Comments on: Why is Canine Cancer Still Winning? Part 1

By: derek

derek — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 02:59:23 +0000

I just want to show my support.My girlfrind and I have 5 dogs.I feed them organic dog food mixed with a little bit of commercial dog food.I have a hard time finding heath food for dogs that is affordable.Our five dogs did great for two years.Then my girlfriend decided that she wanted them on commercial.Technily she pays for them,And i only supplied the wet organic wet food.Though we dont see everything eye to eye,I dont have a choise.So they got a little sicker after that.Its been 3 months now.I dont know if sharing this info is worth sharing.All I have to say is for anyone who dose or dosent care,if what you try isnt working,time to try someyhing else.

By: Sarma

Sarma — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:25:46 +0000

Hi,
I have been reading all the comments in desperate need of help for my dog.
I have a 4y. old chihuahua female that was diagnosed with spindle cell sarcoma in the lower rear leg. Could anyone give me some help/info/experience about this type of cancer and possible treatment conventional or holistic?

By: Kris

Kris — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 04:51:23 +0000

Hi. I read about luteolin in your blog. Somewhere you posted that you will discuss dosages, etc., in your ebook. Is that the book that is advertised on this site? I juice celery, basil, and parsley everyday for my dog who has mast cell tumors (she’s had cancer & I believe those little tumors which have come back are cancerous). I want to know how much to give her…

Thanks,
Kris

By: Dale

Dale — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 01:09:04 +0000

Dr. D,

Thanks for backup. I should have been more clear about my comment about cancer occurring – I don’t think, in most cases, that for any given individual (or animal) what caused the cancer to start is known.

By: Dr. Dressler

Dr. Dressler — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:43:42 +0000

Hi everyone,
well, seems we all have some viewpoints on this!
A couple of points:

a. there are very few vets out there who are making big bucks

b. the materials cost for chemo is extremely high

c. veterinarians, like you and I, are people doing the best they can with the resources they have in life. These resources may not be the same as what you or I have.

d. cancer is formidable, which is why we are where we are. It is not that people are evil.

e. we do know why cancer occurs. Not necessarily on the molecular level in all cases, but just a notch up macroscopically, we have the data. However, answers are complex, not simple though, and there is no single cause.

f. we should try to remember that choices which bring us together help us all, and those that separate us hurt everyone

Best,
Dr D

By: Dale

Dale — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:33:52 +0000

Wow, a lot of conspiracy theories going on here. Dogs in the wild will eat anything, they are scavengers. They also don’t live very long. I agree with giving a good quality dog food (no grains as the top ingredients) but, please, a raw diet will not save your pets. Cancer strikes (and I just lost my 9 year old GSD a couple of weeks ago to cancer). Chemo is an option in some cases, your vet isn’t out to steal your money by offering it. Most people jump on it because they can’t think straight. I’ve read so many stories about people doing everything possible to “save” their pets when it is clear they are only prolonging their suffering. It’s an ugly disease but it happens and, for the most part, we don’t know why.

By: Valerie

Valerie — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:27:20 +0000

I also must agree with James! He’s right on the money (forgive the pun) Conventional medicine is big bucks!!! They don’t have the answers so they keep racking up HUGE BILLS (great vacations and lifestyles for them!)Real, dedicated vets like Dr. Dressler are not in this for the money. They became vets oput of their own love and passion for humane animal care!!!! Get real and don’t be so naive! My 10 year-old baby Katie died from mandibular cancer (upper jaw). Exactly like Dr. Dressler describes, no warning signs. Nobody has any answers! G-d bless my son who knows about nutrition and says we should feed out pets as if they were in the wild on a raw diet. I mean excellent quality beef (Whole Foods)–no skimping here…if you are the Mom or Dad to an animal please don’t be cheap with their food!, and think holistically. I agree with the BEWARE about vaccines and medicagtions, especially steriods!!! I mistakenly gave my other baby Lucy, age 3 Temoril-P and Oh my G-d she almost died!!! It caused her to have gastroenteritis and almost pancreatitis!!! She was hospitalized with an IV drip for 2 nights and left all alone overnight (this I wholeheartedly disagreed with and told the vet so)!!!So please, please, please take caution with our babies and don’t medicate them. It kills them instead of helping them. It’s all for $$$. Thank you for listening.

