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Hello Friend,
I hope you and your family are doing well.
What food should you feed? Well in my Inner Circle, I have a complete list of advised commercial pet foods, comprehensive balanced home recipes, along with specifics on what you need to know about feeding raw.
You can get ALL this vital information here:
http://www.theonlinevet.com/innercircle.php
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Cancer. It’s the diagnosis which pet owners and veterinarians alike all fear.
Unfortunately it’s not just confined to elderly pets, as it can occur at any age.
I recall seeing a three-year-old chocolate Lab called Jack, owned by a lovely older couple. As a puppy he was very high energy, and would spring from the floor of the exam room to the height of the exam table.
His youthful vigor came through in his love of everyone. He would freely lick any human face that came near. I was the beneficiary of many a lick as were most of my staff.
Jack’s owners did all of the supposed right things to keep him healthy. He was fed a “premium” quality dry dog food. On my advice he was given yearly vaccines. He was walked three times a day, lavished with a bounty of chew toys and tasty rawhide treats, and slept on his owner’s bed.
At precisely seven o’clock every morning, Jack could be found sitting and staring at his food bowl. Jack’s favorite pastime was eating, and he never missed a meal. In fact Jack was known to consume many non-food items, including socks, shoes, underwear, and many a stick.
One day Jack wouldn’t eat breakfast. His owners rushed him in fearing something was wrong. My first suspicion was that he had finally consumed something that actually upset his stomach. Jack wasn’t his usual bouncy self, no jumping high in the air or Jack doggie kisses.
On examination of Jack, I found that all of his lymph nodes were enlarged, and my fear was lymphosarcoma (lymph cancer). I advised his owners to leave Jack for blood work and X-rays, hoping that it was not as I suspected.
Lab tests came back confirming cancer. X-rays showed masses in his lungs; the cancer had already spread. Jack’s owners elected to do all that they could to treat this disease, which meant extensive chemotherapy.
Jack initially responded well and went into a remission. His energy returned and he was back chewing, jumping, and licking faces with abandon. Sixty-three days after first being diagnosed with lymph cancer and subsequent chemotherapy, large swellings showed up under his jaw and in front of his shoulders; the cancer had returned. He struggled to take a full breath as the cancer had spread to his lungs.
Jack’s owners openly sobbed in my exam room while I injected him with twenty-four cubic centimeters (cc) of the blue-tinted euthanyl.
Three-year-old Jack died in my exam room sixty-three days after being diagnosed with lymphoma.
Why did this happen?
Jack’s owners were devastated, and they asked me the first question I asked myself after Hoochie died: how is it that a young, healthy dog that you do all the right things for can develop cancer and die at a young age?
There are potentially many contributing factors, but in my opinion, our pets are improperly fed, over-vaccinated, and overmedicated with conventional drugs. As a result the immune system becomes heavily overtaxed, and it responds inappropriately, resulting in diseases such as atopy (environmental allergy), chronic vomiting/diarrhea, arthritis, epilepsy and cancer.
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Veterinary Secrets Pet of the Week!
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This was my cat Cleo who died last summer.
RIP Cleo, you were a great cat.
Dr Andrew
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| Dog and Cat Words of Wisdom...""Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea." Robert Heinlein
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| Heal Your Pet At Home!
Best Wishes,
Dr Andrew Jones, DVM |
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P.S. Is there one specific thing that you can do/give to your pet to prevent cancer?
No
Clearly what you feed your dog or cat is one of the biggest factors.
These are my specific suggestions:
http://www.theonlinevet.com/innercircle.php
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| DISCLAIMER: This information is for educational purposes only and is not intended to replace the advice of your own veterinarian. Dr Andrew Jones resigned from the College of Veterinarians of B.C. effective December 1 2010, meaning he cannot answer specific questions about your pet's medical issues or make specific medical recommendations for your pet.
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