Dog Talk (And Kitties Too!) (12-20-2020) #706: Featuring Avery Sontheimer, Mark Cushing, and Cynthia Cohen. Thirteen-year-old cat-lover Avery Sontheimer launched Avery’s Pawsitive Change on Facebook and GoFundMe to send $5 gift cards to shelters around the country (her goal was 500 shelters and she’s already way over 1,000 donations) but the amazing thing is that […]
Pet Cancer Vet (06-04-2018) #2071: Missed treatments of chemotherapy: does that affect the chance for success at getting cancer into remission? Lisa from North Carolina calls about Ruger, her 6-1/2-year-old pitbull/boxer mix with stage 4 lymphoma, who is on chemo with the UWM CHOP protocol. She’s worried because she had to miss a treatment because […]
Holistic Vets (01-16-2018) #3069R: Dr. Patrick Mahaney discusses what to feed your dog during cancer or other severe illness, as he’s done with his own dog Cardiff, when he was undergoing chemotherapy. MP3 Audio [16 MB]DownloadShow URL
Pet Cancer Vet (08-14-2017) #2066: Dr. Sue discusses new lymphoma treatments, which are valuable because cancer cells do become resistant to chemotherapy the cells have already “seen” (been treated with). Tenovia (more info at www.vet-dc.com) is a new chemotherapy drug, conditionally licensed and requiring extra precautions. MP3 Audio [11 MB]DownloadShow URL
Pet Cancer Vet (05-15-2017) #2065: Is it okay for a dog on chemotherapy to get a rabies vaccination (required by law)? Dr. Sue gives the answer to Maureen, whose Scottish Terrier was diagnosed with TCC (bladder cancer is common in this breed) and been on chemotherapy for past nine months. Dr. Sue’s advice to others […]
Pet Cancer Vet (10-17-2016) #2059: Jason and Andra explain how they had just moved to Scottsdale AZ when — at a routine vet visit — they discovered lymphoma in their Boxer-mix, Kane. Dr. Sue discuses the differences between B-cell and T-cell lymphoma and the importance of not beginning prednisone before chemotherapy. MP3 Audio [16 MB]DownloadShow […]
The New Dog Flu — Coming to a Town Near You? I don’t like to be a fear monger, but the new strain of dog flu that killed and sickened many dogs in Chicago, has now spread to 12 states beyond Illinois. A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog about an episode of THE […]
Halo Officially Recommended for Dogs with Cancer I think pet lovers know that I have spent a crazy amount of time for more than a decade, studying and following information and news about pet nutrition. I feel pretty confident that I have an unbiased, objective, thoughtful perspective on the various arguments and debates about pet […]
Authors On Animals (11-10-2014) #111: Michael Perry is making a new life in the country with two pigs, a dozen chickens, and a baby due any minute, in his humorous memoir, COOP: A Family, a Farm and the Pursuit of One Good Egg; Jeff Guidry with AN EAGLE NAMED FREEDOM: My True Story of a […]
Holistic Vets (6-30-2014) #3032: Dr. Patrick discusses what to feed your dog during cancer or illness, as he has had to do with his own Welsh Terrier Cardiff, who had surgery and then chemotherapy for his cancer recently. MP3 Audio [16 MB]DownloadShow URL
