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Dog Cancer Diet What to Feed a Dog with Cancer
…how to do that for free in the dog cancer diet book which is available at dogcancerblog.com. Dr. Ettinger, do you have any comments about the role of diet while dog is being treated for cancer? Dr. Susan Ettinger: No, I think the role of diet is very important and I think that the homemade diet that Dr. Dressler’s come up with his great option, but I also like to point out for some of those busy people out there that if you can’t do a homemade di…
Watch the VideoWhich Dog Cancers are Best Treated with Chemotherapy
…is. What I mean by treatment plan analysis and we talked about this in the Dog Cancer Survival Guide is a breakdown of what do you get, compared to what does your dog put in, and what do you put in? So, it’s almost like a bank account, you make deposits and you make withdrawals. So, on the withdrawal side, we need to look and say “Okay, if we’re gonna be doing chemotherapy, what do we get? What’s the gained life expectancy?” By gained life expecta…
Watch the VideoWelcome to Dog Cancer Answers- Meet the Veterinarians
…re videos series as entire Dog Cancer Answers series which you can view on dogcancer.tv on the internet is based impart on just some of the information that is in The Dog Cancer Survival Guide in your book. Dr. Ettinger as viewers go through and watch different videos in this series, is there anything that you would advised them to keep in mind? Dr. Susan Ettinger: I think the reason that I got involved in this book as I wanted to add my expertise…
Watch the VideoFeeding Carcinogenic Foods After You Dog has Cancer
…re’s no point to it. The whole intention of what we’re trying to do in The Dog Cancer Survival Guide and making this video doing the entire thing with these interviews is to not only improve life quantity, which is life span, but also life quality, which is a good life. Because there’s no point in having a longer life if it can’t also be a good life. James Jacobson: It makes perfect sense. Dr. Dressler in Hawaii, Dr. Ettinger in New York. Thanks s…
Watch the VideoAmputation for Dogs with Osteosarcoma Cancer
…isease, amputation is a good option because it will completely remove that dog’s cancer in most situations when it’s on the limb of the dog. It’s really radical and I can sit here and really comfortably talk about it. But I know, owners 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…
Watch the VideoDog Breeds Most Likely to get Cancer
…e a lot of bladder cancer, the transitional cell carcinoma, and they’re actually one of the highest breeds that we see that. Shelties are also pre-disposed for that bladder cancer as well. So interestingly, there are some strong breed dispositions and there’s a great list in the book in The Dog Cancer Survival Guide where you can kind of look at your dog’s breed and see what cancer they may be pre-disposed to. It’s a pretty exhaustive list and it’…
Watch the VideoCancer Cachexia and Dog Cancer- When Your Dog Won’t Eat
Transcript of: Cancer Cachexia and Dog Cancer– When Your Dog Won’t Eat James Jacobson: Sometimes when the dog has cancer they just don’t wanna eat. There’s a word for this, It’s cancer cachexia, i think I’m saying that right Dr. Dressler? What are your thoughts on it and am I pronouncing it correctly? Dr. Demian Dressler: Well, you are pronouncing it correctly. It’s something that happens usually in the later stages of cancer. What it represents…
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 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
…Dog’s Cancer James Jacobson: One of the cancers that you talk about in The Dog Cancer Survival Guide is nasal cancers. Dr. Dressler, I’ll throw this question out to you first, if your dog has cancer of the nose, what are the likely signs and symptoms that you might be looking’ at? Dr. Demian Dressler: Nasal cancers are tricky, and the reason why they are tricky is because the fact that they grow within the nasal sinuses. And we can’t see into the…
Watch the VideoHelp for Your Dog’s Nausea
…ea effects and these are published to everything that we talk about in the dog cancer survival guide has data. The full spectrum approach is always data driven. There’s nothing that you’re going to be reading that comes out of the dog cancer survival guide, the blog, the dog cancer diet that’s just sort of made up. It is all backed up by a good Science. So, anyway, the ginger which is one of the additions of the dog cancer diet has some anti-nause…
Watch the VideoPerianal & Anal Sac Tumors- What You Need to Know About Your Dog’s Cancer
…ncer James Jacobson: One of the types of cancers 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…
Watch the VideoMetronomic Chemotherapy for Dog Cancer
