From Penn Vet Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) is the most common cancer of the blood in dogs. It is a cancer of white blood cells known as lymphocytes and it occurs in lymphoid tissues such as the peripheral lymph nodes, spleen and bone marrow. The disease frequently occurs in middle aged and older dogs (median age 6-9 years). Certain breeds are predisposed to lymphoma and...

Vaccine and T cell infusion combination approach yields “impressive survival times and minimal side effects” Veterinary Practice News August 3, 2018 During the 2018 American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Forum in June, ELIAS Animal Health, a clinical stage development company advancing novel treatments for companion animal cancer, shared preliminary canine osteosarcoma results for its cancer immunotherapy. According to study results presented by Brian...

By Julia Mullaney Health and Fitness  https://www.cheatsheet.com/health-fitness/diseases-you-can-spread-to-dog.html/ When you get sick, you might want to just lay on the couch and cuddle with your dog. However, depending on your illness, there’s a chance you could actually spread it to your precious pup. While some illnesses won’t infect a dog, such as the common cold or strep throat, there is still a wide variety of...

On Assistance Dog Day we honor assistance dogs and their trainers. Importance of an Assistance Dog There are many different types of assistance dogs.  There are some trained to be guide dogs for the blind, hearing alert dogs for the hearing impaired, and medical alert dogs that recognize the signs of heart attacks, strokes, seizures, panic attacks, and epilepsy.  People put their lives in...

Don’t miss your chance to tell your pup’s story and share a favorite photo! Register here. This is our 11th year of the Puppy Up Calendar Contest, and we hope you’ll enter your pup. We currently have 30 contenders so there’s plenty of room for more puppers. Don’t have a dog to enter but still want to participate? There are plenty of dogs who...

It’s a sad fact that many of the dogs who wind up in shelters can’t be registered for official birthdays. Oh, shelter workers can estimate their age, but they can never know for sure. When these dogs are adopted, their new family might give them a random date–such as the adoption day itself–as a birthday. Or, you can celebrate DOGust on the first of...

July 31st ends Sarcoma Awareness Month, so we’d like to end on a positive note. But first a bit of introduction. Our friend and supported Amy Kabel, much like our founder, Luke Robinson, would not let  grief overshadow the loss of her beloved dog Hank to sarcoma.  Like Luke, through his love for Malcolm and Murphy,  Amy too was moved to pull people together...

National Mutt Day encourages us to embrace, save and celebrate mixed breed dogs twice a year on July 31st and December 2nd. The need to adopt shelter mutts is so great that two days of the calendar year are devoted to National Mutt Day (July 31 and December 2). Desperately longing for a new home, millions of loving and healthy mixed breed dogs in...

From the Sun Gazette by Barbara Cioffi How does too much water affect a dog’s body? Through their research the McCuskers learned that water intoxication results in hyponatremia, a condition where body fluids become diluted and very low sodium levels shift the dog’s electrolyte balance. With depleted sodium, the cells, including those in the brain, swell, affecting blood pressure and nerve and muscle function....