How Do I Decide If I Should Treat My Pet’s Cancer?
Once you have found out that your pet has cancer, there is some information that your veterinarian or veterinary oncologist needs in order to help you with this difficult decision.
Once you have found out that your pet has cancer, there is some information that your veterinarian or veterinary oncologist needs in order to help you with this difficult decision.
Studies have found that the pet with cancer has a metabolism much like a type two diabetic with insulin resistance. Cancer is fed by simple sugars, but cannot use fats, and uses protein very inefficiently.
Treating cancer is most successful when it is detected and surgically removed early in its development. If you find a lump on your dog’s leg, the first thing you should do is to measure the size of the mass using a measuring tool, and note the precise location in your records.
Ok, so you just got home after a fabulous time out on the town, and your house smells like a kennel. Soft to liquid, brown to yellow, stinky diarrhea is everywhere, especially on your new, expensive white carpet!
When your pet develops diarrhea it is often very obvious. You know, white carpet, brown goo, stinky smell, maybe you even accidentally stepped in it…
Many people find that when they feed their dog food they have prepared at home, that they improve in many ways. Pets may have sensitivities to their commercial food which makes them itch or have gas or diarrhea.
Home made diets, when done correctly, are some of the best ways to feed your pet. But when they are not done according to accepted nutritional principles, they can be disastrous!
Wild dogs began to hang out around the campsites of early Nomadic pre-historic humans, about 65,000 years ago according to archeological data. By 11,000 years ago, dogs had become an important part of early human culture, to the extent that archeological digs would find people buried with their companion dogs. A recent study has shown that around 11,000 years…
Human hospice care has set the standards for a kind and compassionate end of life experience for many people with terminal disease. Hospice care provides a supportive structure for the family as well as for the patient during this very difficult period for everyone.
Saying Goodbye can be difficult! When I finally had to put my old old rescue Labrador Retriever, Trigger, to sleep, I thought that I’d prepared myself for feeling his loss, greatly and sadly. But it was nothing like I’d thought it would be. For the first few weeks, I was actually, emotionally, numb. I didn’t feel bad or good…