…There are certain things out in nature that have some similar effects and we do talk about those in the book. James Jacobson: A lot of information more than we can cover in this video is in The Dog Cancer Survival Guide. Dr. Dressler in Hawaii, Dr. Ettinger in New York. Thanks so much for being with us. Dr. Demian Dressler & Dr. Susan Ettinger: Thank You!…
Watch the VideoHemangiosarcoma- What You Need to Know About Your Dog’s Cancer
…og’s Cancer James Jacobson: One the types of cancer that is discuss in the Dog Cancer Survival Guide is Hemangiosarcomas. Dr. Dressler, I’ll throw this question out to you first. If you have a dog with Hemangiosarcomas, what do you likely looking out in terms of signs and symptoms? Dr. Demian Dressler: Well, Hemangiosarcomas is tricky because it can occur in a variety of different areas in the body. It can occur in the skin and just right on the s…
Watch the VideoMammary Tumors- What You Need to Know About Your Dog’s Cancer
…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 mammary gland. We don’t usually thin…
Watch the VideoYour Emotions and Your Dog’s Cancer
…n: Here’s a question that we get from a lot of people who are dealing with dog cancer and Dr. Dressler I’m gonna throw this question to you first which is the issue of emotions. How important is emotional control for the pet lover, for the dog lover, for the guardian when you’re dealing with dog cancer? Dr. Demian Dressler: Yeah, emotion is such a huge, huge thing if you think back to the moment when you actually heard the dog cancer diagnosis fro…
Watch the VideoLymphoma- What You Need to Know About Your Dog’s Cancer
…cer James Jacobson: One of the types of cancers that you talk about in the dog cancer survival guide is lymphoma. First of all, I will start with you Dr. Dressler. What are the signs and symptoms that a dog guardian might see if the dog has lymphoma? Dr. Demian Dressler: Lymphoma is a strange cancer and that lymphoma is starts as a spread cancer. Usually doesn’t form a single bump. Lymphoma many times is discovered by veterinarian during a physica…
Watch the VideoDog Cancer Remission- What Can You Expect
…the cancer and again no treatment versus the treatment itself. James Jacobson: Dr. Ettinger, Dr. Dressler, thank you so much. There’s a lot more information in The Dog Cancer Survival Guide. Thanks for joining us. Dr. Susan Ettinger & Dr. Demian Dressler: Thank you….
Watch the VideoDog Cancer Surgery When is Surgery a Good Option
…ituation gets much more complicated than just that when we’re dealing with dog cancer because when we’re talking about malignancies and these are cells that, these are cancer cells that tends to spread, sometimes spreading to the extent that we don’t know where they are, where if they’ve spread, but we just think that they spread because we know that those cancer spread, then it becomes tricky. In those cases, it makes a lot of sense to do surgery…
Watch the VideoShould You See an Oncologist for Your Dog’s Cancer
…question. One of the fundamental skills that we talk about in dealing with dog cancer is really becoming an advocate for your pet and being a real guardian. A big piece of guardianship is decision making and you can make good decisions unless you have information. You need to gather the information and an Oncologist is really very, very skilled at giving you information concerning in particular chemotherapy and radiation and in some cases surgery….
Watch the VideoOral Cancers- What You Need to Know About Your Dog’s Cancer
…Dog’s Cancer James Jacobson: One of 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…
Watch the VideoTransitional Cell Carcinoma- What You Need to Know About Your Dog’s Cancer
…Cancer James Jacobson: One of the cancers that you both talk about in the Dog Cancer Survival Guide is transitional cell carcinoma. I wanna first of all throw this to you Dr. Dressler, if you’re looking at transitional cell carcinoma, what likely are the signs and symptoms that a dog guardian is facing? Dr. Demian Dressler: Well, this tumor is most common cancer of the urinary tract that you see more in dogs or in certain breeds like Scottish and…
Watch the VideoDog Cancer and Apoptosis and Apoptogens
…cript of: Dog Cancer and Apoptosis and Apoptogens James Jacobson: In The Dog Cancer Survival Guide, Dr. Dressler, you talk a lot about the role of Apoptosis in dog cancer. First of all, easy question but I never heard of Apoptosis, what is it and why it’s important? Dr. Demian Dressler: Well, it’s a really basic process in Science and we’ve all learned about this assuming that we took high school Science. It gets about two paragraphs in your Bio…
Watch the VideoMelanoma- What You Need to Know About Your Dog’s Cancer
…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 they are found in areas also that…
Watch the VideoPalladia™ and Dog Cancer- What You Need to Know
…o much for being with us. More information, a lot more information on Palladia and all sorts of different cancer treatments both chemotherapy and natural in The Dog Cancer Survival Guide. Thank you both. Dr. Demian Dressler & Dr. Susan Ettinger: Thank you….
