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Dog Cancer Diet What to Feed a Dog with Cancer
Transcript of: Dog Cancer Diet What to Feed a Dog with Cancer James Jacobson: What happens when your dog has cancer? Do you have to change your dog’s diet? Dr. Dressler, I know you write a lot about the dog cancer diet in your book, but what is the role of diet once the dog already has cancer? Dr. Demian Dressler: Well, a dog cancer diet is a critical piece of the clinical management of cancer. A lot of the thoughts that I put into the PDF “Dog…
Watch the VideoWhich Dog Cancers are Best Treated with Chemotherapy
…h chemotherapy would be lymphoma which is one of the more common malignant cancers in dogs and a very, very treatable cancer in one where chemotherapy makes a significant difference in the dog’s life, not only from how long they lived but to the quality of life. Just a quick example, dogs with lymphoma without treatment in general sadly only live about a month to really quickly, very rapidly progressive cancer. But with chemotherapy in which most…
Watch the VideoPerianal & Anal Sac Tumors- What You Need to Know About Your Dog’s Cancer
…that you addressed in The Dog Cancer Survival Guide are Perianal, Anal Sac Cancers, cancers of the rear end. I guess I’ll throw this to you first Dr. Dressler, what are the signs and symptoms that you might be looking at if your dog has one of these cancers? Dr. Demian Dressler: These cancers are similar to some other cancers like such as cancers that occur in the mouth and the oral cavity and that many times they’re not noticed right off the bath…
Watch the VideoFeeding Carcinogenic Foods After You Dog has Cancer
…has Cancer James Jacobson: A question that we get free frequently is from dog lovers who are dealing with the dog that has cancer and then they’re very conscious about the diet, and they’re conscious about “well, should I feed anything that could be potentially carcinogenic, and others should think your dog are already has a cancer, so I don’t need to worry about it too much. Dr. Dressler, what are your thoughts? Dr. Demian Dressler: My opinion i…
Watch the VideoAmputation for Dogs with Osteosarcoma Cancer
…wners come in their head swirling, “How do I possibly remove a leg from my dog. Most dogs do really well; we belovedly call those dogs’ tripods, which sound a little bit funny. But dogs get along really well, and I think one of the cool things about treating dogs and cats with cancer is that they don’t necessarily deal with all the emotional baggage that we as their guardians do. They will obviously deal with some pain in the surgical time period…
Watch the VideoWelcome to Dog Cancer Answers- Meet the Veterinarians
…hat could help dogs with cancer and that’s what segregate into lead to the dog cancers survival guide. James Jacobson: Of course you have the blog, dog cancer blog which is turn to by Veterinarians and dog lovers all over the world. Which you go to school? Dr. Demian Dressler: I’m a Cornell University graduates and have been in practice for fourteen years and I probably log sixty to seventy hours a week in the veterinary practice or veterinary rel…
Watch the VideoDog Cancer Diagnosis Not An Immediate Death Sentence
…helming and incapacitating and many, many times when a guardian receives a dog cancer diagnosis from a Veterinarian, they will start to experience anticipatory grief before anything bad has really happened or anything that’s really significant in terms of the well-being of the dog. So it’s important to realize that in many, many cases we are experiencing grief for something that hasn’t even happened yet. We have abundant time and many cases were w…
Watch the VideoMelanoma- What You Need to Know About Your Dog’s Cancer
…- What You Need to Know About Your Dog’s Cancer James Jacobson: One of the cancers that you talk about in The Dog Cancer Survival Guide are Melanomas, Dr. Dressler, I throw out this question to you first, if you have a dog with a melanoma, what are likely signs and symptoms that you are facing? Dr. Demian Dressler: Well, melanomas are growths that most commonly come out of cells which produce pigment and so they are usually dark, most commonly and…
Watch the VideoCancer Cachexia and Dog Cancer- When Your Dog Won’t Eat
…als do is they instead shift the body’s metabolism so that the body is now feeding the cancer as opposed to feeding itself. James Jacobson: So, that sounds like a pretty serious situation because the dog doesn’t wanna eat. Dr. Demian Dressler: Yeah, when you combined that with a lack of intake, caloric intake, we have this weight loss and that’s really what cachexia is, it’s the loss usually of muscle mass that’s connected with the cancer cells. n…
Watch the VideoGetting a Second Opinion on Your Dog’s Cancer Diagnosis
…, okay, the guardian is responsible for a lot of the decisions in managing dog cancer. In the Dog Cancer Survival Guide, we talked about pet advocacy, we talked about guardianship. A lot of the decisions that are made in managing dog cancer and dealing with this disease are made by the guardian, made by you as the owner of this dog. An important piece of that is that you need to be able to have a clear line of communication with your Veterinarian….
