by NCCF Editor | Apr 27, 2018 | Losing a Pet
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.” The singular incident to provoke an outburst from...
by NCCF Editor | Apr 9, 2018 | Losing a Pet
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 much too soon. The past few weeks have been sad for close...
by NCCF Editor | Mar 12, 2018 | Support Dog Cancer Research
On March 10, 2018, we held a “Paint Your Pet” event to raise money for the National Canine Cancer Foundation in Mister Molson’s name. The goal: $5000. The incentive: The Beard. I promised the kids that I’d shave if we reached our goal. So,...
by NCCF Editor | Mar 10, 2018 | Dog Stories
A woman has embarked on a bucket list adventure with her cancer-stricken pet dog in the hope of creating happy memories together. Pet owner Jodi Ryan, from Sydney, started the bucket list seven weeks ago after her beloved Jack Russell named Dexter was tragically...
by NCCF Editor | Mar 2, 2018 | Canine Cancer Treatment
Michigan State University scientists are engineering a virus-like particle, known as Qβ, that will generate anti-cancer immune responses in the body and potentially be used as a new vaccine for the treatment of cancer. The project, funded by a $2.4 million grant from...
by Sara Nice | Mar 1, 2018 | Canine Cancer Research
It is worse than a swear word in our house. We have been hit with this cancer four times, both in the spleen and in the heart. It is one of the meanest cancers out there, I believe, and I have talked to so many of you who feel the same about it. The NCCF is funding...
by Sara Nice | Feb 28, 2018 | Support Dog Cancer Research
After a long rainy weekend here, I pulled up my chair to my computer with a cup of tea in my hand and a little Border Collie in the window ready to check the NCCF emails from the weekend. I think I probably scared Finn, the little BC quietly resting in the window...
by Sara Nice | Feb 23, 2018 | Support Dog Cancer Research
Steve participated in his company’s “Trim a Tree for Charity” campaign during Christmas. He decorated one of 13 trees at Select Medical’s Mechanicsburg, PA campus in hope of winning first prize. His tree did win first prize, which was a...
by NCCF Editor | Feb 8, 2018 | Dog Stories
It all began on December 5, 2016. That was one of the hardest and saddest days of my life. Our golden retriever Amber had been suffering from oral cancer and she could no longer fight it. This was the day that we decided we had to say good bye to her. Taking her to...
by NCCF Editor | Feb 1, 2018 | Support Dog Cancer Research
I love getting to know more about our CORE Members and their reason they support the NCCF month after month. We could not fight canine cancer without a devoted set of CORE Members like Amanda and her boy Milo. Their story is one of hope, as Milo is a survivor! ...
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