Watch the VideoCyberknife Use with Dog Cancer- Cutting Edge Technology
…of tumor that we’re treating is brain surgery so you can imagine a lot of dogs with brain cancer there in parts of the brain that are not very accessible when they have a measurable tumor in that area. The second most common type of tumor that we’re treating with the radio surgery with the cyberknife unit is nasal cancers. We’ve treated over about two hundred and fifty dogs to date, we’ve been treating dogs for about three years here, uh, and we……
Watch the VideoWhy Didn’t My Vet Catch My Dog’s Cancer Earlier
…Catch My Dog’s Cancer Earlier James Jacobson: When you find out that your dog has cancer probably one of the first questions that people think is, “Why didn’t my vet catch this earlier? So, I’ll throw that out to you, Dr. Dressler, why didn’t a vet find out about cancer earlier? Dr. Demian Dressler: This is an important question because this is something that has an emotional connection to the guardian. There can be a sense of frustration because…
Watch the VideoDog Cancer Surgery- The Importance of Clean Margins
…ins James Jacobson: When you are doing a surgical procedure to remove your dog’s cancer, one of the things that you’ll often hear and the best to talk about is clean margin. So, what is a clean margin and why is important? Dr. Dressler? Dr. Demian Dressler: A clean margin refers to the edge of a submitted specimen. So, if I’m a Veterinarian, I’m doing a surgery and I removed the growth and I will submit it to a pathologist, and the pathologist wil…
Watch the VideoAre You a Dog Lover or Dog Guardian- Helping Your Dog Survive Cancer
…g the right choice for their dogs, and I think one of the gifts of being a dog with cancer they can look at it that way is that the pet themselves doesn’t actually have the process all the confusing information statistics, that may end survival times. All that information that we share with them at the appointment and the dog really just want to live in the moment be with their guardian because they are happy when they’re with them and I think act…
Watch the VideoSoft Tissue Sarcomas- What You Need to Know About Your Dog’s Cancer
…Dog’s Cancer James Jacobson: One of the cancers that you talk about in The Dog Cancer Survival Guide are soft tissue sarcomas. Dr. Dressler, I’ll throw this question out to you first if your dog has soft tissue sarcoma, what do you likely looking at? What are the signs and symptoms? Dr. Demian Dressler: Well, soft tissue sarcoma as the name suggests, grows out of soft tissue or connective tissue. Now, that’s about the only unifying thing that we c…
Watch the VideoVomiting and Dog Cancer- What You Need to Know
…y, great. Well, Dr. Ettinger in New York, Dr. Dressler in Hawaii, thank you so much. A lot more information’s available in The Dog Cancer Survival Guide. …
Watch the VideoBrain Tumors- What You Need to Know About Your Dog’s Cancer
…cer James Jacobson: One of the types of cancers that you talk about in The Dog Cancer Survival Guide are brain tumors. Dr. Dressler I start with you first, if you have a dog who has a brain tumor, what are the likely signs and symptoms that you’re looking at? Dr. Demian Dressler: Brain tumors most commonly will happen in elderly dogs not everytime. In my experience in the most common signs of brain tumor would be seizure disorders and seizure we a…
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 VideoAll Natural, Homeopathic & Holistic Approaches to Dog Cancer Care
…pick one or the other. I think that’s where a lot of people feel torn is that they don’t think they can do both. I think you can do a little bit of both very safely. Again, you just probably gonna have to bring two experts together and work as a team. James Jacobson: That sort of what the Dog Cancer Survival Guide is all about where you are just talking about the best approaches regardless of, from which field of veterinary medicine it came from….
Watch the VideoLife Expectancy vs. Gained Life Expectancy in Dog Cancer Treatments
…h 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, they are coming, and they’re not prepared for the statistics and the numbers that they might hear from along colleges. In a sense that if a human goes wi…
Watch the VideoKinavet ® CA1 and Dog Cancer- What You Need to Know
…o Know James Jacobson: A recent drug that has been approved by the FDA for dog cancer use is a drug called “Kinavet”. We’ll ask you Dr. Ettinger, tell us a little about Kinavet. Dr. Susan Ettinger: So, Kinavet is in the same class of drugs such as Palladia. So, they’re both secret inhibitors. So, they’re both in this a new evolution of anticancer drugs called targeted therapy. What’s interesting and exciting about Kinavet is that, if your dog was…
Watch the VideoFeeling Guilty About Your Dog’s Cancer
…er James Jacobson: One of the common reactions when you find out that your dog has cancer is guilt. You think, is there something that I did or could have done differently or better? Dr. Dressler, let me throw this out to you first. What about the guilt that some people feel when they heard the dog has cancer? Dr. Demian Dressler: It’s a natural response. However, this is a manifestation of blame. This is when somebody is actually blaming themself…
Watch the VideoDiarrhea and Dog Cancer What You Need to Know
…itely something that will come up when we’re talking about chemotherapy in dog cancer patients. Since chemotherapy damages rapidly dividing cells in our gastro intestinal track are filled with this rapidly dividing cell, vomiting and diarrhea definitely are common side effects. So, I actually in all of my patients that will gonna start chemotherapy I do send them home with what I call “just in case medications” and that would be either an anti-nau…
Watch the VideoHow to know when it’s time to say Good Bye
…allowing our dog to depart. James Jacobson: You do an excellent job in the Dog Cancer Survival Guide of going through those life quality things of basically helping people analyse that difficult decision. Dr. Ettinger, do you have some comments on… Dr. Susan Ettinger: I actually could not agree more with Demian, I actually tell most of my guardians to make a list, usually at the, and it’s really hard thing to talk about because they also don’t wan…
Watch the VideoThe Full Spectrum Approach to Dog Cancer Care
…obson: One of the most interesting things that you present in the book The Dog Cancer Survival Guide is this approach that you call the “full spectrum approach”. Dr. Dressler, what is the full spectrum approach and how do we use it? Dr. Demian Dressler: The full spectrum approach is embodied by avoiding personal bias. These means that we do not want to exclude things that may help our dogs, because we don’t like where the information came from. He…
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