Bone Cancer – Osteosarcoma
At some point, all dogs limp, but usually only for a short time. First, you check your dog for an injury like a thorn in the paw or a sore joint. If you don’t find an immediate problem, then often you decide to restrict exercise and see if he gets better in a day or two. After a few days of seeing no improvement, you take him to the vet. Read more.
Brain Tumors
The news of Senator John McCain and his fight with brain cancer, a glioblastoma, prompted this page, along with my experience with my springer spaniel, Cassie. Read more.
Canine Leukemia
“Your dog has leukemia,” your vet tells you, “which is an out-of-control growth of white blood cells.” My vet never used the term cancer. Although leukemia does not form tumors, it is a cancer of the blood. Read more.
Stomach Cancer
My neighbor recently passed away from gastric cancer, which I had documented with several posts on my Facebook page. Her disease caught my attention since I was also blogging about the book Heal The Vital Role in the Search for Cancer Cures which is about cancer research in dogs, but the author interwound her sister’s experience with gastric cancer. Read more.