the fascination and beauty found...

“And this our life, exempt from public haunt, Finds tongues in trees, books in running brooks, Sermons in stones and good in everything.” I love this passage from Will Shakespeare’s As You Like It and for this Father’s Day, I couldn’t find one more appropriate. It speaks to the fascination and beauty found in the simple wonderment of nature. It’s reminiscent of my father...

by Sue Smith MARK YOUR CALENDARS! PuppyUp.org Puppy Up New Mexico! will hold its inaugural Walk for Canine Cancer Awareness and Research on Sunday, September 25, at Rotary Park in Bernalillo, NM. The event begins with registration and activities at 11 AM and continues until 4 PM. The 2.0 mile group walk around the perimeter of the park begins at noon. United to fight...

Last year in the United States, more than one and a half million men and women were estimated to be diagnosed with cancer.   And about 1,100 dogs in every 100,000 will develop some kind of cancer. These numbers are alarming! There are probably few of us who do not know someone who has cancer, has been lost to cancer or has survived cancer. Did...

Coming up tomorrow, Sunday, May 15, 2011 in Normandale Lake Park at 84th and Chalet Road in Bloomington, Minnesota. Why is this Walk so early when most are scheduled for November? Have you ever walked a Chihuahua in Minnesota in November? Anyway, here’s a brief Schedule of Events: 10:30am – 3:30pm Registration, Check-in & Festivities Begin The Walks Begin at 11:00am and take place every...

Hi, my name’s Thunder. I am a long hair miniature dachshund and I am a cancer survivor since October, 2008, when I was diagnosed with lymphoma, just a month after my third birthday. Some present, huh? I will never be cured, but I am getting treatment and am currently in remission. This is not my story. This is the story of two of my...

There’s an interesting article written by Catherine O’Driscoll and published on-line by Dogs Naturally Magazine about a study done at Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine to determine if vaccines can cause changes in the immune system of dogs that might lead to life-threatening immune-mediated diseases. The article is quite extensive and goes on to discuss a wide range of vaccine-induced diseases, including some...