When cancer hits, it’s often accompanied by weight loss, loss of muscle, and depression. All of these can significantly impact your dog’s quality of life. Consuming a good diet can improve your dog’s life tremendously. Food can actually prove to be ‘good medicine,’ and there's a term for this known as 'nutrition therapy.' A high-quality… Continue reading Stay Away from the Kibble
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Coping and Grieving: Adults and Children Losing a Dog from Cancer
*Excerpts from 'The Behavioral Side to Canine Cancer" written by Amber L. Drake (Chapter 8) Children are vulnerable enough already, and the whole idea of death is not something that they entirely understand. They are usually pretty close to our beloved dogs, as our children tend to spend a great deal of their time with… Continue reading Coping and Grieving: Adults and Children Losing a Dog from Cancer
13 Types of Cancer in Dogs
Dogs, like their human counterparts, are susceptible to several cancers, including lymphoma and even breast cancer. The good news is that veterinary oncology treatments are similar to those used to treat cancer in humans. We have compiled a list of 13 types of cancer in dogs to help you learn about which ones could affect… Continue reading 13 Types of Cancer in Dogs
KetoPet Sanctuary and the Ketogenic Diet for Dogs
The KetoPet Sanctuary was founded in 2014 by Dr. Lisa Freeman as a 501 (c )(3) non-profit organization. The sanctuary was developed to provide shelter dogs with terminal cancer with a forever home. The adopted dogs were generally given a remaining life expectancy of only a few weeks. However, their time at the KetoPet Sanctuary… Continue reading KetoPet Sanctuary and the Ketogenic Diet for Dogs
A Pill for Canine Lymphoma: Laverdia for Dogs
Laverdia for dogs is a pill that can help treat lymphoma in dogs. Laverdia is a new treatment, so we don’t have all the answers to questions yet, but future research will resolve those over time. For now, it's definitely something to discuss and look into. While lymphoma is one of the more treatable canine cancers, we are continuously on the search for new medicines that can help the unfortunate dogs that either do not respond to present treatments or do not have access to them due to financial or geographical constraints. What Laverdia Is Laverdia Ca-1 (verdinexor) was originally… Continue reading A Pill for Canine Lymphoma: Laverdia for Dogs