Watch the VideoNasal Tumors – What You Need to Know About Your Dog’s Cancer
…ression in the area of the muscle. And very, very rarely I have seen nasal cancers show as dogs are having a some gagging or some swallowing, or some peculiar coughing noises, or something like that, and these are most commonly occurring when the nasal tumors are farther back in the nasal sinus. Dr. Susan Ettinger: This is a, in some ways similar to bladder cancer in dogs and not a lot of patients have a secondary infection on top of the cancer wh…
Watch the VideoDog Breeds Most Likely to get Cancer
…particular as a consequence of inhaled carcinogens. When you compare those dogs to dogs that have shorter noses like Boxers, Pugs, so what we are talking about are nasal cancers in particular. Dr. Susan Ettinger: That’s true, and the thought behind that is that they’re breathing in more of those carcinogens and pollutants in the air and the long nose breathes are getting trapped in the nose and there is greater exposure to those carcinogens as opp…
Watch the VideoHelp for Your Dog’s Nausea
…medications that have been shown to be very effective for nausea. A really common one that’s approved for dogs now is called seronia. The nice thing about seronia is it’s a once a day medication. So, usually I tell owners if you are noticing that your dog is showing any of the symptoms, you know Demian just mention go ahead and give a dose of seronia. If they start eating normally, you don’t have to continue, its not like antibiotic so you can rea…
Watch the VideoMast Cell Tumors- What You Need to Know About Your Dog’s Cancer
…on: One of the common types of cancer that you guys both talk about in the dog cancers survival is mast cell tumors. I wanna first start off with you Dr. Dressler. What might a dog guardian see if their dog has been diagnosed with mast cell? Dr. Demian Dressler: That’s a tough question. The reason why it’s a tough question is because mast cell tumors are characterized by having a variable appearance. That means that they can look very very differe…
Watch the VideoMammary Tumors- What You Need to Know About Your Dog’s Cancer
…- What You Need to Know About Your Dog’s Cancer James Jacobson: One of the cancers that you talk about in The Dog Cancer Survival Guide are mammary tumors. Dr. Dressler, I’ll start with you first. If a dog has been diagnosed with mammary tumors, what is it, that the guardian may be seen? Dr. Demian Dressler: The most common way of mammary tumors shows up is the exact same way that a breast cancers shows up in a woman and that is with a growth in m…
Watch the VideoTransitional Cell Carcinoma- What You Need to Know About Your Dog’s Cancer
…es of a urinary tract infection, especially if you have scotty or an obese dog or an elderly dog. James Jacobson: Dr. Ettinger, what are your thoughts on transitional cell carcinoma? Dr. Susan Ettinger: Yeah! It’s one of those that guardians look back and wonder if it’s should have been cut sooner because and actually was interesting as a lot of dogs with transitional cell carcinoma have a secondary bacterial infection, or secondary urinary tract…
Watch the VideoOral Cancers- What You Need to Know About Your Dog’s Cancer
…f the cancers that you talk about in The Dog Cancer Survival Guide is oral cancers, cancers of the mouth. Dr. Dressler, if you’re looking at a dog who has oral cancer, what are the signs and symptoms that you might be seeing? Dr. Demian Dressler: I’ll be honest, these tumors are most commonly at least in my experience found by Veterinarians during a physical exam. And the reason for this is that, it’s only in the later stages where we see signs at…
Watch the VideoAre You a Dog Lover or Dog Guardian- Helping Your Dog Survive Cancer
…hrow out to you first Dr. Dressler, what is the difference between being a dog lover and being a dog guardian? Dr. Demian Dressler: That’s an excellent question. There can be confusion in our minds not only as veterinarians but also as owners, “of dogs”. The confusion is this, on the one hand we want to enjoy the things that our dog gives us, that is receiving and we have a loving relationship with the animal and works in both directions. Now ther…
Watch the VideoHemangiosarcoma- What You Need to Know About Your Dog’s Cancer
…be connected to the signs on the dog and I’ll explaine why. Some of these dogs will have Hemangiosarcomas most commonly as a matter of fact in the spleen, the internal organ the spleen. Because of the fact that these tumors are connected to blood vessels, many times that bleed within the tumor itself or sometimes into the abdomen and these dogs can the first to show signs very very suddenly with all the said having decrease in energy level and we…
Watch the VideoPalladia™ and Dog Cancer- What You Need to Know
…esigned for people and over the years, we’ve learned how to give safely in dogs. So, Palladia was designed for dogs, and it was actually targets a mutation that about a third to a half on dogs with mast cell tumors have. So it’s a class of drugs called secret inhibitors and it targets its mutations that some dogs with mast cell tumors have. James Jacobson: Okay, you use it for what kinds of cancers? Dr. Susan Ettinger: Well, obviously, the number…
