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Featuring Demian Dressler, DVM and Sue Ettinger, DVM, Dip. ACVIM (Oncology), authors of The Dog Cancer Survival Guide

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Is It Wrong To Treat Dogs for Cancer?

play a part in the decision making. The decision will be very different for each Guardian. How would you feel if you were willing and able to pay for a…

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Collection: Articles | Chemotherapy | Choosing Treatments with Confidence | Diagnosis | Emotional Management | Financial Resources | Full Spectrum Cancer Care | Full Spectrum Cancer Care Step 1: Conventional Treatments | Your Role as Your Dog's Guardian

Nobel Prize Winning Research, Once Again, Can Help Your Dog

…We can give our dogs dark sleeping environments, and take their requests for food, walk, and play as signals from their internal clocks. Remember, as Dr. Dressler reminds us over…

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Collection: Apoptosis | Articles

Are Overweight Dogs at a Higher Risk for Cancer?

…many other variables also come into play. There’s no authority who can say “everyone should eat X amount of food, in Y weight” for humans, and there isn’t such a…

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Collection: Articles | Cancer Causes | Cancer Prevention | Full Spectrum Cancer Care | Full Spectrum Cancer Care Step 4: The Dog Cancer Diet | Mammary Tumors

DogCancer.TV: Hemangiosarcoma- What You Need to Know About Your Dog’s Cancer

…Approach to the treatment of hemangiosarcoma in dogs. Click play to discover more. Transcript of Hemangiosarcoma- What You Need to Know About Your Dog’s Cancer James Jacobson: One the types…

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Collection: Videos

DogCancer.TV: Perianal & Anal Sac Tumors- What You Need to Know About Your Dog’s Cancer

…with perianal and anal sac tumors. Click play to learn more. Video Transcript: Perianal & Anal Sac Tumors- What You Need to Know About Your Dog’s Cancer James Jacobson: One…

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Collection: Videos

Dog Cancer Surgery: What I’ve Learned So You Don’t Have To

As the editor of The Dog Cancer Survival Guide, I’ve been thinking about dog cancer every day for over a decade. I have been managing this website for Dr. Demian…

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Collection: Articles | Diagnosis | Found a Bump/Lump on My Dog | Full Spectrum Cancer Care Step 1: Conventional Treatments | How Did This Happen? | Managing Pain | Managing Side Effects from Conventional Treatments | Surgery | Videos | With Audio

Do Numbers Matter?

…Some joys include eating, drinking, physical exercise, social relationships with humans or non-human animals, satisfaction of normal bodily functions, the pleasure in overcoming manageable challenges, play activities and creative expressions…

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Collection: Articles | Chemotherapy | Choosing Treatments with Confidence | Emotional Management | Full Spectrum Cancer Care | Full Spectrum Cancer Care Step 1: Conventional Treatments | Full Spectrum Cancer Care Step 5: Brain Chemistry Modification | Radiation | Surgery

Do Dogs Know When They Are Dying? What Your Dog Would Say If Your Dog Spoke English

…ones… Plenty of time outside in the fresh air… Long and peaceful naps… Running at top speed… Playing with the most entertaining toys… Exploring new places… Eating delicious food… Standing…

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Collection: Articles | Book Excerpts: Free Chapters from the best-selling The Dog Cancer Survival Guide | Your Role as Your Dog's Guardian

End of Life Care in Dog Cancer

…or her life story from start to finish, and play with toys if possible. Apologize for anything and everything you could have done better. Touch therapies and acupuncture are options…

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Collection: Articles | Emotional Management | End of Life Care | Full Spectrum Cancer Care | Full Spectrum Cancer Care Step 4: The Dog Cancer Diet | Full Spectrum Cancer Care Step 5: Brain Chemistry Modification

Magical Thinking and Dog Cancer

…in itself the best medicine. Play Dates. We’ve written before about how important social activity is. Training. Believe it or not (believe it!) your dog likes to be mentally challenged….

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Collection: Articles | Full Spectrum Cancer Care | Full Spectrum Cancer Care Step 5: Brain Chemistry Modification

Homemade Cleaning Supplies That Are Safe for You — and Your Dog With Cancer

…dogs. Where to Buy Essential Oils There are many companies that now make essential oils, so I’m not going to play favorites. I have used oils from all of the…

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Collection: Articles | Cancer Causes

Is Peanut Butter Bad for Dogs?

…Dog Cancer Answers podcast. Play the video below to hear his thoughts, and then subscribe on our YouTube channel or in your favorite podcast app! Xylitol: A Bad Sugar for…

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Collection: Articles | Full Spectrum Cancer Care | Full Spectrum Cancer Care Step 4: The Dog Cancer Diet

The Oncologist’s thoughts on mast cell tumors

…tumor. First, let’s understand what MCT are. Normal mast cells are a type of immune system cell and play an important role in inflammation. While other immune system cells tend…

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Collection: Articles | Cancer Type | Found a Bump/Lump on My Dog | Mast Cell Tumors

Waiting and watching — but for how long?

…md know it was time for him to go play at the bridge with his fur cousins – since this event I have spent many hours researching and have discovered…

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Collection: Articles | Diagnosis | Found a Bump/Lump on My Dog | Full Spectrum Cancer Care | Full Spectrum Cancer Care Step 1: Conventional Treatments | Surgery

How to Use the Mitotic Index to Make Decisions About Mast Cell Tumors

…me any idea what to expect in the coming days? He is still acting normal, eating, playing, and frankly seems well. How long can we expect him to be well….

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Collection: Articles | Chemotherapy | Choosing Treatments with Confidence | Diagnosis | Full Spectrum Cancer Care Step 1: Conventional Treatments | Mast Cell Tumors | Surgery

Carcinoma of the Anal Gland

…up like ‘let’s play“, just enjoy, and play. He will feel your sadness otherwise. And if there is a little bit of residue that he wants to clean up, consider…

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Collection: Articles | Cancer Type | Chemotherapy | Found a Bump/Lump on My Dog | Full Spectrum Cancer Care | Full Spectrum Cancer Care Step 1: Conventional Treatments | Perianal and Anal Sac Tumors | Radiation | Surgery

Things You Need To Know About Radiation for Dog Cancer

…run, jump and play again. It was a godsend to us. Then two weeks home and the day before her second chemo treatment she suddenly lost all motor function in…

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Collection: Articles | Full Spectrum Cancer Care | Full Spectrum Cancer Care Step 1: Conventional Treatments | Radiation

Yunnan Baiyao for Dogs: Chinese Herb for Bleeding Dog Cancers

…2. ml, 2x a day. He is eating and drinking well, and still wants to play and go for rides but tires easily. I am anxiously awaiting your book to…

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Collection: Articles | Cancer Type | Full Spectrum Cancer Care | Full Spectrum Cancer Care Step 3: Immune Supplements and Anti-Metastatic Supplements | Hemangiosarcoma | With Audio

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