Dr. Joanne Intile   Most owners of pets with cancer are fixated on the familiar phrase “survival time.” The words describe the approximate length of time a pet is expected to live following its diagnosis. Survival time is a meaningful endpoint to measure for humans with cancer, where death occurs as a natural part of disease progression. In veterinary medicine, survival time is a...

Disclaimer The Puppy Up Foundation does not endorse nor recommend any particular product, service, or treatment. We offer  information strictly for educational and/or informational purposes. We believe it is the pet owner’s responsibility to do the research and draw his or her own conclusions.   From: The Fresh Toast By Ashlee Nolan This past year you’ve probably noticed an uptick in CBD products for...

Dogs and cats benefit from blood donations, too — but there’s a shortage in the D.C. area By Sophia Barnes Dogs are some of the most social, pack-minded animals on the planet, with a seemingly endless desire to be good boys and girls (Really, do we deserve them?). Perhaps that’s why Jax was all smiles, even after getting stuck with a needle at a...

“You can usually tell that a man is good if he has a dog who loves him.” ― W. Bruce Cameron In This Issue: Puppy Up Calendars Are Ready To Order; Upcoming Puppy Up Walks for September and October; From the Founder, Luke Robinson; Novel Treatment for Nasal Tumors; Pup of the Month ― Blue Anthony The 2020 Puppy Up Calendars Are Ready To Order...

“Progress against one type of cancer is progress against ALL cancer.”(Stand Up To Cancer) Cancer in humans is on the rise. The statistics for cancer in pets is no different. According to the Comparative Oncology Program of the U.S. National Cancer Institute,1 there are 65 million pet dogs and 32 million pet cats in the United States. Approximately 6 million new cancer diagnoses are...

Disclaimer The Puppy Up Foundation does not endorse nor recommend any particular product, service, or treatment. We offer  information strictly for educational and/or informational purposes. We believe it is the pet owner’s responsibility to do the research and draw his or her own conclusions. A new worldwide study of raw pet food opposes what FDA tries to tell pet owners. The FDA has –...

By Brandy Arnold When the World Trade Center collapsed on September 11, 2001, nearly 10,000 emergency rescue workers joined in the efforts to help. More than 300 of those heroes were dogs. Today we remember and honor the Hero Dogs of 9/11 along with the countless people who had their lives irrevocably changed by man’s best friend. From search and rescue dogs to comfort dogs to bomb detection dogs,...

By Louise Bevan   From the Epoch Times Dogs have fully earned their status as the nation’s favorite companion animal. After a successful trial run, blood-sniffing beagles may just become the latest frontier in early cancer detection. Dogs’ finely tuned sense of smell is roughly 10,000 times more accurate than a human’s. As such, three beagles taking part in a recent laboratory experiment were...

Increased efficacy of cancer treatment through drug release and hyperthermia therapy using microrobots DGIST (Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology) From Eureka Alert Professor Hongsoo Choi’s research team in Department of Robotics Engineering & DGIST-ETH Microrobot Research Center (DEMRC) at DGIST (President Young Kuk) succeeded in developing a biodegradable microrobot that can perform hyperthermia treatment and control drug release. This research can treat...