Watch the VideoYour Emotions and Your Dog’s Cancer
…ge, huge thing if you think back to the moment when you actually heard the dog cancer diagnosis from the Veterinarian you know what I’m talking about, your entire world feels as if it’s been turned upside down and it’s such a huge part of coping with dog cancer that it’s the type of thing that can either make the experience a horrible, horrible nightmare and pure living hell for everybody or it can in some cases if managed properly make the experi…
Watch the VideoMetronomic Chemotherapy for Dog Cancer
…g the cancer cells directly, you actually targeting the blood vessels that feed those cancers and allow them to get bigger than about a centimeter which is about the size of most people’s thumb now. So, if you can target those blood vessels, those cancer cells can’t get nutrients, they can’t get blood supply and they’re not gonna get bigger. Again that is called antigiogenesis, and that’s the goal of metronomic chemotherapy. James Jacobson: Do you…
Watch the VideoCyberknife Use with Dog Cancer- Cutting Edge Technology
…ld be considering. Dr. Susan Ettinger: Yeah, I mean we’ve actually treated dogs from Canada, we’ve treated dogs from couple weeks ago, we have some guardians drive in with their dog from Chicago, Virginia, Florida. So, one of the nice things because it’s so few treatments is that a lot of people will come into town for a week and we got the treatment done for them. It’s nice if they can travel lot of people will drive on in after giving us a call…
Watch the VideoLymphoma- What You Need to Know About Your Dog’s Cancer
…cell suicide in cancer cells, and the other full spectrum approaches which can really help us and which are outlined in The Dog Cancer Survival Guide. James Jacobson: A lot of information on lymphoma if your dog has lymphoma in The Dog Cancer Survival Guide. Dr. Ettinger in New York and Dr. Dressler in Hawaii, thank you both for being with us. Dr. Demian Dressler & Dr. Susan Ettinger: Thank you….
Watch the VideoBrain Tumors- What You Need to Know About Your Dog’s Cancer
…sing on pain and making sure that our love pets aren’t experiencing any pain all these are important features of full spectrum care. James Jacobson: There’s a lot more information on brain tumors and what you can do if your dog has a brain tumor in The Dog Cancer Survival Guide. I wanna thank both of you for joining us today, Dr. Ettinger in New York, Dressler in Hawaii, thank you. Dr. Susan Ettinger: Thank you Dr. Demian Dressler: Thank you…
Watch the VideoShould You See an Oncologist for Your Dog’s Cancer
…ly things that’s super important is to figure out has it spread at time of diagnosis, so for different cancers it may be different but we may do some chest X-rays or CT scans or ultrasounds that are gonna help us figure out has the cancer spread and then what are the recommendations after that point. James Jacobson: Dr. Ettinger, I understand that there are approximately 200 or less Oncologists or Veterinary Oncologist in North America, is that ri…
Watch the VideoWhy Didn’t My Vet Catch My Dog’s Cancer Earlier
…never there was a lump or bumps because of the incidence of cancer, 1 in 3 dogs getting cancer give or take in potentially 1 in 2 dogs if there over 10, according to the National K-9 Cancer Foundation its very, very important to get it checked out. Then of course we always wanna look for general signs of illness for this internal cancer. These can be vomiting or diarrhea, even coughing, sneezing, weight loss, loss of energy level, loss of appetite…
Watch the VideoSoft Tissue Sarcomas- What You Need to Know About Your Dog’s Cancer
…clean wide margins. They’re still very treatable cancers. James Jacobson: Alright, I like the word that you guys that Dr. Dressler’s said, he said the word cure as a possibility and you don’t often talk about that when it comes to dog cancers, so that’s a, that’s reassuring a lot more information in the book. Dr. Dressler in Hawaii, Dr. Ettinger in New York, thank you so much for joining us today. Dr. Susan Ettinger: Thanks so much! Dr. Demian Dr…
Watch the VideoDog Cancer Remission- What Can You Expect
…. I think to once where lymphoma which is one of the more common malignant cancers in dogs that I treat, you’ll hear a sort of levels of remission. Complete remission meaning the cancer is no longer clinically detectable. Partial remission, stable disease, and then the frustrating one to hear is progressive disease that the cancer is on the move or getting bigger or not responding to treatment as we would like it too. James Jacobson: Dr. Dressler,…
Watch the VideoVomiting and Dog Cancer- What You Need to Know
…nd that one of the side effects that people sometimes deal with when their dog has cancer is vomiting, this dogs with sick bellies. I would like to ask either you Dr. Dressler or you Dr. Ettinger your thoughts on dogs that are vomiting when they have cancer and what you can do about it? Dr. Susan Ettinger: I can start on this one I think vomiting is something that you see as a result of the cancer itself. That’s due to the toxins that are released…