By: Maggie

Maggie — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:55:57 +0000

I have to agree with what most of you are saying about the over-use of vacines, steriods, the use of chemotherapy for cancer, and the shoddy ingredients in dog food. Six years ago I took in a stray dog that had been dumped collarless and diseased on our street, along with another dog of the same breed. The dog with cancer died in 6 months, and mine, the one with cushings is still alive. I love her dearly. But its been a hard road. It took two vets over a year to diagnose her with cushings (an immune, and she was put on Lysodren, a chemo-type drug, that made her life miserable, with vomiting and diahrrea almost continuous. When I realized she was going to die, I took her off the Lysodren to make her last days better. To my surprise, the cushing’s symptoms disappeared for about a year and a half. Now they are back, and I’m dealing with the symptoms, but I refuse to give her the meds. I have her on a self-make diet, with herbs, vitamins, naturopathy, and frequent bathing to stop the bacterial infestion from the skin lesions of cushings. She’s about 16 yrs old, and I think has a better life. If anyone has heard of anything else that could help her, I always looking for more. Thanks. Maggie

By: Beverly Dagneau

Beverly Dagneau — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:48:57 +0000

I agree whole heartedly with “James Carrell” and Karen Howard. I’ve had the same experience with my beloved dog who I just lost to Lymphoma cancer. The vet wanted to immediately put him through chemotherapy for 6 months at the tune of about $8,000.00, which by the way would not cure him per the vet, maybe give him a year to year and a half longer and what gurantee of quality life during that time would he have? The vet get’s rich and I still lose my dog. Why put my dog through so much, so I opted not to do that. Instead I put him on a fresh holistic diet, which included many vaious vitamins and herbs. I was able to give him another 8 months without side effects or sickness. Yes, I still lost him, but, for me it shows that there is a lot to diet even when it comes a bit too late, because from what I’ve been told, it is unheard of for a animal to survive with Lymphoma cancer without chemo more than 2 months. My precious boy went 8 months. Still, there must be more to this than meets the eye. I too am convinced that vacciniations are part of the problem and my vet by the way agreed with me that among veterians currently, there is controvesy regarding this issue. Doesn’t that say something? I believe we are over vaccinating our pets just like we do our human babies. Also, I feel what we feed our pets is making them sick (bagged/canned dog food). How much nutrition can possibly come from dry, heated bagged/canned anything, whether it be for humans or animals. Added vitamins to bagged/canned dog food are subject to intense heat which defeats the purpose, etc. Where’s the fresh meat and veggies that animals need, just as people need? So…. what background do I have in all this? It’s called good ole common sence and research! Do the research yourself, you’ll be appalled and shocked at what is allowed in our pets dog food. And regarding vaccinating your pets, read the pro’s and con’s, it’s enough to make one pause. The fact that there is controversy should be a red flag. You don’t have to have a Dr’s degree to figure out what makes sence and what doesn’t. I wish I had known more before my precious dog got sick, I didn’t, but now I do.

Beverly

By: Karen Howard

Karen Howard — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:12:10 +0000

Our beloved mixed breed hound/Shepherd had a brush with cancer 2 years ago…..it was just pre cancerous and he was fine for the next 2 years…then one morning I noticed a lump on his leg. Took him to the vet, who diagnosed it as cancerous. He also without even asking! went ahead and pumped 6 vaccines into our sweet boy. 10 days later his lymph nodes were enlarged and we learned he had come down with lumphoma. He was dead 3 months later, even with everything we could give him, from chemo to supplements to vitamins to intravenous vitamin C. We loved him like a child.

I curse that vet. As far as I am concerned, he murdered our boy. You do not pump vaccines into dogs with compromised immune systems….you do not inject that stuff into a dog who has cancer!!!!!

Beware people!