by NCCF Editor | Jul 31, 2017 | Dog Stories
The evening sky was thick with dark gray clouds. There were three volleys of rifle fire. Then silence. A bugler sounded the lonely notes to “Taps.” As friends and fellow patriots saluted, Jeff DeYoung carried his best friend Cena, a hardened Marine combat veteran like...
by NCCF Editor | Jul 21, 2017 | Dog Stories
You might call Lilly a lemon. At least, her owners joke she is. “We were four days away from our first dog show when Lilly got sick,” said Barb Mason, owner of Lilly, a 9-year-old Great Pyrenees. “We started calling her our lemon puppy.” Today, the remarkable...
by NCCF Editor | May 30, 2017 | Dog Cancer Types
Having your vet tell you that your dog’s diagnosis is cancer of any form will of course be very shocking and distressing, but when it comes to bone cancers this can be even more so, as many dog owners don’t really understand how bone cancer occurs and what problems it...
by NCCF Editor | Mar 15, 2017 | Canine Cancer Research
A multitude of potential advances are ON THE HORIZON in the field of cancer research, as reported by Susan Spencer: Meet Zoe. She’s eight years old, full of heart, and these days, does pretty well on only three legs. Yeah, that’s a good girl! Doctors had to amputate...
by NCCF Editor | Feb 4, 2017 | Dog Cancer Types
While cancer can unfortunately strike any breed of dog at any age, there are certain breeds that have higher instances of the disease. We’ve asked the experts to share breeds with higher rates of cancer, what types of cancer seem to be the most prevalent among these...
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