Watch the VideoDog Cancer Surgery- The Importance of Clean Margins
…can tell or at least get information about whether or not there are still cancers cells left in the dog. So, when we talk about “clean margins” we’re saying, ok, the pathologist didn’t find any cancer cells on the edge of the submitted specimen, so, maybe the cancer cells are out of the dog, or we can say we have dirty margins where the pathologist found cancer cells along the edge and therefore we can say very likely that there are still cancer…
Watch the VideoHow to know when it’s time to say Good Bye
…on’t want to bring it up with me. Make a list right around the time of the diagnosis of maybe the top five things that your dog lives to do. Runs to the food bowl every night for dinner, greets me at the door, can’t wait to go for walks, loves to sit on the couch with me in the evening and watch while I’m watching TV. Really make a list about the top 5 things. I think it’s important that maybe when 3 or 4 of those things start to fall off the list…
Watch the VideoDog Cancer Surgery When is Surgery a Good Option
…or discomfort then we can do a palliative type of surgery and improve our dog’s life quality, make our dog happier, feel better, but we kind of understand that in some of these cases where the palliative surgery, we may be having to look at the recurrence because we couldn’t get all the cells out and we’re gonna need to start, thinking of other ways to deal with those cancer cells. James Jacobson: Dr. Ettinger, when do you recommend doing surgery…
Watch the VideoDiarrhea and Dog Cancer What You Need to Know
…how long the patients having diarrhea and make it much easier for both the dog and for the guardian. James Jacobson: What are some of the more common meds that you would use? Dr. Susan Ettinger: I think, one of the more common ones and what’s nice about its relatively inexpensive and quite safe is a drug called metronidazole and the other name, the trade name is called flagel and usually we will do a 5 day course of that even if the diarrhea resol…
Watch the VideoFeeling Guilty About Your Dog’s Cancer
…ng to do with anybody’s choices, and all these things were accountable for cancers in dogs right now. So, guilt really has no place at all in this equation. And it’s really sad, because there is a lot of pain and suffering that goes along with. James Jacobson: Dr. Ettinger, do you find this on your client’s common and felt guilty maybe put it done something differently? Dr. Susan Ettinger: Yeah! I mean, everyone is always trying to understand why…
Watch the VideoLife Expectancy vs. Gained Life Expectancy in Dog Cancer Treatments
…o select a certain treatment. What do we get out of this if we compare the dog without the treatment that life expectancy vs. the dog’s life expectancy with the treatment. That’s the gained life expectancy. James Jacobson: In the Dog Cancer Survival Guide, you help people figure out those equations, once they have those data points. Dr. Ettinger, what are your thoughts on this subject? Dr. Susan Ettinger: I think a couple of things a lot of people…
Watch the VideoKinavet ® CA1 and Dog Cancer- What You Need to Know
…very careful in terms of picking up and using a glove when you pick up the dog’s waste. Is that the same with Kinavet? Dr. Susan Ettinger: Yeah, and with both of them I do recommend common sense precautions that you just want to use a glove. Both of the medications are coated, so when you’re giving, or when you’re administering the medication to your dog, you don’t actually have to wear a glove. But I always advice the owners to have those gloves…
Watch the VideoAll Natural, Homeopathic & Holistic Approaches to Dog Cancer Care
…end up doing is picking 10 or 15, or 25 different treatments to use for a dog and we may not be benefiting the dog and in some cases we may even be hurting our loved family member. James Jacobson: Dr. Ettinger, your thoughts. Dr. Susan Ettinger: I think Dr. Dressler brings up a great point and I think that’s, the frustration of some of the conventional Oncologist out there, and I consider myself to be more open minded. I think people it’s importa…
Watch the VideoDiagnosing Dog Cancer with a Biopsy or Fine Needle Aspirate
…og Cancer with a Biopsy or Fine Needle Aspirate James Jacobson: One of the common ways to find out exactly what kind of cancer your dog has is using a diagnostic technique that involves a fine needle aspirate. So, I’m gonna ask you Dr. Ettinger in New York, what was the process of using a fine needle aspirate in the biopsy proceedings? Dr. Susan Ettinger: Sure! So, a fine needle aspirate is a little less invasive than a biopsy with a fine needle a…
Watch the VideoDog Cancer and Apoptosis and Apoptogens
…capitalizing on a specific cancer cell death mechanism. James Jacobson: Great! Dr. Dressler, Dr. Ettinger, thank you. There’s much more information on Apoptosis and the role it has on dog cancer in The Dog Cancer Survival Guide. Thank you both for being with us today. Dr. Susan Ettinger: Thanks. Dr. Demian Dressler: Thank you….
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