National Canine Cancer Foundation 
Dog becomes first to survive clinical trial for one of the most deadly pet cancers – Hemangiosarcoma
Josie, a terrier mix from Owings Mills, Md., was the first dog to survive a clinical trial at Johns Hopkins Hospital aimed at finding a treatment for hemangiosarcoma, one of the most deadly cancers for pets. Josie was diagnosed in December 2017 ...
It’s not easy saying goodbye to our beloved pets
It was day three, and I knew it was time. Three days earlier, my beautiful dog Molly refused to eat. It was unheard of for a dog who spent the first few months of her life as a stray foraging ...
Canine Cancer Vaccines: What Are They and What Do They Do?
If your pet has recently been diagnosed with a canine cancer, you have probably been doing your own research about the array of treatment options available. Through your research, you may have come across cancer vaccines for dogs either in ...
Retired guide dog Isaac ticks off a list of dying wishes after cancer diagnosis
A young woman has embarked on an adventure with her cancer-stricken pet dog in the hope of creating happy memories together. Briana May, from Brisbane, started a bucket list after the retired guide dog named Isaac was tragically diagnosed with terminal ...
How Purebred Dogs Are Moving Cancer Research Forward
The idea of a dog helping to find a cure for cancer probably conjures images of golden retrievers sniffing blood samples and sitting dutifully in front of the cancerous specimen. But though their noses are valuable, there’s something much more useful hidden inside purebred ...
Getting Results from your donations
We have talked before about how our dog friends will be helping us humans as we fund canine cancer research, as many of the findings can be applied to human cancer. We haven’t talked much about how human cancer therapies ...
Missing Minnie: a dog’s death leaves a crushing sense of loss
In late March, my beagle-whippet cross, Minnie, died. Two months earlier, she had been diagnosed with Hemangiosarcoma, an invasive cancer of the blood vessels that is rare in humans but kills thousands of dogs every year. We found Minnie at ...
Beloved dog will be forever missed, always remembered
He entered my life as “Squirt,” the last in a litter of puppies to narrowly escape death. Weighing in at a mere 4 pounds and just over 3 months old, the tan and white terrier-pug mix, long-legged with jutting hip ...
All dogs go to heaven: ‘I miss her every day. I sniff her bed and her collar and cry most days’
In her memoir I Found My Tribe, Ruth Fitzmaurice writes: “When a pet dies, there is an empty space left where they used to be. You no longer feel or hear them moving through your world. They are just gone.” ...
Losing a pet is a heartbreaking experience
Though pets enrich our lives greatly, their time that they share with us is much too short. The life span of most dogs and cats range from 10-14 years. Some live much longer and others are taken from our lives ...